Kato Hideki / James Fei – Sieves Label: Improvised Music From Japan – IMJ-522 Format: CD, Album Country: Japan Released: 26 Sep 2004 Genre: Electronic Style: Experimental Tracklist 1 Untitled 10:47 2 Untitled 4:52 3 Untitled 5:21 4 Untitled 7:09 5 Untitled 3:00 6 Untitled 4:51 7 Untitled 7:54 Credits Design – Tanabemse Electric Bass, Synthesizer [Bass] – Kato Hideki Electronics [Oscillators, Filters, Miscellaneous], Effects [Spring Reverb], Performer [Contact Mike] – James Fei Recorded By, Mastered By – James Fei, Kato Hideki Notes Recorded at O'Farrill Kato Studio, NYC, June 2003, and Organized Sound, NYC, August 2003. 'Sieves' was made through a process of excerpting, editing, mixing, and mastering electronic performance and recording using feedback; live-performance-like analog mixes; and performance-recording of acoustic reverberation. Not limited to mere documentation and editing, the recording process was treated as a form of improvisation and composition.
