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Ichiyanagi, Ranta & Kosugi - Improvisation Sep 1975. CD

 Artist: Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta & Takehisa Kosugi

Title: Improvisation Sep. 1975
Catalogue No: ASHCD3032
Label: Phoenix

•Numbered limited edition – 1000 copies only
•No.46 on Julian Cope’s list of top Japanese albums
•Unique LP-replica card wallet
•Japanes lyric sheet insert
•Digitally remastered
•Highly collectable

Track listing:

1.All The Days
2.Make Up
3.Look At My Window
4.Slowly But Surely
5.Shadows Of Lost Days

“a rare and very collectable LP. Essential for anyone into avant improv or Fluxus artists” inconstandsol.blogspot.com

“with nowhere to run and no one to hide behind each sound made by each performer takes on a huge sense of the moment and even renders the gaps interesting” Julian Cope - Japrocksampler

A mind bending slice of drone improv from three of Japan’s post-war heavyweights; former John Cage student, Julliard graduate and Yoko Ono’s former husband, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Stockhausen percussionist Michael Ranta and Takehisa Kosugi, considered by many to be the father of what some called Japanese Krautrock. Heavy layers of reverbed ring modulators, threaded vocals, melodicas, pianos, violins gongs and Japanese biwas and shamisens combine to elevate the improvisations into the region of Krautrock and in particular, courtesy of Ranta, into post Stockhausen inspired rock a la Amon Duul. An extremely rare and highly important album which paved the way for successors Taj Mahal Time Travellers and much later, industrial giants, Nurse With Wound

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