Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Yesterday's Heroes

1979

(La Louche, LOUCH 001) (France) (CD)

  1. Yesterday's Heroes (2:53)
  2. New Wave New Days (3:42)
  3. Backstage (4:09)
  4. Conveyor Belt Sushi (6:10)
  5. 1979 (4:25)
  6. Up 'n' Down (Pogo a Gogo) (7:56)
  7. Dressed Up and Alone at the Mall (4:32)
  8. Wanted: Band Members (Except Voc) (4:55)
  9. Searching for the Mystery (5:08)
  10. Mahiru no Ketto (3:29)
  11. What Do We Want (Piece Now) (6:14)

Bonus track

  1. No Dancing (1:36)

Tracks 12-78 each contain three seconds of silence.

All music by Yesterday's Heroes, except 5, 7, 10, by Terre Thaemlitz; and 79, by Men Without Hats
All lyrics by Haco, except 2, 10, 11, by Yesterday's Heroes; 5, by Terre Thaemlitz; and 79, by Men Without Hats
Translation by Yesterday's Heroes

Yesterday's Heroes
Haco: voice, Vocoder, FX
Terre: instruments, FX, backing voice, whistling

Recorded at Meow (Kawasaki) and Mescalina (Hyogo), Japan, September to November 2001
Graphic concept, photography, and design by Thaemlitz
Original photo of Haco by Hideto Uchiike
Produced by Yesterday's Heroes

Released in January 2004