Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Strange Garden

Mumbo Jumbo: Ritual of the Backyard

(Zero Gravity, ZGV-017) (CD)

  1. Otodama I (12:38)
  2. Otodama II (11:27)
  3. Otodama III (18:50)

All music written and performed by Strange Garden

Strange Garden:
Akaiwa: electronics, effects, sampler, tapes, percussion, kazoo, bell, keyboard
Naka Tomizawa: percussion, kalimba
Ryo Suda: electric bass, rhythm machine
Masahiko Okura: alto sax
Nagatoman "F": EMS synthi "A", drill
Die Uchiyama: electric bass
and others

Produced by Akaiwa
Mixed, compiled and recorded by Akaiwa at Dub Restaurant
Mastered by Kazunao Nagata at Transonic Studio in Tokyo
Artwork by SLP Designs (Ryo Miyoshi and Yuusuke Simiz)

Released December 1997