Cathode
by Otomo Yoshihide
- Type: Album
- Released: 4 October 1999
- Label: Tzadik
- Country: Japan
- Length: 54:58
- Community rating: 3.55/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released through John Zorn's Tzadik label, this challenging work captures the Japanese avant-garde pioneer meticulously blending stark electronic sine waves with acoustic improvisations. The radical exploration of silence, texture, and sustained minimalist frequencies played a crucial role in codifying the highly influential onkyo scene.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, improvisation, minimalistic, instrumental, experimental, noisy, electronic, avant-garde
Tracklist
- Modulation #2 (10:14)
- Cathode #1 (17:18)
- Cathode #2 (17:00)
- Modulation #1 (10:26)
Credits
- Tsuneo Imahori - acoustic guitar
- Sachiko M - sampler [with sine wave generator], sampler [with sine wave], electronics [contact microphone], sampler [sine wave generator]
- Ko Ishikawa - sho, sho [reverse with electronics]
- Utah Kawasaki - synthesizer [silent], synthesizer [analog]
- Naoya Mochizuki - cello
- Masaaki Kikuchi - contrabass [contra bass]
- Naoko Eto - piano, piano [prepared with electronics and reverse cymbals]
- Yumiko Tanaka - shamisen [futozao]