LIVE Vol.1 series circuit

Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, conductor Kenta Tsugami: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone Alfred Harth: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet Taisei Aoki: trombone, bamboo flute (Disc 1: 2-6; Disc 2: 1, 3, 4) Axel Dörner: trumpet (Disc 1: 1) Masahiko Okura: alto saxophone, bass clarinet, tubes (Disc 1: 2-6; Disc 2: 1, 3, 4) Ko Ishikawa: sho Sachiko M: sinewaves Taku Unami: computer with objects, computer (Disc 1: 2-6; Disc 2: 1, 3, 4) Kumiko Takara: vibraphone Hiroaki Mizutani: contrabass Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion Kahimi Karie: vocal (Disc 1: 1-3; Disc 2: 1, 2) Kayo Ishu: vocal (Disc 1: 3; Disc 2: 2) Yoshiaki Kondo: live sound engineering (Disc 1: 1, 3; Disc 2: 1, 2, 4) Itoken: conductor (Disc 1: 4; Disc 2: 3) Hiroki Chiba: violin (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3) Shuichi Hashimoto: violin (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3) Tekko Koryu: violin (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3) Kazuya Takeda: violin (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3) Yuto Tsukada: violin (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3) Toshitaka Mukaiyama: viola (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3) Mikiko Narui: viola (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3) Tadanobu Kumon: cello (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3) Chisato Ito: oboe (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3) Margareth Kammerer: vocal (Disc 1: 3; Disc 2: 2) Disc 1: 2, 4-6 and Disc 2: 3 recorded live by Yasuo Fujimura at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo, February 9, 2006 Disc 2: 4 recorded live by Yasuhiro Usui at Tokuzo, Nagoya, February 11, 2006 Disc 2: 1 recorded live by Koji Sato at Hardy Hall, Kambai-kan, Doshisha University, Kyoto, February 12, 2006 Disc 2: 2 recorded live by Yoshiaki Kondo at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, March 17, 2006 Disc 1: 1 recorded live by Yoshiaki Kondo at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, March 18, 2006 Disc 1: 3 recorded live by Yoshiaki Kondo at Asahi Art Square, Asakusa, Tokyo, September 16, 2006, with vocals recorded live by Yoshiaki Kondo at at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, March 17, 2006 Otomo Yoshihides guitar and synthesizer overdubbed on Disc 1: 3 Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo and Otomo Yoshihide Mastered by Yoshiaki Kondo Produced by Otomo Yoshihide and Jun Numata Design by Akira Sasaki Photos by Keiko Shinya, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, Kumiko Takara, Yoshiaki Kondo, Hiroaki Mizutani, Tatsushi Iijima, Yuko Zama Includes liner notes by Otomo Yoshihide in Japanese and English (translation by Cathy Fishman)