compoilation ‎– Improvised Music From Japan
Improvised Music From Japan ‎– IMJ-10CD
10 × CD
Box Set, Limited Edition, Serial Numbered

Includes 80-page booklet (in English and Japanese) with profiles of and comments by the 31 individual artists and 3 duos featured
Packaged in 5 cardboard 2-CD jackets
Natural paulownia wood box
Each set numbered

Producer – Yoshiyuki Suzuki


1-1
–Otomo Yoshihide
Cathode #4: Sound Check Version
Drums – Kumiko Takara, Mari FurutaElectronics [Sine Waves] – Sachiko MEngineer – Yoshiaki KondoGuitar – Taku SugimotoKoto – Yoko NishiPercussion – Itoken, Masahiro Uemura, Yoshimitsu IchirakuPerformer – Yasuhiro YoshigakiTurntables – Tetuzi Akiyama
5:22
1-2
–Tetsuro Yasunaga
Two Organs
9:59
1-3
–Tetsuro Yasunaga
Four Organs
2:42
1-4
–Tetsuro Yasunaga / Utah Kawasaki
Disk Review 3
3:14
1-5
–Yasuhiro Yoshigaki
Italians And JC & R
8:10
1-6
–Tetuzi Akiyama
T.T.
Engineer – Taku Sugimoto
25:49
1-7
–Yasuhiro Ohtani
Music For 50 iMacs
16:36

2-1
–Haco
High / Low
3:32
2-2
–Mescaline Go-Go
12 String Revy
Guitar – Christopher Stephens, Haco
4:10
2-3
–Hoahio
Marimo II
Koto – Michiyo YagiVocals – Haco
4:34
2-4
–View Masters
Fluorescent Lamp On The Fritz
Engineer – Haco
1:59
2-5
–Happiness Proof
Isolated Mix
Bass – Atsushi TsuyamaDrums – Bill (2)Guitar – Atsushi Tsuyama, Christopher Stephens, HacoSynthesizer – HacoVocals – Haco
3:45
2-6
–Skist
Pondlife 4
Performer – Haruna Ito, Samm Bennett
2:48
2-7
–Skist
Pondlife 3
Performer – Haruna Ito, Samm Bennett
2:06
2-8
–Skist
Pondlife 1
Performer – Haruna Ito, Samm Bennett
2:45
2-9
–Big Picture
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Engineer – Hiroyuki NagashimaSynthesizer – Masateru TeraiVocals – Phew
4:34
2-10
–Mitsuru Nasuno
Motai
Electronic Drums – Samm BennettEngineer – Naoaki Kose
7:30
2-11
–Mitsuru Nasuno
Karamel
Engineer – Tatsuki MasukoGuitar – Osamu IsodaPercussion – Yasuhiro YoshigakiVocals – Osamu Isoda
4:13
2-12
–Ground Zero (3)
Feb. 1992
Engineer – Yoshiaki KondoVocals – Yamatsuka Eye
3:17
2-13
–Astro Twin
Rehearsal At Uplink Factory
4:42
2-14
–Ami Yoshida / Masahiko Okura
Improvisation At Artland
Engineer – Taku Sugimoto
11:31
2-15
–Ami Yoshida
Hooooooooon
8:26

3-1
–Toshimaru Nakamura
Oosslloo
Bass – Tonny KluftenPercussion – Sergio FrazaoSaxophone – Hakon Kornstad*Synthesizer – Alexander Rishaug, Are Mokkelbost, Arne Borgan, Kai Mikalsen, Mathias Oygard, Unn Fahlstrom
17:52
3-2
–Tamaru
Bifu Sekai (Zephyr World)
19:21
3-3
–Yoshimitsu Ichiraku
Method For The Fourth Note, Which Is Not Actually Played
20:29
3-4
–Taku Sugimoto / Martin Siewert / Burkhard Stangl
SSS
13:15

4-1
–Sachiko M
13072001
7:16
4-2
–Toshimaru Nakamura
Nimb #19-1
8:44
4-3
–Toshimaru Nakamura
Nimb #9.1
Engineer – Sylvia Faessler
8:21
4-4
–Taku Sugimoto / Annette Krebs
24 / 01 / 01
14:41
4-5
–Atsuhiro Ito
Acousmatic 9
3:25
4-6
–Atsuhiro Ito
Radio O.P.T.
10:51
4-7
–Otomo Yoshihide
The Blue Kite
18:35

5-1
–Uchihashi Kazuhisa
Invisible Guitar
Clarinet – Gene Coleman
21:45
5-2
–Utah Kawasaki
Object Tracking
9:49
5-3
–Utah Kawasaki
Socket
9:35
5-4
–Tsuguto Tsunoda
October 26, 2000
18:26
5-5
–Seiichi Yamamoto
Approach 1
4:49
5-6
–Seiichi Yamamoto
Approach 2
2:28
5-7
–Seiichi Yamamoto
Approach 3
5:15

6-1
–Aki Onda
Two Women
10:30
6-2
–Aki Onda
Take Me To The Water
Performer – Kenta Negai
8:54
6-3
–Aki Onda
The Last Day Of Summer
2:20
6-4
–Kazuo Imai
Ephemera 24-2
12:37
6-5
–Kazuo Imai
Ephemera 22-3
8:52
6-6
–Hado-ho
Stereo Action Suite 2001
Performer – Takehito Nakazato
8:31
6-7
–Incapacitants
Forest In Noise 20010721
Vocals – Fumio Kosakai, Toshiji Mikawa
20:19

7-1
–Brett Larner
Improvisation 1
Engineer – Wataru Matsumoto
6:50
7-2
–Brett Larner
Improvisation 2
Engineer – Wataru Matsumoto
8:21
7-3
–Brett Larner
Improvisation 3
Engineer – Wataru Matsumoto
6:08
7-4
–Yumiko Tanaka
Music For A Four And A Half Tatami Mat Room, Fragment 1
4:42
7-5
–Yumiko Tanaka
Music For A Four And A Half Tatami Mat Room, Fragment 2
1:57
7-6
–Yumiko Tanaka
Music For A Four And A Half Tatami Mat Room, Fragment 3
4:23
7-7
–Yumiko Tanaka
Music For A Four And A Half Tatami Mat Room, Fragment 4
6:21
7-8
–Yumiko Tanaka
Music For A Four And A Half Tatami Mat Room, Fragment 5
8:53

8-1
–Michiyo Yagi & Paulownia Crush
Godan Ginuta
Koto – Hiroko Takahashi, Madoka Nakano, Yasuyo Takeuchi
11:23
8-2
–Michihiro Satoh
Improvisation
26:39
8-3
–Michihiro Satoh
Nikata Bushi
5:24

9-1
–Ryoji Hojito
Kaiyu
7:49
9-2
–Junji Hirose
Duo 1
Engineer – Yoshiaki KondoPiano – Shuichi Chino
8:13
9-3
–Junji Hirose
Duo 2
Engineer – Yoshiaki KondoPiano – Shuichi Chino
3:30
9-4
–Gnu (2)
Meteora
Bass – Yukiya TaneishiDrums – ItokenEngineer – Tetuzi AkiyamaOrgan – Shinichi TsukamotoSaxophone – Masahiko Okura
8:05
9-5
–Masahiko Okura
Ittcc
3:01
9-6
–Masahiko Okura
Dvvv
1:43
9-7
–Masahiko Okura
Magnet Sour
4:31
9-8
–Masahiko Okura
Fiasco (For Fuutaro Yamada)
0:49
9-9
–Shoji Hano / Werner Lüdi / Peter Brötzmann
Dedicated To
14:26
9-10
–Shoji Hano / Werner Lüdi / Peter Brötzmann
Werner
8:18
9-11
–Shoji Hano / Werner Lüdi / Peter Brötzmann
Lüdi
7:51

10-1
–Kyoko Kuroda / Uchihashi Kazuhisa
A Reflection On The Beimlein
Engineer – Koichi Kishida
9:55
10-2
–Kyoko Kuroda / Uchihashi Kazuhisa
Song And Improvisation
Engineer – Koichi Kishida
8:44
10-3
–Marginal Consort
1998
Performer – Kazuo Imai, Kei Shii, Masami Tada, Tomonao Koshikawa, Yasushi Ozawa
19:12
10-4
–Tetsu Saitoh / Michel Doneda
Cle De Voute
Engineer – Pierre-Olivier Boulant