Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Ned Rothenberg
Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Samm Bennett

Are You Be

(Animul Records, ANI 103) (U.S.) (CD)


  1. Inroad (1:27)
  2. Extracto (2:53)
  3. Overstepper (5:44)
  4. Work-a-day (4:13)
  5. Undercurrent (3:35)
  6. Fond Illusion (4:34)
  7. Adhere and Now (5:07)
  8. You Don't Love What No Is (2:47)
  9. Mal Venus (4:00)
  10. Blue Grit (7:13)
  11. Reacharound (5:10)
  12. Gobble (1:09)
  13. Scenic Route (3:17)

All music improvised or composed by Ned Rothenberg, Kazuhisa Uchihashi and Samm Bennett, except track 5 composed by Kazuhisa Uchihashi, track 9 by Ned Rothenberg and track 11 by Samm Bennett

Ned Rothenberg: alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: guitar and effects, bass, daxophone
Samm Bennett: electronics, drums & percussion, records

Recorded at St-Robo in Tokyo, Februay 4-6, 9 and 10, 2002, except tracks 1 and 11, at St-Robo and Polarity in Tokyo
Recording and mixing engineer: Kazuyuki Matsumura a.k.a. Zak
Mastered by Haruna Ito and Samm Bennett at Polarity
Photography by Samm Bennett and Haruna Ito
Design and layout by Samm Bennett and Haruna Ito

To be released November 2002