Ground Zero


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Jazzy Rock Noise Unit formed by Otomo Yoshihide in 1990 and disbanded after their last concert in 1998. Otomo Yoshihide (samplers, turntable and guitar), Hideki Kato (bass: replaced in 1992 by Kazuyoshi Kimoto), Yasuo Sano (drums), Makio Tada (drums), Uemura Masahiro (drums), Kyoko Kuroda (piano) with guest Koichi Makigami (vocals), Yamatsuka Eye (vocals). The line-up changed in 1994-95: Otomo Yoshihide (sampler, turntable), Sachiko M (sampler), Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar), Mitsuru Nasuno (bass), Masaki Shimizu (bass), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums), Uemura Masahiro (drums). 1996: addition of Kikuchi Naruyoshi (soprano sax) and Tanaka Yumiko (gidayu shamisen and futozao shamisen) as regular members.

ALBUMS


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Cassiber With Shinoda Masami*
Live In Tokyo
1997, 2x CD, ,
Art Rock/Noise/Experimental
Bird
Bird's Nest
2005, ,
Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Various
AngelicA 1997
1998, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
[multer]
Prototyp 2
1998
Various
Neu Konservatiw
1994, ,
Noise/Experimental
Ensemble Economique
Secret Thirteen Mix 118
2014, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal
DJ Scotch Bonnet
Mindcast Mixtape 11/2013
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, Mixtape, Pod, Mindwaves Music, ,
Grime/Folk/Experimental
Various
Punk Nuggets (Raw And Rare '77-'79 Punk Rock From Original 7"s)
2010, CD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Nr , Stereophonic Moving Sounds Records, ,
Punk
Vicki Bennett
Smiling Through My Teeth
2008, CD, Comp, Sonic Arts Network, ,
Noise/Abstract/Theme/Big Band/Folk/Experimental
Various
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Sub Rosa, ,
Noise/Spoken Word/Krautrock/Abstract/Poetry/Avantgarde/Musique Concrète/Experimental
Art Bears
Revisited
2003, 2xCD, ReR Megacorp, ,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Art Bears
The Art Box
2003, CD, CD, CD, 2x CD, CD, Box Set, ,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
Pulser
2002, LP, Ltd, Vinylsoyuz
Various
Rockin' Indies Power!!
2002, CD, Comp, Smplr, Band Yaroze,
Various
Japanese Avant-Garde: Agitation/Stillness - Noise/Silence
2002, ,
Abstract/Noise/Experimental
Various
Improvised Music From Japan
2001, 10xCD + Box, Ltd, Num, Improvised Music From Japan, ,
Free Jazz/Abstract/Noise/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
Resonance Volume 8 Number 2 / Volume 9 Number 1: LMC…The First 25 Years
2000, 2xCD, Comp, London Musicians' Collective, ,
Free Improvisation
Various
Resonance Volume 6 Number 2: Cool In The Spool
1998, CD, Comp, London Musicians' Collective, ,
Modern Classical/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Various
Tokyo Invasion Volume 1: Cosmic Kurushi Monsters
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin, Virgin, ,
Art Rock/Noise/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
Sonoritie
1996, Cass, Comp, Ortie Magazine, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/House/Noise
Various
The Miracle Of Levitation
1995, CD, Comp, Gentle Giant Records, ,
Art Rock/Noise/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Various
What Sound Vol. 2
1994, CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, Num, Sound Factory, ,
Abstract/Noise/Ambient
Various
Wohlstand
1994, CD, Comp, Human Wrechords, ,
Grindcore/Noise/Abstract/Punk/Industrial/Experimental
Various
Intro Ver 0.0
1993, CD, Album, wit, Shikita & Associates, ,
Ambient/Psy-Trance
Various
Radio Free HK May 1993, #001
1993, Cass, Comp, Ltd, SEA Music Ltd
Various
Now's the Time Workshop, Vol. 2
1991, CD, Comp, Fun House,
Various
Disk Red
CD, Comp, Promo, ReR USA, ,
Noise/Post-Modern/Abstract/Art Rock/Free Improvisation/Experimental