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Ground Zero

Null & Void

(Tzadik, TZ 7204) (CD)

  1. Null & Void: Introduction (0:41)
  2. Null & Void: TV-Q Missile (7:20)
  3. International 1 (8:55)
  4. Null & Void: Left Side (1:32)
  5. Movie 1 (5:39)
  6. Null & Void: Right Side (1:30)
  7. Movie 2 (9:01)
  8. International 2 (9:45)
  9. Null & Void: Continued (3:53)

All music by Otomo Yoshihide
Arranged by the performers and Yoshiaki Kondo
Image and live video by Hideaki Sasaki
Track 7 and 9 composed for the film, The Blue Kite

Ground Zero
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables (1, 3, 6-8), guitar (2, 4, 5, 8), sampler (3, 5, 7, 9), CD (2, 4, 5, 8), DAT (2), MD (5)
Masahiro Uemura: drums (2, 5, 8)
Junji Hirose: tenor sax (2, 8), soprano sax (7)
Shuichi Chino: synthesizer (2, 5, 8), piano (2, 7-9), small electronics (7), sampled reverse piano (9)
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: guitar (2, 5, 7)
Kazuyoshi Kimoto: bass (2, 5, 8), violin (7)

Jon Rose: shopping list (3)
Rik Rue: shopping list (3)
Kumiko Takara: percussion (8)
Akioka Oh: bandolin (8)
Hideki Kato: sampled double bass (5, 8)
Nelson Hiu: sampled Chinese flute (7)
Dickson Dee and his family: sampled voices (7)
Xper. Xr.: sampled Chinese reed (7)

Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Tokyo, July-August 1993
Additional recording and re-mix by Otomo Yoshihide at Lost Space in Tokyo and Fukushima, December 1993-March 1994
Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital in New York
Design: Ikue Mori
Produced by Otomo Yoshihide

Released in 1995