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Cosmos

Tears

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Personnel:

Sachiko M-sinewaves, contact mike

Ami Yoshida-voices

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Label: erstwhile
Catalog ID: erstwhile 024
Squidco Product Code: 918

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2002
Country: USA
Packaging: Jewel Tray
Track 1 recorded at Club Metro, Kyoto on 14 Sep 2001. Tracks 2 & 3 recorded at Off Site, Tokyo on 2nd Feb 2002.

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Sachiko M (Ground Zero, ISO, Cathode) pairs off with Ami Yoshida (who can be heard on the excellent 10-cd set Improvised Music from Japan for one of the most unusual vocal records you're likely to hear. Yoshida's sputters and utterances mesh perfectly with M's sinewaves and contact microphone experiments.

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"Sachiko Matsubara (Japanese: 松原幸子; born 1973), better known by her stage name Sachiko M, is a Japanese musician. Her first solo album, Sine Wave Solo, was released in 1999. Working in collaboration with Ami Yoshida under the name Cosmos in 2002, Sachiko released the two disc album Astro Twin/Cosmos (2) which was awarded the Golden Nica prize in Ars Electronica, 2003. She released Good Morning Good Night, a collaborative album with Otomo Yoshihide and Toshimaru Nakamura, in 2004."

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachiko_M)
6/11/2025

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Track Listing:

1. Untitled 1 24:29

2. Untitled 2 18:09

3. Untitled 3 12:09

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