AMPLIFY 2002: balance box set (7CD+1DVD)
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Erstwhile 033-040
A document of the 2002 Amplify festival in Tokyo curated by Erstwhile's Jon Abbey. Disc 1 and 7 are smaller club shows that took place outside the Festival proper, disc 2 is a studio session that took place around the time of the festival and discs 3-6 feature eight of the twelve sets that took place at the Amplify festival October 18th through the 20th at Star Pine's Cafe in Kichijoji, Tokyo.
erstwhile 040, also included in the box, is a DVD entitled "balance beams" that documents the festival, including video of the performances, interviews with the participants and shots of the surrounding area.
Also included is a 48-page booklet in full color with notes from the participants and photographs from the concerts.
Discs packaged in six Digipaks held in a cardboard slipcase within a second cardboard slipcase.
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CD 1 - outside festival shows
Erstwhile 033 Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer Toshimaru Nakamura - no-input mixing board Tetuzi Akiyama - amplified acoustic guitar Günter Müller - ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics Christof Kurzmann - g3 Taku Sugimoto - electric guitar TRACKLIST 1. Thomas Lehn / Toshimaru Nakamura (13:12) 2. Tetuzi Akiyama / Günter Müller / Nakamura (19:20) 3. Christof Kurzmann / Nakamura (24:08) 4. Lehn / Nakamura / Taku Sugimoto (13:20) Total Time: 70:00 CD 2 - Günter Müller / Toshimaru Nakamura - Tint
Erstwhile 034 Günter Müller - ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics Toshimaru Nakamura - no-input mixing board TRACKLIST 1. .tint (4:51) 2. ..tint (4:58) 3. ...tint (15:11) 4. ....tint (13:25) 5. .....tint (10:20) Total Time: 48:47 CD 3 - festival
Erstwhile 035 Sachiko M - sinewaves, contact mike Ami Yoshida - voice Keith Rowe - guitar, electronics Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer Marcus Schmickler - digital synthesizer, computer TRACKLIST 1. Cosmos (Sachiko M / Ami Yoshida) (24:35) 2. Keith Rowe / Thomas Lehn / Marcus Schmickler (39:29) Total Time: 64:04 NOTES Recorded on October 18, 2002 at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo by Kobayashi Yumi/GOK sound. Mixed on March 18, 2003 by Kondo Yoshiaki at GOK sound, Tokyo. Mastered by Earl Howard. CD 4 - Festival
Erstwhile 036 Günter Müller - ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics Otomo Yoshihide - electric guitar, turntables, electronics Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer Marcus Schmickler - digital synthesizer, computer TRACKLIST 1. Günter Müller / Otomo Yoshihide (36:10) 2. Thomas Lehn / Marcus Schmickler (39:41) Total Time: 75:51 NOTES Recorded on October 19, 2002 at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo by Kobayashi Yumi/GOK sound. Mixed on March 17, 2003 by Kondo Yoshiaki at GOK sound, Tokyo. Mastered by Earl Howard. CD 5 - Festival
Erstwhile 037 Taku Sugimoto - electric guitar Burkhard Stangl - acoustic and electric guitars, electronic devices Christof Kurzmann - g3 Keith Rowe - guitar, electronics Toshimaru Nakamura - no-input mixing board TRACKLIST 1. Taku Sugimoto / Burkhard Stangl / Christof Kurzmann (24:00) 2. Keith Rowe / Toshimaru Nakamura (31:49) Total Time: 55:49 NOTES Recorded on October 19, 2002 at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo by Kobayashi Yumi/GOK sound Mixed on March 17, 2003 by Kondo Yoshiaki at GOK sound, Tokyo Mastered by Earl Howard CD 6 - Festival
Erstwhile 038 Burkhard Stangl - acoustic and electric guitars, electronic devices Günter Müller - ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics Toshimaru Nakamura - no-input mixing board Sachiko M - sinewaves TRACKLIST 1. Burkhard Stangl / Günter Müller (33:43) 2. Toshimaru Nakamura / Sachiko M (21:30) Total Time: 55:13 NOTES Recorded on October 20, 2002 at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo by Kobayashi Yumi/GOK sound Mixed on March 18, 2003 by Kondo Yoshiaki at GOK sound, Tokyo Mastered by Earl Howard CD 7 - Festival
Erstwhile 039 Keith Rowe - guitar, electronics Tetuzi Akiyama - amplified acoustic guitar Oren Ambarchi - guitar, electronics Toshimaru Nakamura - electric guitar Otomo Yoshihide - electric guitar Burkhard Stangl - acoustic and electric guitars Taku Sugimoto - electric guitar TRACKLIST 1. seven guitarists: Keith Rowe/Tetuzi Akiyama/Oren Ambarchi/Toshimaru Nakamura/Otomo Yoshihide/Burkhard Stangl/Taku Sugimoto (Cornelius Cardew-Treatise, pp. 82-84) (38:25) 2. seven guitarists (improvisation) (31:03) Total Time: 69:28 NOTES Recorded on October 21, 2002 at Grapefruit Moon in Sangenjaya, Tokyo by Taku Sugimoto. Mastered by Toshimaru Nakamura DVD
Erstwhile 040 Leddington's DVD contains a 109-minute visual document titled "balance beams," which is built around the festival itself and includes structured excerpts from all twelve sets, commentary from the musicians, behind-the-scenes footage, as well as images and sounds from Tokyo. Footage of the Stangl/Kurzmann set includes cuts of Viennese filmmaker Michaela Grill's Schnee video, as it was shown live in Tokyo. The DVD extras include 5.1 surround sound audio-only versions of the Rowe/Lehn/Schmickler and Müller/Otomo sets, as well as three short individual features based on the three nights of outside festival performances that discs 1 and 7 were chosen from, including Keith Rowe discussing with the other guitarists how he believes a musician should approach performing the graphic score of Cardew's Treatise. |
CREDITS
Recorded by Yumi Kobayashi (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2, DVD1 to DVD6), Taku Sugimoto (tracks: 7-1, 7-2), Tetuzi Akiyama (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4) Video Editor [Additional Videography] – William Ashline (tracks: DVD1) Video Editor [Video Created By] – Jonas Leddington (tracks: DVD1 to DVD6) Edited by Jon Abbey (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Taku Sugimoto (tracks: 1-4), Toshimaru Nakamura (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4) Mixed by Günter Müller (tracks: 2-3 to 2-5), Toshimaru Nakamura (tracks: 2-1, 2-2), Yoshiaki Kondo (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2, DVD1 to DVD6) Mastered by Earl Howard (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2), Toshimaru Nakamura (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1 to 2-5, 7-1, 7-2) Photography by Yuko Zama Photography (Still From Balance Beams) by Jonas Leddington Design by Friederike Paetzold Produced by Jon Abbey, Jonas Leddington (tracks: DVD1 to DVD6) Liner Notes by Ami Yoshida, Atsushi Sasaki, Brian Marley, Burkhard Stangl, Christof Kurzmann, Günter Müller, Jon Abbey, Jonas Leddington, Keith Rowe, Oren Ambarchi, Otomo Yoshihide, Patrick Bœuf, Sachiko M, Taku Sugimoto, Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura, Utah Kawasaki, Bill Ashline*, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Yuko Zama |
