Playing the Piano / Out of Noise

Original Release Date:  September 28, 2009

Track Listing

• 1. Amore
• 2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
• 3. A Flower is not a Flower
• 4. The Sheltering Sky
• 5. Tamago 2004
• 6. The Last Emperor
• 7. Tibetan Dance
• 8. Thousand Knives
• 9. Riot in Lagos
• 10. Reversing
• 11. Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle
• 12. Bolerish
• 13. Hibari
• 14. Hwit
• 15. Still Life
• 16. In the Red
• 17. Tama
• 18. Nostalgia
• 19. Firewater
• 20. Disko
• 21. Ice
• 22. Glacier
• 23. To Stanford
• 24. Composition

Credits

• Fernando Aponte: Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Recording
• Denis Blackham: Mastering
• Jay Cooper: Legal Counsel
• Ted Jensen: Mastering
• Ryuichi Sakamoto: Piano, Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer, Liner Notes, Mastering, Mixing, Electronics
• Skúli Sverrisson: Dobro, Composer
• Yoshifumi Iio: Engineer
• Hideki Nakajima: Art Direction, Design
• Kazunali Tajimax-Tajima: Photography
• Norika Sora: Associate Producer, Creative Director
• Diego Cortez: Liner Notes
• Jake Jackson: Engineer
• Jason Stasium: Assistant Engineer
• Rafaela Hernández: Label Consultant
• Tamami Touno: Composer, Viol, Sho
• Christian Fennesz: Guitar
• Tim Olmstead: Assistant Engineer
• Toyoaki Mishima: Engineer
• Kazuya Tsujio: Piano Tuner
• Keigo Oyamada: Guitar, Composer
• Phil Romano: Piano Tuner
• Dana Leong: Trombone, Cello
• Evan Balmer: Production Manager
• Akiko Kato: Production Coordination
• Rob Moose: Violin, Composer
• Ren Takada: Pedal Steel, Composer, Engineer, Effects
• Alec Fellman: Production Assistant
• Hirotaka Shimizu: Guitar
• Mitsuru Shibamoto: Engineer
• Tina Pelikan: Label Consultant
• Nick Parker: Engineer
• Takuo Morikawa: Legal Advisor
• John Schaefer: Liner Notes
• Doreen D'Agostino: Public Relations
• Tetsuro Furutani: Design
• Yukihiro Tanaka: Design
• Sarah Humphries: Label Consultant
• Ryo Nukui: Engineer
• James Troniainen: Label Consultant
• Kotringo: Composer
• Kaz Tsujio: Piano Tuner
• Karen H. Filskov: Vocals
• Hiyomin Kang: Engineer