Live in Japan
Live album by Material
Released	1993
Recorded	Shinjuku Pit Inn, Kyoto & Imabari on August 2,5 & 7 1992
Genre	No Wave
Label	Jimco, Japan, JICK-89225
Producer	Bill Laswell
Material chronology
The Third Power (1991) Live in Japan (1993) Hallucination Engine (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10[2]

Live in Japan is a 1993 live album by the New York based No Wave music group Material.

Track listing

1. "Invocation" (Bernie Worrell) – 5:21
2. "Leaving Earth" (Foday Musa Suso, Bill Laswell) – 6:39
3. "Desert Star" (Suso, Laswell) – 9:38
4. "Out of the Dreamtime" (Suso) – 5:29
5. "Obsessed" (Ginger Baker, Aiyb Dieng) – 10:45
6. "Into the Seventh House" (Suso, Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis) – 6:20
7. "Dousongonni Song" (Suso) – 4:46
8. "The Receiver" (Suso, Laswell, Skopelitis) – 8:06
9. "The Creator Has a Master Plan" (Pharoah Sanders, Leon Thomas) – 8:50
10. "The Image of the One" (Worrell) – 2:28

Personnel

• Bill Laswell – bass

Additional personnel

• Foday Musa Suso – kora, dousongonni, guitar, percussion, vocal
• Bernie Worrell – piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesizer
• Nicky Skopelitis – 6 and 12 string guitars
• Aïyb Dieng – chatan, congas, talking drum, percussion
• Ginger Baker – drums

Production

• Recorded live at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Kyoto & Imabari on August 2,5 & 7 1992.
• Produced by Bill Laswell

Release history

• 1993 – Jimco, Jp., JICK-89225 (CD)
• 1993 – Restless, 7-72739-2 (CD)

References