“The Miraculous Mandarin”

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Theater piece written by Shuji Terayama

Directed by Akira Shirai

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Soundtrack Produced by

Jun Miyake
Music composed and arranged by
Jun Miyake
Words by
Shuji Terayama

and Jun Miyake (track 9 and 10)

Executive producers
PARCO and Jun Miyake

Recorded by
Jun Miyake, Philippe Avril (track 10) and Takehiko Kamada

Recorded at

Tex Avril studios, Jun's room, Studio Sound City
Mixed by
Takehiko Kamada and Philippe Avril (track 10) with Jun Miyake
Mastered by
Seigen Ono at Saidera Mastering Studio

Cosmic voices from Bulgaria conducted by

Vanya Moneva

 

Graphic Design by
Yan Stive
Illustration and collages by
Nobutaka Kotake
Poster designed by
Satoshi Machiguchi (Match and company)
Japanese font arranged by
Mayumi Tsuruta (OX Design Co., Ltd.)

 

Production management by
Jun Miyake (Paris)
Kaori Matsui / kick up (Tokyo)
Emil Minev (Cosmic voices from Bulgaria)

Hitoshi Watanabe appears courtesy of GEMMATIKA Records

Special Thanks to
All the musicians who made this album possible, Nobutaka Kotake, Akira Shirai, Yan Stive, Emil Minev, Vanya Moneva, Koji Takahashi, Kyoko Katsunuma and Sheena Miyake
 

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01 「中国の不思議な役人2009」プロローグ 

       The Miraculous Mandarin 2009 prologue

Emi Eleonola (piano)

Dairo Miyamoto (soprano sax, bass clarinet, percussion)

Steve Eto (percussion)
Jun Miyake (samples)


02 犯罪大通り  Hanzai oh dori

Dhafer Youssef (voice)
Jun Miyake (trumpet, samples)
Hitoshi Watanabe (wood bass)
Dairo Miyamoto (soprano sax, bass clarinet)
Tomo Yamaguchi + Yoshié (percussion)


03 風見鶏  Kazami Dori

Dairo Miyamoto (alto flute)

Steve Eto (percussion)
Jun Miyake (samples)


04 影絵河岸  Kage-e Kashi
(words: Shuji Terayama)

Kyoko Katsunuma (vocal, chorus)

Koko Komine (chorus)
Didier Havet (bariton horns, tuba)

Dairo Miyamoto (alto saxes)

Steve Eto (percussion)

Tomo Yamaguchi (percussion)

Yoshié (hi hat)
Jun Miyake (samples)


05 上海娼婦館  Shanghai Shoufu-Kan

Jun Miyake (trumpet, samples)
Hitoshi Watanabe (wood bass)
Yoshié (percussion)
Dairo Miyamoto (bass clarinet)


06 娼婦訓  Shoufu-Kun

Jun Miyake (fender rhodes, samples)

Emi Eleonola (piano)

Masahiro Itami (wow guitar)

Dairo Miyamoto (soprano saxes, drums)

Hitoshi Watanabe (electric bass)
Tomo Yamaguchi (drums)
Yoshié (percussion)

07 花姚の浮遊  Kacho no Fuyuu

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David Coulter (musical saw, jew's harp)
Jun Miyake (piano, samples)
Dairo Miyamoto (alto flutes)
Steve Eto (percussion)


08 仮面舞踏会  Kamen Butoukai

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Dhafer Youssef (voices, oud)

Alexander Zekke (cellos)

Hijiri Kuwano Group (strings)

Dairo Miyamoto (bass clarinet)

Tomo Yamaguchi + Yoshié (percussion)

Jun Miyake (samples)


09 中国の不思議な役人  The Miraculous Mandarin

(words: Jun Miyake)

Bulgarian translation by Vanya Moneva

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Cosmic voices from Bulgaria (vocal)

Hijiri Kuwano Group (strings)

Dairo Miyamoto (timpani)

Steve Eto (percussion)
Jun Miyake (samples)


10 引力の仮面  The Silence Ahead - REMIX
(Words: Jun Miyake)

Kyoko Katsunuma (vocal)
Jun Miyake (flugelhorn, fender rhodes, percussion, samples)


11 切りぬき歌  Kirinuki Uta
(words: Shuji Terayama)

Emi Eleonola (vocal, piano)

Kyoko Katsunuma (chorus)

Dairo Miyamoto (tenor saxes)

Tomo Yamaguchi + Yoshié (snares)

Hitoshi Watanabe (wood bass)

Jun Miyake (samples)


12 あさっての新聞  Bell Blossoms

Hijiri Kuwano Group (strings)

Dairo Miyamoto (bass clarinet)
Jun Miyake (percussion, samples)


13 鏡の国のスパイ  Kagami no Kuni no Spy

Alexander Zekke (cellos)

Tomo Yamaguchi + Yoshié (percussion)

Masahiro Itami (banjo)

Dairo Miyamoto (bass clarinet, percussion)

Jun Miyake (samples)


14 怒涛の交響曲  Doto no Koukyoukyoku
(words: Shuji Terayama)

Natsuko Akiyama (vocal)
Kyoko Katsunuma (chorus)

Didier Havet (trombones)

Dairo Miyamoto (tenor saxes)

Yoshiaki Sato (accordion)

Masahiro Itami (pedal steel guitar)

Hijiri Kuwano Group (strings)


15 花姚の恋  Kacho no Koi

David Coulter (musical saw)

Masahiro Itami (ukulélé, oud)

Dairo Miyamoto (percussion)

16 不死の役人  Hushi no Yakunin
 

David Coulter (musical saw, jew's harp)

Dairo Miyamoto (sax, bass clarinet)

Steve Eto (percussion)

Hitoshi Watanabe (wood bass)

Tomo Yamaguchi + Yoshié (percussion)

Jun Miyake (samples)

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17 支那の長城  Shina no Choujou
(words: Shuji Terayama)

Kaori Yoshimura (vocal)
Kyoko Katsunuma (chorus)

Alexander Zekke (cellos)

Hijiri Kuwano Group (strings)

Jun Miyake (samples)

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18 恋と死  Koi to Shi
 

David Coulter (musical saw)

Jun Miyake (piano, samples)

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19 崩壊  Houkai
 

Dairo Miyamoto (soprano sax)

Steve Eto (percussion)

Hitoshi Watanabe (wood bass)

Tomo Yamaguchi + Yoshié (percussion)

Jun Miyake (piano, samples)

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20 「中国の不思議な役人2009」エピローグ 

       The Miraculous Mandarin 2009 epilogue

Alexander Zekke (cellos)

Hijiri Kuwano Group (strings)

Dairo Miyamoto (bass clarinet, percussion)

Jun Miyake (trumpet, samples)