"The End Of Legal Fiction" Live at JZ Brat

[Machine Translation] Motohiko Hamase E.L.F. Ensemble, with Naruyoshi Kikuchi as a guest, was formed in 2008 to realize Motohiko Hamase's music in a precise manner. Not only do they perform sounds that are conventionally impossible to play live without any synchronization, sequencers, etc., but they also combine them with Hamase's improvisations to realize unexplored areas of music in a live space. The amazing man-driven techno-jazz music performed by the talented members assembled to realize Hamase's concept spread by word of mouth, and the live performance at JZ Brat, a jazz club in Cerulean Tower, Shibuya, on April 13, was almost completely packed, and the enthusiasm generated by the performance on that day was the highest ever among The E.L.F. ensemble's live performances. The enthusiasm generated by the performance was one of the best ever for a live performance by The E.L.F. ensemble. This is a live performance version of the event. About 60 minutes of the 2.5 hour performance was extracted and packaged! The liner notes include a trilogy discussion between Tamaki Saito (psychiatrist/critic), Motohiko Hamase, and Naruyoshi Kikuchi, titled "Should Musicians and Scholars Talk? (Should musicians and academics be in dialogue?)" is included.

菊地成孔をゲストに迎えた「濱瀬元彦 E.L.F. Ensemble」は、濱瀬元彦の音楽を精緻に実現するために'08年に結成された。従来、生演奏では演奏不可能であったサウンドを同期、シーケンサー等を一切使わずに演奏するだけでなく、濱瀬のインプロヴィゼイションと組合わさる事により音楽の未踏の領域をライブ空間で実現する。濱瀬のコンセプトを具現化するべく集められた凄腕のメンバーたちによる驚異のマン・ドライブ・テクノ・ジャズは口コミで広がり、4月13日に渋谷セルリアンタワーにあるジャズクラブJZ Bratで行われたライブはほぼ満席、そしてこの日の演奏が生んだ熱狂はThe E.L.F. ensembleのライブの中でも過去最高のものとなった。今作はその時のライブ実況版。およそ2時間半の演奏から約60分間を抜き取りパッケージ! ライナーノートは、斎藤環 (精神科医/評論家)、濱瀬元彦、菊地成孔の鼎談「音楽家と学者は、対話すべきなのか?」を収録。