GUILLOTINE KYODAI (GUILLOTINE BROTHERS)

GUITOO

Cyclotron (A.K.A./Warner Japan--WPC6-8549--CD) 1999 LINE-UP: SEIICHI YAMAMOTO**; BRAVO KOMATSU [Instruments? Guests?] 1. cyclotron (13:55); 2. bird (4:53); 3. medium (9:34); 4. ruby (10:15); 5. snow noiz (5:13) In print.

HACO

Happiness Proof (Tribal Market/P-Vine Records (Japan)--PCD-5558--CD) 1999; (Detector (US)--MP-24--CD; ReR Megacorp (UK)--ReR Haco2--CD) 2000 SEIICHI YAMAMOTO co-wrote and guests on guitar on "Element" (3:59) and "Starry Night" (3:28). In print.

DEKOBOKO HAJIME/YAMANTAKA EYE

HANADENSHA

The Golden Age of Heavy Blood (Alchemy Records (Japan)--ARLP-041--LP; ARCD-041--CD) 1992 LINE-UP: NOMA--Guitar; TATEKAWA--Drums; AOYAGI--Bass; HIRA**--Vocal; KIKUKO--Bass 1. Future Deadlock; 2. Bad Tube; 3. Hot Cake; 4. Blossom Body; 5. Blood Star; 6. Mary Mary Mary; CD BONUS TRACKS: 7. Headspinningblues; 8. Heavensucker [Times? Print status?]

Hanaden Bless All (Alchemy Records--ARCD-051/052--2CD) 1993 LINE-UP: YOJIRO TATEKAWA--Drums; TSUTOMO AOYAGI--Guitar; MASATO YOKOTA--Bass; HIRA**--Scream & Whisper CD 1: 1. Massivesex; 2. Gnosistongue; 3. Triumph; 4. TT; 5. Mortal Vigor; 6. Worship CD 2: 1. Sons of Sounds from Sands in the Sun; 2. Blues for Jaronote; 3. Inuonna (my wife as a dog); 4. Virgin Oyster Juice; 5. Deepfreezemania; 6. God Only Needs Hanadensha [Times? Print status?]

Narcotic Guitar: Imaginary Movie Soundtracks (WEA Japan--WPC6-8215--CD) 1996 LINE UP: HIRA**--Voice, harp, rhythm box, dg, sound effects; AOYAGI--Guitar, guitar synthesizer, rhythm box, dg, sound effects; TATEKAWA--Drums, percussion, drum machine, steel guitar, kalimba; YOKOTA--Bass, dg, percussion; IEGUCHI--Organ, piano, synthesizer, bass, piancia 1. Sanctuary (6:36); 2. Sun/Sex (11:47); 3. Sugar (2:44); 4. Star (4:21); 5. Stone (1:16); 6. Space (3:26); 7. Salamander (4:47); 8. Sweet/Sky (6:12); 9. Sanders (1:53); 10. Spiral (1:55); 11. Summer/Speed (4:36); 12. Spiritual (2:13); 13. Sacrifice (4:58); 14. Sea/Smoke (6:41); 15. Soul (0:51) In print.

Astral Pigmy Wave (Circle Sunshine (Japan)--SUN-101--CD EP) 1997 LINE-UP: HIRA--Vocals; AOYAGI--Guitar; YOKOTA--Bass; TATEKAWA--Drums; IEGUCHI--Keyboards 1. Astral Pigmy Wave (18:12); 2. Herb Tower (20:53) In print.

Acoustic Mothership (Circle Sunshine (Japan)--SUN-202--CD EP) 1997 LINE-UP: HIRA; TATEKAWA; YOKOTA; IEGUCCI; AOYAGI 1. Brazilian Morning Fever (1:50); 2. Acid River (8:17); 3. Elemental Jam (10:05); 4. Acoustic Mothership (17:31) In print.

Doobie Shining Love (Circle Sunshine (Japan)--SUN-303--CDEP) 1997 [Line-up?] 1. Doobie Shining Love; 2. Star; 3. Seasky Rainbow [Running times? Print status?]

Compilation Appearances

West Psychedelia (Alchemy (Japan)--ARLP-017--LP) 1988 "Headspinningdizzyblues;" "Heavensucker" Alchemism 2 (Wechselbalg/Alchemy (Japan)--WCD-9--CD) 1989 "Headspinningdizzyblues [Live]"

Japan Bashing Volume 1 (Public Bath (Japan)--PB-2--7") 1990 "Future Deadlock" Out of print. Sion Tribute: Ain't Nothing You Can Do (Bishamon (Japan)--BISH-001--CD) 1995 "Hotaru" [Firefly]

THE HANATARASHI/HANATARASH [THE SNOTNOSED]

Cassettes

The Hanatarashi--Worst Selektion (PCM/MARS (Japan)--13) 1985 No line-up listing. SIDE A: King of Noise; B4 Bias; Wobzer (sp?); Zeetkcok; Megatoronix; Take Back Your Penis; Nero (sp?); Fuck Noisen; Hanazumari 1; Hanazumari 2; Big Fun; SIDE B: Golden Cock; Live Axion 28-1-84; Sliver Cock Silver Includes badge. We Are Nuts! (? (Japan)--?003--cassette) 1990

Albums/Singles

Hanatarashi (Alchemy Records--ARLP-007--LP) 1985 LINE-UP: YAMATSUKA EYE**--Tape, records, voice; TAKETANI--Bodyguard & percussion SIDE A: 1. Ultra Cocker; 2. Power Cock; 3. Domination in Spunked Cock; 4. Magaton Cock; 5. Cock Combat; SIDE B: 1. Cock Victory; 2. Cock Rising and Hunging Cunt; 3. Cock E.S.P. Out of print.

The Hanatarash and His Eye (Public Bath--PB-12--7") 1992 SIDE ONE: 1. Bom Bom Rider; 2. Acid Surfin Nazimetal; 3. Audio Gunshot--One SIDE TWO: 1. Pointless Brosers & Sisters; 2. Suicidal Budda; 3. Audio Gunshot--Two This is Eye's solo project. It was limited to 1000 copies. There were a few limited copies with Eye painting on the record labels. This and 4 (AIDS-A-Delic) were recorded in a day at home using a broken cassette recorder. Out of print.

Live!! 88 Feb. 21 Antiknock Tokyo (Mom'n'Dad Productions--MOM-001--CD) 1992 LINE-UP: EYE YAMATSUKA** 1. Live!! 88 Feb 21 Antiknock Tokyo (23:33) With bonus tracks: The Exotic Moog of Space Age Bachelor Pad Music. Initial release of 1000 copies now out of print. Reissued circa 1999. This is the full-length recording of the Hanatarash 3 recording "Live Shit Action 88."

Live!! 84 Dec. 16 Zabo Kyoto (Mom'n'Dad Productions--MOM-002--CD) 1993 LINE-UP: EYE YAMATSUKA**--Voice, tapes, glass-crash-percussion, cat cutting...; TAKETANI--Metal throw, army hammer, electric saw... 1. Live!! 84 Dec. 16 Zabo Kyoto (27:15) With bonus tracks: Space Age Bachelor Pad Music Initial release of 1000 copies now out of print. Reissued circa 1999.

Live!! 82 Apr. 12 Studio Ahiru Osaka (Mom'n'Dad Productions--MOM-003--CD) 1993 LINE-UP: EYE**, perhaps TAKETANI. 1. Live! 82 April 12 Studio Ahiru Osaka (24:30) With bonus tracks: Voo-Doo! Jungle! Initial release of 1000 copies now out of print. Reissued circa 1999. "Ahiru" is Japanese for "duck." (Does anybody know the quantity/print status of the reissues of the above three?)

Hanatarash 4--AIDS-a-Delic (Public Bath (U.S.)--PB 3--CD) 1994? No line-up listing (EYE** only, I presume). 1. No Go (0:09); 2. Zen Sex (0:26); 3. Web Wig (4:44); 4. Space is Meat (0:55); 5. Here Come the Hanatara-Crew (0:44); 6. Buy My Bone (2:52); 7. Zen Maggot (3:40); 8. Bonus Track (0:23); 9. Ultra Tired (0:55); 10. Full Speed-Forgetman (4:04); 11. Meat-a-Delic (1:16); 12. Bank is Dead Eskimo (0:46); 13. How to Use My Hole (2:00); 14. Vegetalian [sic] is Meat (0:41); 15. Anti Satori (16:31); 16. Osaka: Out of Order (2:47); 17. Something by Something (2:10); 18. OK (1:08); 19. Mind Man (1:00); 21. My Tooth is Sore Diamond (0:04); 22. Hopeless Smile Speed (2:19); 23. Blah Men (1:39); 24. Head is Foot (0:38); 25. Love & Love Love TV 7 (0:33); 26. Now (0:37); 27. Rat Pows Penguin (3:24); 28. Low-N-R-G (2:14); 29. My No' is 9999999999 (0:57); 30. Burning Pro-Sleeper (0:35); 31. Car is DNA (1:50); 32. Snake is Long (3:40); 33. Call Me Sea (0:45) This was released with three different covers: the first edition had a picture by Les Crims (sp?) entitled "The Naked Woman Sticked Penis-Like Ice Bars," and is out of print. The other two are pictured underneath (my own copy has the middle cover). One of these was released with the Hanatarash sign painted on the front of the jewelbox. This and The Hanatarash and His Eye 7" were recorded in one day on a broken cassette recorder (therefore some tracks are heard on one channel only). A great anecdote from college radio DJ gene.hopstetter.jr: "I once received a frantic phone call. The person was afraid I was getting beat up and asked if I needed help. Why? I was playing Hanatarash 4 and she thought there was a fight in the studio."

Total Retardation (Vinyl Communications (US)--7"--VC 63) 1995? Two untitled tracks (the labels are blank), played at 33 1/3. This is the We Are Nuts! cassette pressed on vinyl, and retitled by Vinyl Communications. [Print status?]

Hanatarash 5: We Are 0:00 (Shock City (Japan)--?--CD) 1996 [Recording from 1988] LINE-UP: EYE** 1. We Are 0:00 (52:42) In print.

Tributes/Etc.

YOKO ONO/IMA--Rising Mixes (Capitol (US)--SPRO-11219.11222--promo 12"; 37268--CD) 1996 "Rising (Thurston Moore Remix)" (8:48) Remix by THURSTON MOORE (of course), featuring MSBR, MASONNA, INCAPACITANTS, VIOLENT ONSEN GEISHA, CCCC, THE HANATARASH, AUBE, MONDE BRUITS, THE GEROGERIGEGEGE and KEIJI HAINO. He remixed the track by filling in the gaps in his copy of the multitrack with pieces from cassettes by these bands, and then had to get clearances from all of them afterwards.

THE HATTIFATTENERS

HIJOKAIDAN

INCAPACITANTS

Compilation Appearance

MASON JONES

International Incident (Charnel Music (US)--CHCD-31--CD) 1998 SEIICHI YAMAMOTO** is featured on guitar (Mason plays drums) on "Live at Bears, Osaka, Sep. 22, 1995" (12:12). In print.

KARERA MUSICATION

Koroshiya Ichi [Ichi the Killer] Original Soundtrack (Cinema Monsoon (Japan)--MOSCD-022--CD) 2001 LINE-UP: SEIICHI YAMAMOTO**; YOSHIMI P-WE**; ATR**; HILAH** [yes, Boredoms minus EYE (he's thanked in the album credits) and E-DA.]; GUESTS: CHINA--Drums, per; MASAYUKI YOSHIDA--Key, syn 15 untitled songs. (track times?) Soundtrack to the Miike Takashi film. [Print status?] This French site has a review of the soundtrack, plus three MP3 snippits.

LIVE UNDER THE SKY

Sky (F.M.N. Sound Factory (Japan)--FMC-005--CD) 1995 LINE-UP: FUTOSHI OKANO--Drums, drum machine; HIROAKI FUJIWARA--Bass, banjo, fiddle; SEIICHI YAMAMOTO**--Guitar, piano, synthesizer, etc. 1. Caravan'95 (3:39); 2. Freak Out Blake Down (2:25); 3. Earth Man (4:02); 4. Dacho (5:41); 5. Goto Daisakusen [Big Robbery Tactics?] (3:40); 6. Family Tree (4:58); 7. Spy2 (4:34); 8. About Round About (5:25); 9. Harmotto (5:42); 10. Limit 7 (3:35); 11. Sky (3:52) [All titles except 1, 2, 8 and 11 translated from Japanese.] In print.

Compilation Appearances

Riddle of Lumen (F.M.N. Sound Factory (Japan)--FMC-001--CD) 1994 "High-Center" (4:08) Recorded live at Takutaku, Kyoto, 1993 9 22.

Maboroshi no Sekai Samples [Imaginary World Samples] (Maboroshi no Sekai (Japan)--MABO-001--CD) 1995 "France" (4:50) GUESTS: KAZUHISA UCHIHASHI--Guitar; JUNJI HIROSE--Sax; YUJI KATSUI--Violin

MASKED SUPER SISTER

Compilation Appearances

MC HELLSHIT AND DJ CARHOUSE

7" single (Resonance (UK)--RES 4.2) 1995? Included with issue #2 of Resonance magazine. According to the mag, "It features 7 untitled pieces recorded in the Spring of 1995." The side A label has a picture of Eye looking kind of feminine, while the side B label pictures Otomo, and no text apart from "RES 4.2". ATAC, some copies had blank white labels, and "these recordings, I believe, come from the duo's London gig, when they performed as part of the London Musicians' Collective Festival of Experimental Music." Out of print.

Live!! (Japan Overseas (Japan)--JO96-24--CD EP) 1996 1. Join the Hellshit Army; 2. I Don't Like Ho-Hey; 3. Deadskywalker; 4. Cold Brain; 5. UFO Made Me Do It; 6. Hard Core Copy; 7. Muthafuck Mitsubishi; 8. Air Rappers Eight songs are listed, but there are nine tracks on the CD: 1. (0:47) [Same as track 7 of above]; 2. (2:39); 3. (1:43); 4. (0:07) [Audience cheering]; 5. (1:59) [Same as track 2 of above, minus Eye squawk at beginning]; 6. (1:38) [Same as track 2 of above, minus Eye burbling at beginning]; 7. (1:43); 8. (0:52); 9. (0:15) [Audience cheering] Recorded at the same show as the Resonance single, hence the similar tracks. The audience noise is left in here. In print.

Compilation Appearance

MILLION MANDARA BAND

Compilation Appearance

MINGA & EYE

Eye Love Minga (Japan Overseas (Japan)--JO95 [heart] 14--vinyl single) 1995 This is a split single which Eye made with the 10-month-old baby girl Minga. Two one-sided heart-shaped discs glued together as one record, on marbled vinyl (my copy is turquoise with red touches) packaged in a transparent plastic sleeve with a paper corner insert in English on one side and Japanese on the other. Side One is the song "....." (Minga playing with a synthesizer and singing along), and Side Two is the song "Minga" (Eye performing an ambient instrumental track in tribute). No labels, but each respective side has a small heart-shaped-cutout picture of Minga and eYe stuck on it. SHINRO OHTAKE (19 [JUKE]) did a little work on Eye's side.

THURSTON MOORE

Psychic Hearts (DGC (US/Canada/UK)--DGCD-24810/DGCSD 24810/GED 24810--CD; (US) DGC 24810--2LP) 1995 [Any other versions?] YOSHIMI** appears on an answering machine message (during which she giddily mimics the line interference) in the intro to "Feathers" (2:20).

Piece for Yvonne Rainer (Destroy All Music (US)--?--cassette) ?; (Sunship (US)--SS10--CD) ? LINE-UP: THURSTON MOORE--Guitar/amp; YOSHIMI** and MARK IBOLD--Jews harps SIDE ONE: part 1 SIDE TWO: part 2 OCTOBER 1996 Cassette version out of print. CD version in print.

MOST

Most (P-Vine (Japan)--PCD-5647--CD) 2001 1. Nai Nai Nai (3:02); 2. Tenzai, Misshu (3:07); 3. Dodemoiijanai (2:27); 4. Denryu Jikan (2:07); 5. Dareka ga Yondeiru (2:12); 6. Nani Hitotsu (3:18); 7. Tokumei no Fuko (2:02); 8. Shikaku (2:51); 9. E ni Naru Tame dakeni (4:13); 10. Ohayo (3:00); 11. Hahen Fukei (3:18); 12. Mainichi (3:01) [Translations?] In print.

2000 11 26 (no label or # (Japan)--CD-R) 2001? Limited edition CD-R sold at gigs, recorded live at their debut show at 20000V in Tokyo on 2000 11 26.

Compilation Appearance

Phew Video: File Under Popular 2 (boid (Japan)--v-boid 3--VHS video) 2001 "Denryu Jikan"; "Hahen Fukei"; "Mainichi" (Recorded live at 20000 Volts, Koenji, Tokyo 2001 5 19) Also includes performance footage of AUNT SALLY (1979), PHEW BAND (1987), and BIG PICTURE (1999, 2000), plus excerpts from an interview with Phew.

MUSICA TRANSONICA

MYSTIC FUGU ORCHESTRA

LINE-UP: RAV YECHIDA [aka YAMATSUKA EYE**]--Voice; RAV TZIZIT [aka JOHN ZORN]--Harmonium Zohar (Tzadik (US)--TZ 7106--CD EP) 1995 1. Alef (0:40); 2. Book of Splendors (3:48); 3. Frog Doina (2:01); 4. The Dybbuk (2:28); 5. 2000 Years (0:59); 6. Goniff Dance (2:17); 7. Rav Nova (7:44); 8. Ayin (3:37) In print. Released as part of the Radical Jewish Culture series.

NAGISA NI TE (ON THE BEACH)

Feel (P-Vine (Japan)--PCD-5812--CD) 2001; (Jagjaguwar (US)--JAG46--CD) 2002 LINE-UP: Too bloody long for such a small cameo. For full details, go here. SEIICHI YAMAMOTO** guests on "seaweed guitar" on 7. Sakana no Hayasa (aka "Speed of the Fish") (7:55). Jagjaguwar's Nagisa Ni te website.