Rendez-vous

by Satsuki Shibano

Rendez-vous cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1991
  • Label: Wacoal
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 1:00:01
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Shibano, a pianist trained in Paris under the Satie scholar Jean-Jo毛l Barbier, reworks the oeuvre of French composer Pascal Comelade here in partnership with Yoshio Ojima. The album extends the environmental approach of her earlier 'Erik Satie 1984', made for Satoshi Ashikawa's Sound Process label.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, minimal, melodic, experimental, dreamy

Tracklist

  1. Rayures Venitiennes (3:24)
  2. Dancin On My Sofa (4:02)
  3. Courant D'air Sur Le Pommier Du Japon (8:38)
  4. Baigneuses Au Soleil (6:21)
  5. Jac B. And His Dancing Dogs (2:46)
  6. Sicilia (2:43)
  7. Wyat Ah Um (4:36)
  8. Approximative But Fair (6:04)
  9. Son Binocle (1:13)
  10. Ricardo Vines Sings The Blues (0:38)
  11. 33 Bars (5:18)
  12. Les Muletiers Devant Le Christ De Llivia (6:51)
  13. Les Filles Du Calvaire (2:05)
  14. Songe Creux (1:42)
  15. Distant Pianos (3:40)

Credits

  • Satsuki Shibano - primary artist, piano, sampler [voice], organ, percussion, performer [effects on piano], keyboards, melodica, xylophone, sampler [voice], whistle, performer [clap, drum-kit of kitchenware], voice [french], sampler [voice], keyboards, sampler [voice], whistle, xylophone, performer [drum-kit consisting of things around her, manual egg-beater solo], piano, percussion, performer [effects on piano], piano, vocals, piano [prepared with bolt, safety pin, rubber, chip of wood, slit bamboo inside and the last to notes muted by fingers], toy piano, piano [solo], percussion
  • Yoshikazu Suo - electric guitar [solo], guitar, performer [synth-bass], percussion
  • Ichiyo Kishimoto - violin [solo], violin, mandolin, percussion
  • Emi Oshima - voice [french]
  • Masami Saito - voice [japanese]
  • Michiko Takeda - performer [mc, instructions on english]
  • Shizuru Otaka - vocals, percussion
  • Tomohiro Itami - art direction, design
  • Akio Yasuhara - recorded by [assistant], mixed by [assistant]
  • Etsuo Oshime - executive-producer
  • Masao Nakazato - mastered by
  • Katsuhiro Ichikawa - photography by
  • Kyoko Yoshida - producer [associate]
  • Pascal Comelade - composed by
  • D茅odat De S茅verac - composed by
  • Erik Satie - composed by

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