Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Synapse

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(Tzadik, TZ 7254) (U.S.) (CD)


  1. Moonshadow in Cuba (6:31)
  2. Soap Bubble (5:14)
  3. Red & Green (3:10)
  4. Morning Song (5:41)
  5. Mabataki (3:34)
  6. Howling Pot (2:15)
  7. White Dreams (3:54)
  8. Diamond Dust (3:24)
  9. Jumon (3:14)
  10. Mirror Room (7:15)
  11. Rappa (4:15)

All music composed by Synapse; all lyrics and vocal compositions by Haco, except (1), adapted from Magic Moon, by Patrick Walch and Michael Merlos

Synapse
Haco: vocals (except 6), synthesizer (1-3, 8, 10), bird flutterings (4), howling pot (6)
Ikue Mori: electronics
Aki Onda: cassette players (1-4), electronics (1-4, 7, 9-11), sampler (5, 10)

Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar (1-3, 7-9), daxophone (11)

Recorded and mixed by Jamie Saft at Frank Booth, Brooklyn, New York, January 2003
Additional recording and final mixing by Haco at Mescalina, Kobe, Japan, September 2004
Produced by Synapse
Mastered by Scott Hull at Hit Factory Mastering, New York City
Design by Ikue Mori

Released in March 2005