4 July 2012

EAST BIONIC SYMPHONIA "RECORDED LIVE" (ALM, 1976)





I have never seen nor heard this album - but Nick has helped to fill this gap - Thanks!

 


  EAST BIONIC SYMPHONIA  "RECORDED LIVE"
 

Kazuo Imai, guitar, viola da gamba (upright descant viola), electronics, snake charmer
Kaoru Okabe, found object
Yasushi Ozawa, bass
Tomonao Koshikawa, piano, potentiometers
Hiroshi Shii, wand, water stick
Masami Tada, sound performance, natural materials used as thrown percussion, FX
Tatuo Hattori, FX, electronics
Kazuaki Hamada – percussion, FX
Masaharu Minegishi, whistles, sound performance
Chie Mukai, kokyu (chinese upright fiddle)




A. Part 1 (7.30 P.M. ~ 7.47 P.M.)     19:23   
B. Part 2 (8.15 P.M. ~ 8.43 P.M.)     28:26

Recorded July 13, 1976 live at Bigakko in Jimbocho, Kanda, Tokyo.

ALM Records – AL-3001

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21 comments:

  1. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth4 July 2012 at 22:46:00 CEST

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  2. Adam Horst5 July 2012 at 20:42:00 CEST

    Nice ecclectic stuff. Would fit nicely into CRAMP's repertoire.

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  3. Vitko6 July 2012 at 13:21:00 CEST

    Very interesting music.
    East Bionic Symphonia were a group of improvisers and artists who studied together under Takehisa Kosugi at the Bigakko artschool in Tokyo in the mid-1970s. As a graduation project they recorded an album of free improvisation that was edited by Kosugi and released on the ALM label in 1976. Several of the members went on to have careers in underground music and the visual arts. The remnants of the group reconvened in 1997 under the name Marginal Consort and continue to play annually.(Info: PNF)
    Thank you.

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  4. magogiallo6 July 2012 at 14:11:00 CEST

    It is a real pleasure to see this record here at incostant sol, I bought a vinyl reissue of this one some years ago and I really loved it, don't missed it

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  5. kinabalu7 July 2012 at 00:59:00 CEST

    Very nice seeing this here. It has more than a passing resemblance to the recordings of the Taj Mahal Travellers, of which I'm a great fan.

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  6. Nuage fiché qui rêve7 July 2012 at 13:17:00 CEST

    Merci Nick, merci Onxidlib, this is gripping ! captivating moods, from caverns to ethereal places.
    I feel like exploring the Taj Mahal Travellers now.

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  7. taro nombei8 July 2012 at 19:31:00 CEST

    Yes indeed!
    Many thanks to Nick for this very rare share!

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  8. corvimax9 July 2012 at 19:39:00 CEST

    a thank you is not enough, but thank you anyway

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  9. Anonymous23 March 2014 at 21:51:00 CET

    It's a very lovely album. I have the original on ALM.

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  10. danny7 June 2014 at 18:03:00 CEST

    Dear Anonymous,

    I have a question for you about the original on ALM. Would you mind writing me at "danny@lafms.com"? Thank you.

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  11. Nick7 June 2014 at 18:27:00 CEST

    This rip and artwork is the original on ALM, Danny

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  12. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 17:16:00 CEST

    I only have five records on ALM. East Bionic Symphonia, GAP, Kiyohiko Sano, Akio Suzuki and New sense of hearing by Akio Suzuki and Takehisa Kosuvi on ALM-Uranoia.

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  13. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 17:18:00 CEST

    Danny, sorry, but I don't sell my copy on ALM. The music on the LAM album is the same and that record is a lot cbeaper.

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  14. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth8 December 2014 at 21:13:00 CET

    1fichier

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  15. Solomon9 December 2014 at 00:44:00 CET

    Thank you.

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  16. Norm9 December 2014 at 14:23:00 CET

    Big thanks!!!

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  17. José Pires9 January 2015 at 12:03:00 CET

    Hello,

    Could you please reupload this links and the ones from Sano - Kiui?
    Would be forever grateful

    Greetings from Portugal

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  18. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth9 January 2015 at 13:57:00 CET

    The link from 8 December is still valid.
    Click and scroll down at Fichier...

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  19. Nick9 January 2015 at 18:10:00 CET

    Kiui links are live

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  20. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 17:35:00 CEST

    Kiui is a double LP by Kiyohiko Sano. ALM records (AL-3008/9). Analapos by Akio Suzuki is the last one in the performance serie (AL-3010). The tracks on the Sano album are: Anonimus, Gap, Cue, Toss-up, For TRAZUM, URN, Source, Space and KIUI. The tracks on the Suzuki album are: Poetry of sound and Analapos.

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  21. Javier Roz28 April 2015 at 16:07:00 CEST

    Great album new to me. Thanks!

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