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The Moon And The Abandoned Old Woman
A Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds On A Moonlit Night
Monkey Music Moon
Musashi Plain Moon
How Noisy The Sound Of Insects Calling In The Meadow, As For Me, I Make No Sound But Think Of Love
Moon Of The Lonely House
Cloth-Beating Moon
Dawn Moon And Tumbling Snow
Joganden Shooting Moon
Lunacy
Received Back Into Moon Palace
Like A Reflection In The Moon
Glimpse Of The Moon
The Moon's Inner Vision
Mountain Moon After Rain
Birthdays

notes

This piece was inspired by "One Hundred Aspects Of The Moon", a series of woodblock prints by the last master of Japanese Ukiyoe, Yoshitoshi. Fifteen of his one hundred scenes were excerpted in various ways to bring out different aspects of the images. Although each piece has its own musical style, they are all connected to create a world whose energy is released by the same kind of culture clash that made Yoshitoshi's work so distinctive.

Commissioned by Roulette with funds provided by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust.
Recorded and mixed at Avatar, NYC, March & September 1999.
Live recording at Roulette, NYC, December 1989.
Live recording mixed at Frank Booth, Brooklyn, November 1999.
Track 16 recorded at Speed of Sound, Brooklyn, April 1999.
Mastered at Foothill Digital, NYC.

credits

Artwork [Ukiyoe Prints] – Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Bass – Kato Hideki
Cello – Erik Friedlander
Drum Machine [Drum Machines], Composed By, Producer, Design – Ikue Mori
Executive-Producer – John Zorn
Executive-Producer [Associate] – Kazunori Sugiyama
Mastered By – Allan Tucker
Mixed By [Live Recording] – Jamie Saft
Piano, Organ – Anthony Coleman
Recorded By [Live Recording] – Jim Staley
Recorded By, Mixed By – Dan Gellert
Violin – Eyvind Kang
Vocals – Theo Bleckmann

companies

Copyright (c) – Tzadik
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Tzadik
Recorded At – Avatar Studios
Recorded At – Roulette, New York, NY
Recorded At – Speed of Sound, New York, NY
Mixed At – Avatar Studios
Mixed At – Frank Booth
Mastered At – Foothill Digital
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus

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