KAKASHI

2017 reissue (CD, LP)
Remastered
Palto Flats/ WRWTFWW Records PF-007/WRWTFWW-21

2015 reissue (HQCD)
Nippon Columbia COCB-54148

1982 original release (LP)
Nippon Columbia YF-7061-BD
  • 1
    Suiren
  • 2
    Kakashi
  • 3
    Kono yoni Yomeri (Sono 1)
  • 4
    Semi Tori no Hi
  • 5
    Kono yoni Yomeri (Sono 2)
  • 6
    Yume dewa
  • 7
    Umi no Ue kara
  • 8
    Utsukushiki Tennen

The album has its foundation in a minimal, dub-style approach, yet a central thread of stories told like haiku poems with simple conclusions runs throughout.

YS NOTES
  • In the liner notes for the 1992 reissue of this album Soichiro Suzuki wrote, “the Yasuaki Shimizu we know today starts here.” (Very true.)

Produced by Yasuaki Shimizu, Aki Ikuta
Composed by Yasuaki Shimizu, Hozumi Tanaka (8)

 

Yasuaki Shimizu: vocals, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, trumpet, piano, mallets, drums, percussion, charango, electronics, tapes, toys, noises

 

Aki Ikuta: bass (6), guitar (7)
Hideo Yamaki: trap drums, bass drum, chanchiki, percussion (1, 2, 8)
Morio Watanabe: bass (1, 2, 7, 8), engawa: balafon, wind bells (8)
Takayuki Hijikata: guitar (1)
Masanori Sasaji: marimba (2)
Dompei Kanezaki: trumpet (4, 2, 8)
Johnny Barrett: Frenchman, Irishman (1)
Koji Yamaguchi: French horn (1)
Mitsuru Orikasa: cello (1)
Tomio Yajima: cello (2)

 

Recorded/mixed by Seigen Ono at Nippon Columbia (Tokyo)