Erstwhile Records 033-40 AMPLIFY02: balance

Various musicians

Disc 1 (erstwhile 033): Outsider shows

1. Thomas Lehn, analogue synthesizer/Toshimaru Nakamura, no-input mixing board (13.12); recorded at Gendai Heights, Ikenoue, Tokyo, on 16 October 2002
2. Tetuzi Akiyama, amplified acoustic guitar/Günter Müller, ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics/Toshimaru Nakamura, no-input mixing board (19.20); recorded at Off Site, Yoyogi, Tokyo on 12 October 2002
3. Christof Kurzmann, G3/Toshimaru Nakamura, no-input mixing board (24.08); recorded at appel, Kyodo, Tokyo on 23 October 2002
4. Thomas Lehn, analogue synthesizer/Toshimaru Nakamura, no-input mixing board/Taku Sugimoto, electric guitar (13.20); recorded at Gendai Heights, Ikenoue, Tokyo, on 16 October 2002

Disc 2 (erstwhile 034): Günter Müller/Toshimaru Nakamura: tint

Günter Müller, ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics; Toshimaru Nakamura, no-input mixing board

1. .tint (04.51)
2. ..tint (04.58)
3. ...tint (15.11)
4. ....tint (13.25)
5. .....tint (10.20)
   Recorded in Tokyo on 13 October 2002

Discs 3/4 (erstwhile 035/36): Festival 1/Festival 2

1. Cosmos [Sachiko M, sinewaves, contact mic/Ami Yoshida, voice] (24.35); recorded at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo on 18 October 2002
2. Keith Rowe, guitar, electronics/Thomas Lehn, analogue synthesizer/Marcus Schmickler, digital synthesizer, computer (39.29); recorded at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo on 18 October 2002
3. Günter Müller, ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics/Otomo Yoshihide, electric guitar, turntables, electronics (36.10); recorded at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo on 19 October 2002
4. Thomas Lehn, analogue synthesizer/Marcus Schmickler, digital synthesizer, computer (39.41); recorded at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo on 19 October 2002

Discs 5/6 (erstwhile 037/38): Festival 3/Festival 4

1. Taku Sugimoto, electric guitar/Burkhard Stangl, acoustic and electric guitars, electronic devices/Christof Kurzmann, G3, clarinet (24.00); recorded at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo on 19 October 2002
2. Keith Rowe, guitar, electronics; Toshimaru Nakamura, no-input mixing board (31.49); recorded at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo on 19 October 2002
3. Burkhard Stangl, acoustic and electric guitars, electronic devices/Günter Müller, ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics (33.43); recorded at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo on 20 October 2002
4. Toshimaru Nakamura, no-input mixing board/Sachiko M, sinewaves (21.30); recorded at Star Pine's Cafe, Tokyo on 20 October 2002

Disc 7 (erstwhile 039): Seven guitars

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
1. Treatise (Cornelius Cardew) pp. 82-84 (38.25)
2. Improvisation (31.03)
   Recorded on 21 October 2002 at Grapefruit Moon, Sangenjaya, Tokyo

Disc 8 (erstwhile 040): Balance beams (DVD)

Chapter selections

1. Keith Rowe: On preparing for performance
2. The musicians and Star Pine's Cafe
3. Sugimoto Guitar Quartet
4. Günter Müller: Listening to this nothing
5. Cosmos
6. Keith Rowe: Working a long life
7. Rowe/Lehn/Schmickler
8. Stroll: Asakusa Market & Asakusa Kannon Temple
9. Schnee
10. Günter Müller: Shifting around the canvas
11. Otomo/Müller
12. Marcus Schmickler: This duo we're doing
13. Lehn/Schmickler
14. Marcus Schmickler: If you don't have any music
15. Sugimoto/Stangl/Kurzmann
16. Keith Rowe: The modernist agenda
17. Keith Rowe: Developments in improvised music
18. Rowe/Nakamura
19. Astro Twin
20. Dinner: Ikenoue/Shimokitazawa
21. Stangl/Müller
22. Thomas Lehn: Music experience
23. Sachiko M/Nakamura
24. Rowe/Müller/Sugimoto
25. A very brave thing to do
    
    Extra features
    
26. Gendai Heights Medley (13.45): Thomas Lehn/Toshimaru Nakamura/Taku Sugimoto filmed on 16 October 2002 at Gendai Heights Gallery, Ikenoue, Tokyo
27. Seven Guitars (Treatise) (14.08): Keith Rowe/Tetuzi Akiyama/Oren Ambarchi/Toshimaru Nakamura/Otomo Yoshihide/Burkhard Stangl/Taku Sugimoto filmed on 21 October 2002 at Grapefruit Moon, Sangenjaya, Tokyo
28. Old fashioned duet//New fashioned duet (09.20) Burkhard Stangl/Taku Sugimoto//Christof Kurzmann/Toshimaru Nakamura filmed on 23 October 2002 at appel, Kyodo, Tokyo
29. Keith Rowe/Thomas Lehn/Marcus Schmickler: 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (audio only) (39.26) recorded on 18 October 2002 at Star Pine's Cafe, Kichijoji, Tokyo
30. Günter Müller/Otomo Yoshihide 5.1 Surround Sound Mix (audio only) (37.26) recorded on 19 October 2002 at Star Pine's Cafe, Kichijoji, Tokyo

All photographs (box and covers reproduced above) by Yuko Zama (with the exception of erstwhile 040, still by Jonas Leddington); design by Friederike Paetzold, 11k.com.