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Off Site Composed Music Series in 2001

(A Bruit Secret, 101-102) (France) (2-CD set)


Disc 1

  1. Portable Orchestra: Home Electronics Equipment Version (Yoshihide Otomo) (10:00)
    Yoshihide Otomo's Portable Orchestra: Tetuzi Akiyama, Atsuhiro Ito, Itoken, Masahiro Uemura, Taku Unami, Masahiko Okura, Teruyuki Oshima, Yoshio Otani, Yoshihide Otomo, Utah Kawasaki, Taku Sugimoto, DJ Peaky, Toshimaru Nakamura, nibo, Sachiko M and Ami Yoshida (radio, mobile phone, shaver, watch, camera, gameboy, hair remover, electric drill, food mixer, etc.)
    Recorded for sound check on April 11, 2001

  2. Hinge (Burkhard Stangl) (6:03)
  3. Air for the E-string (Taku Sugimoto) (1:06)
  4. Echo (Mari Furuta) (14:23)
    Tetuzi Akiyama (acoustic guitar), Toshimaru Nakamura (acoustic guitar) and Taku Sugimoto (acoustic guitar)
    Recorded live on May 7, 2001

  5. Big Saxophone (Toshimaru Nakamura) (3:11)
    Masahiko Okura (alto sax)
    Recorded live on June 7, 2001

  6. Two of Them (Taku Sugimoto) (30:47)
    Tetuzi Akiyama (turntable) and Sachiko M (sinewaves)
    Recorded live on March 14, 2001

Disc 2

  1. Paper Paper (Alessandro Bosetti, Annette Krebs, Sachiko M and Taku Sugimoto) (8:32)
    Annette Krebs (paper, contact mike), Sachiko M (paper, contact mike) and Taku Sugimoto (paper, contact mike)
    Recorded live on June 26, 2001

  2. The Encyclopedia of the Hong Kong Foods (Yoshihide Otomo) (15:42)
    Tetuzi Akiyama (reading, radio)
    Recorded live on October 15, 2001

  3. 5 Seconds (Sachiko M) (8:41)
    Shuichi Chino (accordion)
    Recorded live on August 20, 2001

  4. untitled (Annette Krebs) (4:43)
    Annette Krebs (radios), Taku Sugimoto (electric guitar) and Sachiko M (contact mike, sinewaves)
    Recorded live on June 26, 2001

  5. Radios 1 (Taku Sugimoto) (7:26)
    Annette Krebs, Sachiko M and Taku Sugimoto (radios)
    Recorded live on June 26, 2001

  6. Jyu-ban Girl (Sachiko M) (10:01)
  7. Punkt (Taku Sugimoto) (17:15)
    Yoshihide Otomo (acoustic guitar)
    Recorded live on November 22, 2001

Recorded by Taku Sugimoto at Off Site in Tokyo
Mastered by Toshimaru Nakamura at Setreset

Released June 2002