Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Gino Robair

Buddy Systems

(Meniscus Records, MNSCS 003) (U.S.) (CD)

  1. Tangle (3:12)
  2. Inappropriations (4:34)
  3. Balek Scales (6:33)
  4. Reckless & Sinful Extravagance (6:02)
  5. A Mysterious Vision (3:28)
  6. Integument (3:26)
  7. Trnava (3:35)
  8. Adytum (7:27)
  9. Sklarking (4:44)
  10. Tonal Vibrations (9:22)
  11. Dark Pleasures (5:33)
  12. Lead Me, Lord (5:18)
  13. Ceromancy (4:27)
  14. Integumentation (5:53)

All are improvisations

Gino Robair: bowed, struck, and motorized percussion, gaseous tom, theremin
Dave Barrett (8) : saxes, saxcello
Myles Boisen (8, 12): doubleneck guitar/bass, CD player
John Butcher (1): tenor sax
Carla Kihlstedt (3, 11): violin
Tim Perkis (1, 6, 14): computer, synthesizer
Dan Plonsey (4): clarinet
LaDonna Smith (5, 7, 9, 13): viola, violin, voice
Matthew Sperry (3, 11): contrabass
Oiuyemi Thomas (10): soprano sax, alto clarinet, percussion
Otomo Yoshihide (2, 12): turntables, CD players

Recorded:
by Miles Bosen at Guerilla Recording in Oakland on June 22, 1997 (1, 6, 14); in July 1995 (5, 7, 9, 13); on July 10, 1997 (3); and in March 1996 (2, 12)
by Myles Bosen at Beanbenders in Berkeley on July 12, 1996 (10)
by Doug Carroll at Beanbenders in Berkeley on December 1, 1996 (11)
by Karen Stackpole at Solitary Confinement in San Leandro on January 3, 1998 (4)
by Mark Schifferli at Venue 9 in San Francisco on September 25, 1996 (8)

Mastered by Myles Boisen at the Headless Buddha Mastering Lab.
Cover art: Jaron Childs
Design: Amy Wencel

Released in 1999