Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Ellen Fullman
Konrad Sprenger

Ort

(Choose Records, CHOOSE RECORDS 02) (Germany) (CD)


  1. Glittering Glass [1984] (2:54)
  2. I Ain't Got No Home [1938] (3:58)
  3. Train [2001] (5:51)
  4. John Hardy [1930] (4:50)
  5. Empty Building [1998] (6:35)
  6. In the Mist [1993] (6:15)
  7. Bottle Glass [1996] (4:51)
  8. Simple Words [1996] (5:11)
  9. Worksong [1982] (2:37)

All music composed by Ellen Fullman except track 2, by Woody Guthrie, arranged by Jörg Hiller and Ellen Fullman; and track 4, by A.P. Carter, arranged by Jörg Hiller

Ellen Fullman: vocals (1, 2, 5-9), Long String Instrument (2, 5-8), autoharp (5), sine tone (7), clarinets (9)
Jörg Hiller (Konrad Sprenger): guitar(s) (1, 2, 4), bass guitar (1, 2, 5, 6), Arnold Dreyblatt's "excited strings bass" (1, 5), percussion (1, 2, 5, 6), piano (1), Long String Instrument (2), zither (4), electronics (8)
Sonja Müller: violin (4)
The Barn Owl Sisters (Ellen Fullman and Jessica Kenny): vocals (4)
James McCartney: keyboards (6)
Michael Lytle: bass clarinet (9)
Bill Rule: percussion (9)

Track 9 recorded in 1984
Mixed by Josef Schütz in Hamburg
Mastered by Rashad, Dubplates, and Mastering, Berlin
Cover art by Jonas Lipps
Includes an 8-page booklet with song lyrics and a diagram for the playing of track 3

Released in May 2004