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Death Ambient

Drunken Forest

(Tzadik, TZ 7264) (U.S.) (CD)


  1. Lake Chad (4:41)
  2. Greenhouse (5:59)
  3. Belarus (4:08)
  4. A Cocktail of Chemicals (3:36)
  5. Thermohaline (4:10)
  6. Dead Zone (4:25)
  7. Qianwei Sky (4:58)
  8. Yellow Rain (5:09)
  9. River Tigris (3:57)
  10. Drunken Forest (5:57)
  11. Coral Necropolis (6:46)

All music by Death Ambient

Death Ambient
Fred Frith: electric guitar
Ikue Mori: laptop computer
Kato Hideki: acoustic and electric basses, acoustic guitar, analog synthesizer, violin, banjo, mandolin, accordion, ukelele, electric and lap steel guitars, vocals, soprano and alto recorders, glasses, ice and water

Special guest
Jim Pugliese: percussion (2-10), trumpet (7), mbira (11)

Recorded by Kato Hideki at Shadow World, Brooklyn, New York and by Myles Boisen at Guerrilla Recording, Oakland
Mixed by Kato Hideki at Shadow World, Brooklyn, New York
Mastered by Scott Hull
Produced by Kato Hideki
Design by Heung-Heung Chin

Released in May 2007