Anode

by Otomo Yoshihide

Anode cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 November 2001
  • Label: Tzadik
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 54:24
  • Community rating: 3.35/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Utilizing a complex framework of conducted improvisation, the pioneering Japanese artist directs an ensemble through terrifyingly dense walls of sound. 'Anode' is a relentlessly noisy, chaotic, and manic exploration of avant-garde composition, aggressively blurring the lines between free jazz and harsh static.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, improvisation, avant-garde, experimental, minimal, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Anode 1 (10:35)
  2. Anode 2 (13:04)
  3. Anode 3 (15:03)
  4. Anode 1 Variation (15:42)

Credits

  • Taku Sugimoto - electric guitar
  • Sachiko M - electronics [sine waves, contact microphone]
  • Mari Furuta - percussion, crotales
  • Itoken - percussion, crotales, drums
  • Masahiro Uemura - percussion, drums
  • Yasuhiro Yoshigaki - percussion, drums
  • Yoshimitsu Ichiraku - percussion, drums
  • Kumiko Takara - percussion, vibraphone, timpani

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