Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

o.blaat

Two Novels: Gaze/In the Cochlea

(Crónica, 012-2004) (Portugal) (CD)


    Gaze

  1. One Morning [duo with Kaffe Matthews] (5:52)
  2. Egg Salad Sandwich [duo with Toshio Kajiwara] (2:23)
  3. Bulle-1 (1:46)
  4. Bulle-2 (3:37)
  5. Gone Fishing [duo with DJ Olive] (4:50)
  6. Afternoon [with sound modules by Aki Onda and Akio Mokuno] (2:29)
  7. Hanging Sky [duo with Ikue Mori] (6:26)
  8. Nightfall (2:50)
  9. Froid [with sound module by Eyvind Kang] (6:52)

    In the Cochlea

  10. Scatsil (2:22)
  11. 39° (1:41)
  12. Eight-o (1:01)
  13. Yonofushigi (1:48)
  14. Snowlight (6:35)
  15. Nightvision (4:33)
  16. Miminohone (0:56)
  17. Miminohonenouta (4:45)
  18. Centipede (5:57)

  19. Swel [data track/Quicktime]

o.blaat: electronics

Gaze
Track 1 recorded and engineered by Leslie Lavelanet at Harvestworks, 2001
Track 2 recorded in Toshio Kajiwara's apartment studio, 2001
Track 5 partially engineered by Kenneth Babbs at Harvestworks, 2001; engineered by o.blaat at Subtonic; additional sounds from handmade electronics by Barry Weisblat
Track 6: sound module by Aki Onda, 2001 (material), engineered by Toshio Kajiwara; sound module by Akio Mokuno, 2001 (material), self-engineered, 2003; re-digested by o.blaat
Track 7 engineered by Paul Geluso at Harvestworks; additional sounds from handmade electronics by Barry Weisblat
Track 9: sound module by Eyvind Kang, 2001 (material), engineered by Paul Geluso at Harvestworks, 2003, re-digested by o.blaat
Tracks 3, 4, 8 recorded at o.blaat's home, 2001-2003
In the Cochlea
All tracks (10-18) solos recorded at o.blaat's home, 2001-2004
Swel video shot by o.blaat in the J Line train and a New York City cab in 2003, edited by o.blaat in 2004

All tracks except 19 mastered by Kacy Wiggins at Tinycat Lab
All tracks except 6, 9, and 18 pre-mastered by Barry Weisblat
Additional sounds by Barry Weisblat on 5 and 7 recorded at Bong + Dern Studio
Cover and booklet photos by Helen Cho
Includes liner notes by Christian Marclay (in English)

Released in 2004