We Insist?

by Otomo Yoshihide

We Insist? cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Sound Factory
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 47:03
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Establishing himself as a premier architect of the Japanese noise and free improvisation scene, the visionary turntablist delivered a masterclass in sonic destruction. 'We Insist?' violently deconstructs vinyl records, frantically splicing abrasive noise blasts with fragmented jazz samples and chaotic audio collisions. The album is a dizzying, uncompromising achievement in avant-garde plunderphonics and extreme turntable manipulation.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, avant-garde, noisy, sampling, experimental, diverse, extreme

Tracklist

  1. Rinko-Gun
  2. X-Day
  3. Replicant (4:57)
  4. Terminal-Zero (0:46)
  5. Xper. Xr. (0:37)
  6. Blackbird 1 (2:43)
  7. Watchtower Waltz (3:33)
  8. Film Maker From Kreuzberg (2:55)
  9. Chronicle (1:47)
  10. Quite Fire At Gok (2:25)
  11. Cash Dispenser (4:56)
  12. Hardcore Chinese Opera (1:09)
  13. Techno (0:35)
  14. Crossover (0:27)
  15. Trash (0:23)
  16. Death House (1:40)
  17. Acid Jazz (0:20)
  18. Psyche Punk (0:26)
  19. World Music (1:22)
  20. Be-Bop (1:07)
  21. Boundary (3:13)
  22. Last Words (3:43)
  23. Yuppie's Walk (1:12)
  24. Blackbird 2 (2:47)
  25. Walls (4:00)

Credits

  • Kato Hideki - bass, vocals
  • John Zorn - composed by, saxophone
  • Junji Hirose - composed by, saxophone
  • Yamatsuka Eye - composed by, vocals
  • Masahiro Uemura - drums
  • Shuichi Chino - piano, sampler

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