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Early demo
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proto-promo 2 (demo '96) of yasuhiro yamaoka includes 3 extra trax

parabola/microphony compact cassette
demo #1
(untitled, 7:34, bpm134, apr/28/96)
demo #2
(untitled, 6:29, bpm124, apr/29/96)
demo #3
(untitled, 6:36, bpm118, apr/30/96)
bonus #1
bonus #2
bonus #3
(another movement rough-mix, 10:40, feb/26/96)
all tracks composed and produced by yamaoka yasuhiro. recorded at home in tokyo. ©1996 yamaoka yasuhiro.
demo #3: later, titled "Tanoshimi O Mitsuketa Yo". bonus #1 & #2 were chosen randomly from an album: "1/2 after 5".
Demo 1996 May

Demo 1996 May
A:
trk #1 (untitled, 3:50 bpm128, may/20/96)
trk #2 (Loose Jet, 5:12, bpm136, may/23/96)
trk #3 (Play with Fire, 5:06, bpm162, may/27/96)
B:
trk #4 (Stirring up the Ocean, 14:50, bpm136, may/17/96)
All tracks composed and produced by Yamaoka Yasuhiro. Recorded at home in Tokyo, May,1996.
©1996 Yamaoka Yasuhiro. mailed as Cassette Tape. a few copies have wrong title on trk #2: Regardless.
YOMusic presents Demo Tape Sept/96

Demo Tape Sept/96
a:
tr1. It Was a Long Distance - HARD MIX 11:52
b:
tr2. Locus 03:50
tr3. Dawning After 09:59

tr1: 136BPM, Aug/27/96, Original mix available on Yamaocan Mood.
tr2: 152BPM, Sept/14/96 - tr3: 125BPM, Jun/02/96, available on Yamaocan Groove.
ALL TRAX COMPOSED AND PRODUCED BY YAMAOKA YASUHIRO. Recorded at home in Tokyo.
©1996 Yamaoka Yasuhiro. mailed as Cassette Tape. the original mix for tr1 has been deleted by an accident.
several tapes included short promotional version for microphony iii by parabola as tr3.
YOMusic presents Demo Tape Feb/97

Demo Tape Feb/97
a:
tr1. Opening 00:29
tr2. Untitled (Lift #01) 11:23
tr3. Force Quitting 02:55
b:
tr4. Audience Digital 05:45
tr5. Crimes Most From 08:41
ALL TRAX COMPOSED AND PRODUCED BY YAMAOKA YASUHIRO. Recorded at home in Tokyo, Dec/1996 - Feb/1997.
©1996, 1997 Yamaoka Yasuhiro. mailed as Cassette Tape. Lift #02 & #03 is deleted. tr1 includes Japanese dirty words reading by the speech software: Apple Speech Manager. the "scrap" poems on tr4 and tr5 are made from fragments of the collected articles about music.
[YOWorks Demo Sept 1997]

Demo Sept 1997
Fore, Tanc, None of Them, Drain
Demo Sept 1997+ CD caseDemo Sept 1997+ CD label
all tracks composed and produced by yamaoka yasuhiro. ©1996, 1997 yamaoka yasuhiro.
originally mailed as Cassette Tape. later, mailed as CD-R including some extra files (these files were not in regular order): files from "Demo January 1999", promotional short versions for parabola/microphony, Stabilized Low, Home Way in Snow, etc.