a r t i s t : Hose
t i t l e : Hose II
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : Headz (HEADZ 126)
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2009
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 69,9 MB
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*Ripper's note: This is a split release between Headz and
Unknown Mix (UNKNOWNMIX 8).
Hose remind these ears of Maher Shalal Hash Baz and high
school brass band reheasrsals!
HOSE was formed at the end of last century as an idea of Taku
Unami with Toshihiro Koike, Masafumi Ezaki, who had also been
working in the field of improvised music, and their friends
Reiji Hattori and Tomoya Izumi who had never played music
before. In the beginning, the group was influenced by Genesis,
Roswell Rudd Trio, Brujeria, Art Bears, Karate Bakabon,
Hoburakin, Aburadako etc. though these influences were soon to
be forgotten. HOSE disbanded in 2003 when their music had
developed into "easy listening-style melodies played with
scant regard for traditional popular music song structures.
Furthermore everything is scratched and scraped by Izumi's
scream and the attack of his never-tuned bass". Suddenly HOSE
started to play again in 2006. Since then HOSE have been
active, playing at "Kid Ailack Light-Music Festival" (May,
2006), "Festival Beyond Innocence" (November, 2006), "Enban
Jamboree" as a choir of 40 people (January, 2007), recording
at Loop-Line (March, 2007) and visiting H.P.Lovecraft's grave
(April, 2007).
http://ontonson.com/index.php?
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All music by Taku Unami
Hose
Masafumi Ezaki: trumpet
Toshihiro Koike: trombone
Taku Unami: guitar, mandolin, vocal
Tomoya Izumi: bass, vocal
Reiji Hattori: percussion, vocal
Mattin: vocal, computer feedback (1, 3, 6)
Kanji Nakao: clarinet (4)
Masahiro Uemura: drums (9)
Hiroki Chiba: contrabass (9)
Yuko Uesu: harp (9)
Recorded by Eric La Casa at Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory, Nagi-
shokudo, and Loop-Line
Additional recording, editing, and mastering by Taku Unami at
Hibari Studio, September-November 2008
Photo by Kanji Nakao
Design by Akira Sasaki
Includes liner notes (10 prose poems) in Japanese by Chorui
Ogasawara
Released in December 2008
http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/headz/hose2.html
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01-Nana Has Just Been Fired [05:31]
02-Doomful House Where Saito Hose Used To Live [05:44]
03-The Bilbao Specter [06:08]
04-A Song Which Would Possibly Become Popular After Our [04:26]
Death
05-What I Thought While I Was Watching A Baseball Game [02:47]
On TV
06-How Buckwheat Noodle Could Be Introduced Into The [04:06]
Ground Nadir
07-Unknown Death Of A Wooden Stick [05:05]
08-La Mer [04:25]
09-Needlecraft Murder Case [11:03]
10-A Song Which Should Be Forgotten Immediately After [06:01]
It's Played
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