Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Paul Dresher
Ned Rothenberg

Opposites Attract

(New World/Countercurrents, 80411-2) (CD)

  1. Orient and Tropic (11:04)
  2. The Long Seven (3:17)
  3. Yuuniik (2:30)

The Untold Story (4-8)

  1. Sidi Infi/Bolero in Straight Jabs (4:13)
  2. The Edge of Sleep (3:57)
  3. Shriek (4:10)
  4. The Paddling Floes (7:02)
  5. This Endup (4:15)

  1. Opposites Attack (5:13)
  2. Skronk (4:16)
  3. Straight Jabs Redux/Finale (6:07)

Paul Dresher: guitar, sampling, tape loop system, sequencing, processing
Ned Rothenberg: shakuhachi, bass clarinet, sequencing, alto sax, tenor sax, sampling
Anthony Jackson (1-8, 11): electric bass guitar
Mark Dresser (1-8): acoustic bass
Bobby Previte (1-3): drums
Gene Reffkin (1): high hat, electronic percussion
Samm Bennett (1-8, 11): octoban, cymbals, acoustic and electronic drums, shakers

Recorded and mixed at Home Base Studios in New York, July and December 1990
Engineered by Andrew Milano
Additional recording at Radio City Studios in July 1987, engineered by Don Hũnerburg; and at Nash Studios in Oakland, June 1987, engineered by Laeticia de Compiegne Sonami
Tape loops and sample recording at Minmax Studios in Berkeley, 1986-1990
Additional sample recording at Park Place Studio in Brooklyn, New York, 1990
Cover design and art: Steve Byram
Produced by Ned Rothenberg, Paul Dresher, and Lee Townsend
Includes liner notes in English by Paul Dresher and Ned Rothenberg

Released 1991