meenna-111-117
Numbered limited edition of 300
Out on December 25, 2013
Purchase price in Japan: 9,300 yen (tax not included)
(For purchase outside of Japan, prices vary.)

This 7-CD set contains 19 selected performances from the Ftarri Festival, held in April 2008 (Kyoto / Tokyo), and the Ftarri doubtmusic Festival, held in September 2010. The 7 CDs, together with a sequentially numbered FTARRI COLLECTION card, come in a special handmade felt bag about 18 cm high and 17 cm wide. Each bag has a different design. Below are 2 examples.

Of the 300 sets in this limited edition, 80 will be distributed to the performers and personnel, so 220 sets will go on sale to the public. After sales of the set are concluded, a small number of individual CDs will be sold separately (price: 2,000 yen per CD, not including tax).

1. Opera Southern Cross (23:02)
   Opera Southern Cross
   Taku Sugimoto: composition, images
   Katsuaki Iida: words, reading
   Toshimaru Nakamura: no-input mixing board
   Taku Unami: computer
   
   
2. John Butcher / Toshimaru Nakamura / Tetuzi Akiyama (22:27)
   John Butcher: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
   Toshimaru Nakamura: no-input mixing board
   Tetuzi Akiyama: acoustic guitar
   
   
3. Otomo Yoshihide / Toshimaru Nakamura / Ryu Hankil (27:43)
   Otomo Yoshihide: turntable
   Toshimaru Nakamura: no-input mixing board
   Ryu Hankil: clockworks, contact microphone

Recorded live at Ftarri Festival, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, April 19, 2008 (1, 3), and at Ftarri doubtmusic Festival, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, September 19, 2010 (2)
Recorded by Chihei Hatakeyama (1, 3) and Masahide Ando (2)
Mixed by Toshimaru Nakamura
Mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama
Artwork and design by Cathy Fishman
Thanks to SuperDeluxe and doubtmusic

1. Noid / Kai Fagaschinski / Axel Dörner / Taku Unami (22:44)
   Noid: cello
   Kai Fagaschinski: clarinet
   Axel Dörner: trumpet
   Taku Unami: computer, guitar
   
   
2. Eddie Prévost / Sachiko M (31:08)
   Eddie Prévost: percussion
   Sachiko M: sinewaves

Recorded live at Ftarri Festival, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, April 20, 2008 (1), and at Ftarri doubtmusic Festival, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, September 19, 2010 (2)
Recorded by Chihei Hatakeyama (1) and Masahide Ando (2)
Mixed and mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama
Artwork and design by Cathy Fishman
Thanks to SuperDeluxe and doubtmusic

1. gnu - 100 or More (10:46)
2. gnu - Midas Touch (9:24)
   gnu
   Masahiko Okura: compositions, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
   Shinichi Tsukamoto: keyboards
   Yukiya Taneishi: electric bass
   Tadashi Kumada: drums
   Itoken: drums
   
   
3. Ami Yoshida (17:44)
   Ami Yoshida: voice
   
   
4. Tim Olive / Anthony Guerra / Makoto Oshiro (27:49)
   Tim Olive: electric guitar
   Anthony Guerra: guitar
   Makoto Oshiro: self-made instruments

Recorded live at Ftarri Festival, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, April 19 (3) and 20 (1, 2), 2008, and at Ftarri doubtmusic Festival, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, September 20, 2010 (4)
Recorded by Chihei Hatakeyama (1-3) and Kazunori Ohara (4)
Mixed and mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama
Artwork and design by Cathy Fishman
Thanks to SuperDeluxe and doubtmusic

1. Los Glissandinos (19:37)
   Los Glissandinos
   Klaus Filip: lloopp
   Kai Fagaschinski: clarinet
   
   
2. Bunsho Nishikawa / Tim Olive / Haco (10:38)
   Bunsho Nishikawa: guitar
   Tim Olive: electric guitar
   Haco: electronics, voice
   
   
3. Katsura Yamauchi / Ko Ishikawa / Tetsu Saitoh (27:33)
   Katsura Yamauchi: alto saxophone
   Ko Ishikawa: sho
   Tetsu Saitoh: contrabass

Recorded live at Ftarri Festival, UrBANGUILD, Kyoto, April 13, 2008 (2), and SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, April 19, 2008 (1), and at Ftarri doubtmusic Festival, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, September 19, 2010 (3)
Recorded by Chihei Hatakeyama (1), Bunsho Nishikawa (2), and Masahide Ando (3)
Mixed by Chihei Hatakeyama (1, 3) and Bunsho Nishikawa (2)
Mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama
Artwork and design by Cathy Fishman
Thanks to SuperDeluxe, UrBANGUILD, and doubtmusic

1. Naoaki Miyamoto (20:45)
   Noaki Miyamoto: guitar
   
   
2. Chie Mukai / Tetragrammaton (37:46)
   Chie Mukai: er-hu, voice, percussion, dance
   Tetragrammaton
   TOMO: hurdy gurdy, soprano saxophone
   Cal Lyall: guitar, analog synthesizer, gongs, bells
   Nobunaga Ken: drums, gongs, percussion

Recorded live by Masahide Ando at Ftarri doubtmusic Festival, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, September 20, 2010
Mixed by Chihei Hatakeyama (1) and Cal Lyall (2)
Mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama (1) and Peter Slade (2)
Artwork and design by Cathy Fishman
Thanks to SuperDeluxe and doubtmusic

1. Chihei Hatakeyama / Kiyoshi Mizutani (35:02)
   Chihei Hatakeyama: computer
   Kiyoshi Mizutani: electronics
   
   
2. Hello (37:18)
   Hello
   Takahiro Kawaguchi: composition, bass guitar
   Shinjiro Yamaguchi: guitar
   Satoshi Kanda: bass guitar

Recorded live by Kazunori Ohara at Ftarri doubtmusic Festival, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, September 19, 2010
Mixed and mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama
Artwork and design by Cathy Fishman
Thanks to SuperDeluxe and doubtmusic

1. Seiichi Yamamoto / Umeda Tetsuya (16:23)
   Seiichi Yamamoto: yang chin, percussion, guitar
   Umeda Tetsuya: fan
   
   
2. VOIMA (25:43)
   VOIMA
   Yasufumi Suzuki: computer
   Tetsuro Yasunaga: computer
   
   
3. Tetuzi Akiyama / Utah Kawasaki / Katsura Yamauchi (24:49)
   Tetuzi Akiyama: acoustic guitar
   Utah Kawasaki: analog synthesizer
   Katsura Yamauchi: alto saxophone

Recorded live at Ftarri Festival, UrBANGUILD, Kyoto, April 13, 2008 (1), and SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, April 19 (2), and 20 (3), 2008
Recorded and mixed by Bunsho Nishikawa (1), and Chihei Hatakeyama (2, 3)
Mastered by Chihei Hatakeyama
Artwork and design by Cathy Fishman
Thanks to SuperDeluxe and UrBANGUILD

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