Michiyo Yagi also appears in several different ensembles on the recently released 4-cd compilation, "The Festival Beyond Innocence cd Series: A Brief History in 67 Chapters" on Innocent Records (FBI 102, 103, 104 & 105, four compact discs, 2002). FBI (Festival Beyond Innocence) is an imprint of the Innocence (formerly Zenbai) label of Kazuhisa Uchihashi. The Festival is held annually in the fall in Kobe, Japan and is curated by Uchihashi Kazuhisa of Altered States and many other ensembles. This compilation features pieces from the 1996, 97, 98, 99, and 2000 Festivals and, while I have only listened to disc three so far (just arrived in the mail yesterday), that much (all of it) is just great. In addition to Michiyo Yagi, all sorts of folks with instant name recognition on this list (Eugene Chadbourne, Steve Beresford, Han Bennink, Joelle Leandre, Haino Keiji, Otomo Yoshihide, RUINS, Elliott Sharp, Bob Ostertag, Martin Tétreault, KK Null etc) have appeared at the Festival and are represented on the compilation. Here is the track information: disc one (October 9 & 10, 1996 & October 10 & 11, 1997) 1. Otomo Yoshihide, Iwasaki Tetsuji & Kojima Takashi 2. Bidziliba (Fuchigami Junko, Furutaro, Era Mari, & Funato Hiroshi) 3. Umezu Kazutoki & Otani Yasuhiro 4. Psychoacoustic (Elliott Sharp & Zeena Parkins) 5. Tanaka Yumiko, Samm Bennett & Uchihashi Kazuhisa 6. Suonomono (Akamatsu Masayuki, Yamaji Atsushi, Kitahara Keiichi & Kitahara Takayuki) 7. Ruins (Yoshida Tatsuya & Sasaki Hisashi) & Otomo Yoshihide 8. Royal Queezit (Emi Eleonola, Katsui Yuji) & Yagi Michiyo 9. Omoide Hatoba (Yamamoto Seiichi, Tsuyama Atsushi, Atari & Ogushi Takashi) 10. Tsuyama Atsushi, Takara Kumiko & Era Mari 11. Emi Eleonola & Samm Bennett 12. Bob Ostertag & Otomo Yoshihide 13. Chino Shuichi & Yamamoto Seiichi 14. Martin Tétreault & Uchihashi Kazuhisa 15. Kam-pas-nel-la (Haco, Zeena Parkins, Samm Bennett, Uchihashi Kazuhisa) 16. Leonid Soybelman, Nasuno Mitsuru, & Ichiraku Yoshimitsu disc two (October 10 & 11, 1997 & November 21 & 22, 1998) 1. Hans Reichel 2. Machida Ko, Yamamoto Seiichi & Uchihashi Kazuhisa 3. Katsui Yuji & Kinoshita Kazushige 4. Chiku Toshiaki, Haco & Takara Kumiko 5. Makigami Koichi & Thomas Buckner 6. Hans Reichel 7. Wono Satoru & Matsuzaki Junichi 8. 30th Century (Kawabata Minoru, Inada Makoto & Yuko Nexus 6) 9. Pon (Uemura Masahiro, Hirose Junji, Takara Kumiko, Tzuboguchi Masayasu & Shimizu Rei) 10. Hikutasu (Chiku Toshiaki, Ezaki Masafumi, Sekijima Takero, Ogata Takero & Uchihashi Kazuhisa) 11. Tanaka Yumiko & Kido Natsuki 12. Kingjoe (Sasaki Hideaki & Masuko Tatsuki) & Diesel Guitar 13. Happiness Proof (Haco, Tsuyama Atsushi, Christopher Stephens & Ichiraku Yoshimitsu) & Sotoyama Akira 14. Harpy (Itoken, Kyoko, Onotetsu & Suzuki) 15. Kawabata Makoto 16. Makigami Koichi & Altered States (Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Nasuno Mitsuru, & Yoshigaki Yasuhiro) 17. Tzuboguchi Masayasu & Iwata Ko 18. Hans Reichel, Harada Takashi & Samm Bennett disc three (November 21 & 22, 1998 & November 20 & 21, 1999) 1. Steve Beresford & Altered States (Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Nasuno Mitsuru, & Yoshigaki Yasuhiro) 2. Helge Hinteregger, Yagi Michiyo, & Era Mari 3. Haino Keiji, Tuyama Atsushi & Samm Bennett 4. Kang Tae Hwan & Enka (Uchihashi Kazuhisa & Yoshigaki Yasuhiro) 5. Steve Beresford 6. Chino Shuichi & Uchihashi Kazuhisa 7. Phantasmagoria (Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Iwata Ko, Ezaki Masafumi, Ando Makiko, Inada Makoto, Kojima Takashi, Ichiraku Yoshimitsu) 8. Haino Keiji & Inada Makoto 9. Pa-pa (Inada Makoto, Katori Koichiro & Mizutani Yasuhisa) 10. Imai Kazuo 11. Ando Makiko, Yuko Nexus 6 & Unami Taku 12. Guitar Panic! (Haino Keiji, KK Null, Imahori Tsuneo & Uchihashi Kazuhisa) 13. Steve Beresford 14. Haco & Coa (Eddie & Bill) 15. Yanagawa Yoshinori & Katori Koichiro 16. Ne Zhdali (Leonid Soybelman, Andrei Kulagin, Ilya Komarov, Oleg Davidovitch, Vadim Veeremaa & Vitaly Redchits) disc four (November 21 & 22, 1998 & November 18 & 19, 2000) 1. Kakitsubata (Tagawa Masayasu, Tanimoto Syunsuke, Inoue Hideki, Nakayama Hironari, Nisikawa Bunsyo) 2. Eugene Chadbourne & Samm Bennett 3. Joelle Leandre & Era Mari 4. Formant Brothers (Miwa Masahiro & Sakonda Nobuyasu) 5. Skist (Ito Haruna & Samm Bennett) & Kang Tae Hwan 6. Shelley Hirsch, Takahashi Yuji, & Uchihashi Kazuhisa 7. Eugene Chadbourne, Yamamoto Seiichi & Yagi Michiyo 8. Chou (Kimura Fumihiko, Kojima Takashi & Ezaki Masafumi) 9. Hose (Unami Taku, Hattori Reiji, Izumi Tomoya, Koike Toshihiro, Ezaki Masafumi) 10. Won Jiksoo, Yamamoto Seiichi, Kawabata Minoru & Ichiraku Yoshimitsu 11. Hannoda Taku 12. Han Bennink, Uchihashi Kazuhisa & Ezaki Masafumi 13. Mutant (Iwata Ko, Mizutani Yasuhisa, Inoue Satoshi, Uchihashi Kazuhisa) & Haco 14. Joelle Leandre, Chino Shuichi & Unami Taku 15. Fuchigami to Funato (Fuchigami Junko & Funato Hiroshi) & Tanaka Yumiko 16. Kang Tae Hwan, Yamamoto Seiichi & Inada Makoto 17. Purist (Yamamoto Seiichi & Uchihashi Kazuhisa) This cd set was available at the 2002 Festival. Currently, it is only available by sending $70 (U.S.) (including shipping) to Uchihashi Kazuhisa 463-305 Negishi-cho Machida-shi Tokyo, Japan That's how I got my copy. David K.