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David Toop – Sound Body

contribution on titles 1 & 4

David Toop: flutes, e-bass, giutar, percussion, stones, gog whistles, bird calls, electronics, computer; Clive Bell: pi saw flue (2, 5); Angharad Davies: violin, preparations (1, 2, 4); Rhodri Davies: harp, preparations (1, 3); Haco: voice w/ effects, stereo bugscope, rubber bands w/ bow, contact microphones (4,5); John Lattam: voice fragments (4); Miya Masaoka: koto, torn paper (4,5); Günter Müller: stones (1), textures (4); Lee Patterson: environmental recordings (3, 4); Kenji Siratori: voice fragments (4); Stefano Tedesco: popcket vibraphone, live electronics, feedback (1, 2, 5); Rafael Toral: portable amplifer feedback, oscillator (4, 5); Emi Watanabe: shinobue & nohkan flutes (2, 4, 5), bark (2)

recorded between 2004 and 2006

coverdesign by Chris Bigg, artwork by Mariko Sugano

arts direction by David Sylvian

CD: Samadhisound cd ss09, released 2006

1. Falling Light

2. Auscultation

3. Decomposition / Decay

4. Heating & Cooling

5. Slow Pulse