all of these are me messing around. some of these were recorded in 1983 while in Japan. others in 1989 with some punk band friends of mine. the synth and sampler stuff is me playing it on guitar ('89). like the Koto on "ichi meets EFH" and the monster growling and chasing all the screaming people out of Loch Ness. these "effects" are played live, one guitar one take. (this was the ibanez system with an akai 612.) i was mixing a cassette tape for them with their bass player and we started jamming to it and recorded it. Hippityville is my "christmassy" or "music box" version of the Abercrombie piece. this also the ibanez but with an Oberheim. recorded with Roland MC 500 mkII. also included are 3 solo guitar scratch recordings: And I Love Her; Tokyo Dream; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.