Ahobune

by Tenjo Sajiki

Ahobune cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Victor
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 43:38
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Composed by J.A. Seazer for Shuji Terayama's avant-garde theatre troupe Tenjo Sajiki, 'Ahobune' is a chaotic and surreal theatrical soundtrack. The music collides progressive rock with dissonant orchestral arrangements, unsettling spoken word, and choral elements. It stands as a harrowing and deeply experimental monument of Japanese underground theatre.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, avant-garde, orchestral, atmospheric, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. イントロダクション (3:39)
  2. 法王庁の穴掘り (1:48)
  3. 紡錘形の理性 (3:40)
  4. 眠り男 (2:54)
  5. 電気の悪魔 (3:20)
  6. 人間犬 (4:34)
  7. G線上の縄とび (3:20)
  8. 愚者の麦 (5:16)
  9. 水死人 (2:46)
  10. 人動説 (2:27)
  11. 阿呆船 (5:15)
  12. 大滅亡 (0:43)
  13. 出帆 (1:37)
  14. エンディング (2:19)

Credits

  • Tenjo Sajiki - primary artist
  • J. A. Seazer - primary artist, music by, arranged by, organ, harmonica, gong
  • Kayoko Ishu - backing vocals
  • Yoshiharu Kawana - bass
  • Chihiro Matsumoto - drums
  • Takeshi Mori - guitar
  • Naomi Takahashi - keyboards
  • Koji Ishii - tuba, trombone

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