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Kahimi Karie

Kochab

(Victor Entertainment, VIBL-344) (Japan) (DVD)

NTSC; region code 2
Total time: 29 minutes

  1. Prologue: Kochab
  2. Yobitsugi
  3. Sonohokani
  4. All Is Splashing Now
  5. Camelia
  6. Epilogue: You Are Here for a Light

Bonus track

  1. Music for Kochab Menu: Lemon Juice no Ame

All music by Otomo Yoshihide
All words (1-6) by Kahimi Karie

Kahimi Karie: vocals (1-6)
Ko Ishikawa: sho (2)
Ami: portable player (2)
Otomo Yoshihide: guitars (1, 4-6), gramophone (1), guitarlele (7), charcoal (7)
Akira Sotoyama: water (4)
Kiyohiko Semba: percussion (4)
Rhodri Davies: harp (3, 5, 6)
Sachiko M: sinewave (3)
Naoko Eto: organ (6)
Shika Udai: cello (6)
Syoko Oki: violin (6)
Kumiko Takara: vibraphone (6)
Hiroaki Mizutani: bass (6)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums (6)

Produced by Kahimi Karie
Digital camera by Kahimi Karie
Video by Mayumi Ito
Digital editing by Mayumi Ito and SIVATIE

All songs arranged by Otomo Yoshihide
Recorded and mixed by Kazuyuki Matsumura a.k.a. ZAK at st-robo, except narration of "Prologue: KOCHAB," recorded by Shigeki Nakamura at 3D Studio
Art direction by Kahimi Karie

Photos by Kahimi Karie and Mayumi Ito
Design by Mayumi Ito
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Kahimi Karie

Released in October 2006
Audio recordings 2-6 are also included in Kahimi Karie's CD Nunki, released in October 2006 on Victor Entertainment