Core Anode

CD
meenna-332
Out July 20, 2008
Purchase price in Japan: 2,000 yen (tax not included)
(For purchase outside of Japan, prices vary.)

1. 19th September 2002, Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo (20:41)
2. 14th July 2006, Stubnitz, Copenhagen (27:00)
3. 15th December 2006, ICA Theatre, London (22:22)
   
   mp3 excerpt 1: track 1
   mp3 excerpt 2: track 2
   mp3 excerpt 3: track 3

1. Uemura Masahiro: drums
   Ito Atsuhiro: optron
   Itoken: drums
   Otomo Yoshihide: guitar
   
   Live recording: Otomo Yoshihide at Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo, September 19, 2002
   
   
2. Nis Bysted: guitar
   Yoshigaki Yasuhiro: drums
   Mads Heldtberg: guitar
   Saito "Shacho" Ryoichi: guitar
   Andreas Hauer-Jensen: drums
   Toke Tietze Mortensen: drums
   Otomo Yoshihide: guitar
   
   Live sound mix and recording: Blo @ Stubnitz, Copenhagen, July 14, 2006
   
   
3. Andrea Neumann: inside piano, mixing desk
   Uemura Masahiro: drums
   Sachiko M: sinewaves
   Rhodri Davies: harp
   Ichiraku Yoshimitsu: drums
   Stefano Tedesco: vibraphone
   Tim Barnes: timpani, tam-tam, cymbal
   Sarah Washington: electronics
   Ishikawa Ko: sho, electronics
   Matt Davis: trumpet
   Angharad Davies: violin
   Tom Chant: tenor sax
   Mark Sanders: drums
   Otomo Yoshihide: turntable, guitar amp
   
   Live recording: Rick Campion and Sebastian Lexer at LMC Festival, ICA Theatre, London, December 15, 2006
   Sound technician/engineer: Mark Hornsby
   Mix: Otomo Yoshihide at GRID605, Tokyo, December 2007 and January 2008

Mastering: Kondo Yoshiaki at GOK SOUND, Tokyo, 23rd January 2008
Photos by Tsuchiya Jun
Design: Sasaki Akira

Core Anode is the roaring-sound project of the versatile and multifaceted Otomo Yoshihide, who works in genres ranging from free improvisation to jazz to rock to movie and TV music. The CD contains 3 pieces recorded live at concerts in Tokyo (2002), Copenhagen (2006), and London (2006). The players/numbers of players differed at each performance. In all cases the musicians were outside the audience area, surrounding the listeners, and in all cases they put out nothing but roaring sound.

In Tokyo the players were Otomo Yoshihide (guitar), Atsuhiro Ito (optron), Masahiro Uemura (drums), and Itoken (drums); in Copenhagen, Otomo (guitar), Ryoichi Saito (guitar), Mads Heldtberg (guitar), Nis Bysted (guitar), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums), Andreas Hauer-Jensen (drums), and Toke Tietze Mortensen (drums); and in London, Otomo (turntable, guitar amp), Andrea Neumann (inside piano, mixing desk), Uemura (drums), Sachiko M (sinewaves), Rhodri Davies (harp), Yoshimitsu Ichiraku (drums), Stefano Tedesco (vibraphone), Tim Barnes (timpani, tam-tam, cymbal), Sarah Washington (electronics), Ko Ishikawa (sho, electronics), Matt Davis (trumpet), Angharad Davies (violin), Tom Chant (tenor sax), and Mark Sanders (drums).

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