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The pre-Awaken days : 1986 1987
The lyceum's strange days : 1988 1989
The noisy days : 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
The flat days : 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
The wasabi days : 2002 2003 2004 2005
The Beppu days : 2006 2007 2008
The strategic days : 2009 2010 2011 2012
The middle-finger days : 2013 2014
Fuck off!

1987

... (some pre-shots of FOUR DREAMS SUITE, still unavailable yet)

Tygersmyle (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: guitar, tapes.

Comments
: An excerpt of this 1987 take appears at the end of the official recording of the "Four Dreams Suite".
Recorded:
 July 1987.
Listen to this song: get PARTY IN LYCEUM'S TOILETS.

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Four Dreams Epilogue (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: guitar, tapes.

Comments
:  An excerpt of this 1987 take appears at the end of the official recording of the "Four Dreams Suite".
Recorded:
 July 1987.
Listen to this song: get PARTY IN LYCEUM'S TOILETS

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Günz (Overture) (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer 

Recorded
:
 Autumn of 1987.

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Günz (The Nine Elements Of Life) (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer

Recorded: Autumn of 1987.

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Funk Is In My Brain (IQ)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, tapes

Recorded
:
 Autumn of 1987. 

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Koyaanisqatsi (Phil Glass)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, tapes

Recorded
:
 Autumn of 1987. 

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Soon (Gates Of Delirium) (Anderson/Howe/Moraz/White/Squire)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, piano & tapes.

Recorded: December 1987.
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... and some more lost ideas on lost tapes!

1988

Awaken "Four Dreams Suite sheet", 1988

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Sweet Wave Of Ice Cream (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.

Comments
: A part of the piece was written every month. 
Recorded:
 Started in January and ended in August.

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Polygonal Mirror (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer | Ced Mattys: bass, voice. 
Recorded:
 15th of February 1988.
Comments
: jam version, writing session.

Listen to this song: yes 

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A Trip To Nowhere (C.Mattys/R.Lhoest)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, tape effects, sampling, bass, various percussive stuff. 

Recorded:
 February 1988.
Comments
: A strange cover of METROPOLIS' almost-hit. 17 minutes of experimentation.

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The Test (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.

Recorded
:
 March 1988. 

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Picture From An April's Dream (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, whistle.

Recorded
:
 April of 1988

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Cucumber Phone (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.

Recorded
:
 April of 1988

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Drumsolo 

-featuring Snowcat: drum synthesizer, drummachine.

Recorded: April of 1988.
Comments: An improvisation with drummachine and drum synthesizer.
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Canon (Pachelbel)

-featuring Snowcat: guitar, computer.

Recorded
:
 April of 1988. 

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Sandrine (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.

Recorded
:
 May of 1988. 

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Dark Spring (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: piano.

Recorded
:
 May / June of 1988.

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Yesterday Or Tomorrow

-featuring Snowcat: piano, voice.

Comments
: One of the few pieces that didn't make it on
FOUR DREAMS SUITE, though it eventually evolved into "Sandrine". 
Recorded:
 Around May of 1988.

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Sadness Cry

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.

Recorded:
 1st of June of 1988.
Comments: One of the few pieces that didn't make it on
FOUR DREAMS SUITE. The tape only surfaced in 2007.

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Interlude 6 (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.

Recorded
:
 June of 1988.
Listen to this song: yes

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Sandrine (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: piano.

Recorded:
 July 1988
Comments: piano version. A raw feeling. Used to be online.

Listen to this song: yes

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Günz (Over The 'A') (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: piano.
Recorded:
 Spring or Summer of 1988.
Comments: An excerpt of this 1988 take appears at the end of the official recording of the "Four Dreams Suite".
Listen to this song: get "PARTY IN LYCEUM'S TOILETS"

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Günz (Overture / Over The 'A' / The Nine Elements Of Life) (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.

Recorded:
 Spring or Summer of 1988

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Lady S (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, voice.

Recorded
:
 July of 1988

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The Last Escape Of Lady S (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.

Recorded
:
 July of 1988

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Awaken "Electric Time" writing, 1988

Electric Time (#1 -bits)

-featuring Snowcat: guitar,
voice.
Recorded: September - December 1988

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Electric Time (#2 -complete)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer. 
Recorded:
 Around December 1988.

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Electric Time (#3 -complete)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.

Recorded: Around December 1988.

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Still Today (#1)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer. 
Recorded:
 Around December 1988.

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Still Today (#2)

-featuring Snowcat: piano.

Recorded: Around December 1988.

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I'm 9

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.

Recorded
:
 Around December 1988.

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...many other pre-shots of FOUR DREAMS SUITE and ELECTRIC TIME, still unavailable (but you never know) 

1989

The "11th of January Sessions"

Sandrine (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)
Polygonal Mirror (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)
Cucumber Phone (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)
Dark Spring (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: piano.

Recorded: January 1989.
Comments: Very similar to the 1988 versions. 11th of January, 1989.

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Memories Of A Teenage Cat

-featuring Snowcat: piano, voice. 
Recorded:
 January 1989.
Comments
: The writing session. 22nd of January 1989.

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Memories Of A Teenage Cat

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, add. kbds. | Vincent T.: kbds. & drumprog.

Recorded: March 1989.
Comments: The first studio recording of AWAKEN. True 80's sound. A must.
Listen to this song: yes 

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The "June 1989 live session"

Blue In Green (M. Davis)
Electric Time
Afterglow
(T. Banks)
Sandrine
(from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: piano.
Recorded: June 1989
Comments: acoustic piano solo, all-instrumental, during a very small private show. "Electric Time" and "Sandrine" (a part of the "Four Dreams Suite") have been finally recorded on second album.

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Rilyh

-featuring Snowcat: kbds, sound effects. | Vincent T.: add. kbds. & prog., sound effects.

Recorded: September 1989.
Comments: Original song + audio collage.

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Help! (J.Lennon/P.Mc Cartney)

-featuring P’tit Bout: vocals
| Snowcat: kbds. | Pol: drums.

Recorded: November (?) 1989
Comments: 1st version jam. Jamming on a Beatles' song. The only jam with a guitar player named Pol or so...

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Help! (J.Lennon/P.Mc Cartney)

-featuring P’tit Bout: vocals
| Snowcat: kbds. | Pol: guitar & drumprog.

Recorded: November (?) 1989.
Comments: 2nd version, jam, jamming on a Beatles' song. The only jam with that guitar player named Pol or so...
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Blues Impro (trad. arr AWAKEN)

-featuring P’tit Bout: vocals
| Snowcat: bass gtr | Pol: guitar & drumprog.

Recorded: November (?) 1989
Comments: Jamming ! The only jam with a guitar player named Pol or so...
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1990

... and some more lost ideas on lost tapes!

1991

The "Crazy Tapes Covers 1991"

We're Almost There (B.Holland/E.Holland)
I'll Be There (H.Davis/B.Gordy,Jr/B.West/W.Hutch)
Koyaanisqatsi (P.Glass)
Des Bleus Au Coeur (JM.Jarre/P.Juvet)
Weep In Silence (K.Hensley/J.Wetton)
Help! (J.Lennon/P.McCartney)
Many Too Many (T.Banks)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizers, tapes & bass guitar.
Comments
Various covers, May 1991. A matter of vacation and playing with tapes...

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... and some more lost ideas on lost tapes!

1992

Misty Window Bees

-featuring Snowcat: kbds. | Vincent T.: prog.

Comments
: instrumental version, March 1992. Same version as on the « NUMB » demo tape, but the vocal melody is played on strings. 
Listen to this song: yes

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Misty Conclusion

-featuring Snowcat: kbds. 

Comments
: 1st version, March 1992. the very moment it was written (improvised actually)! A new version appears on second album "PARTY IN LYCEUM'S TOILETS".
Listen to this song: yes

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Spilt Milk Garden

-featuring Snowcat: kbds. | JNS: prog.

Comments
: Very basic track recorded but lost somewhere... sighs...

1993

demo

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... and some more lost ideas on lost tapes!

1994

demo

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... and some more lost ideas on lost tapes!

1995

demo

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The "Unplugged Rehearsals Part 1"

Lori don't go right now (A.Stewart/P.White)
En rire d'être obligé d'en pleurer (S.Gainsbourg)
Personne n'aime personne (J.Duvall/A.Chamfort/M.Moulin)
Les passantes (A.Pol/G.Brassens)
Anthem (J.Lord/R.Evans)
Chisel hotel's breakfast / Numbness of highlights
Winter dancer tale
How do you keep the music playing
(A.Bergman/M.Bergman/M.Legrand)
Le vide au coeur (S.Gainsbourg/A.Chamfort)

-featuring Snowcat: piano, voice.
Comments
:
A rehearsal on an old piano, found on a tape recently, recorded on 15/4/95.

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The "Unplugged Rehearsals Part 2"

The story of my life (N.Diamond)
Misty conclusion
Numbness of highlights
Forgive me
(R.Rambo/D.McGuire)
Cucumber phone (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)
Love doesn't live here anymore (B.Caldwell/B.Meyers)
Requiem for a golden destiny
Sandrine
(from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)
Musique vieille (G.Presgurvic)

-featuring Snowcat: piano, voice. 
Comments: Another rehearsal on an old piano found on the same tape, recorded on 23
/4/95.

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The "Boum Boum, Aciiid & Limonade" session

Bonnes Vacances, Caroline
La Jolie Au Bois Dormant

Limonacide
Limonade Sans Bulles

Spleen 14

-featuring Snowcat: keyboards & programming.
C
omments
: From an unfinished demo tape : "Boum Boum, Aciiid & Limonade".

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... and some more lost ideas on lost tapes!

1996

album

Buy an AWAKEN cd

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... and some more lost ideas on lost tapes!

1997

The "Birkin Covers 1997"

(***)(To be updated)

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, programming.
Comments
Covers of Jane Birkin.

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... and some more lost ideas on lost tapes!

1998

guest appearance

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demo

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... and some more lost ideas on lost tapes!

1999

... and some more lost ideas on lost tapes!

2000

Dream Shapes On A Night Movie

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, thrash bass, keyboards, programming | Cedric Hamelryck: add. gtr, gtr solo.

Comments
: Outtake from "PARTY IN LYCEUM'S TOILETS". Was finally dropped out the album for timing reasons. 
Listen to this song: yes

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Electric Time

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, programming.
Comments
: different from the PARTY IN LYCEUM'S TOILETS take, though recorded during the same sessions. 

Listen to this song: yes and there too.

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Four Dreams Medley

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, syntheziser, bass guitar. 
Comments
: used to be online, now unavailable. Features : Lady S -intro- / Tygersmyle / Cucumber Phone / Picture From An April's Dream / Lady S / Dark Spring / Lady S -outro-.

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Still Today / I'm Nine

-featuring Snowcat: keyboards, programming.
Comments
: new version from an old 1988 song. Outtake from "PARTY IN LYCEUM'S TOILETS". Was finally dropped out the album for timing reasons.
Listen to this song: yes

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Still Today / I'm Nine (remix)

-featuring Snowcat: keyboards, programming. Comments: remix from the previous version.
Listen to this song: yes

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Midas Shadow (A.Stewart)

-featuring PatLap: vocals, guitar | Snowcat: synthesizer.
Comments
: recorded the same day as PiLT's version of "The Candidate".

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Madame Irma

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, programming.
Comments
: French song, text by Kathleen Sheridan. The tape has a bug.

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Wrong Blues

-featuring Snowcat: guitar, drummachine.
Comments
: Autumn of 2000. Unhearable and unbearable version ! 

2001

album

cdbaby

Buy an AWAKEN cd

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Just Dregs #1 -work in progress

-featuring Snowcat: guitar, bass, drumprogramming.
Comments: January 2001. Work in progress.

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Lake Of Silence #1 -work in progress

-featuring Snowcat: guitar, keyboards, programming. 
Comments: January 2001. Work in progress.

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Just Dregs #2 -work in progress

-featuring Snowcat: voice, guitar, keyboards, bass, programming. 
Comments: Spring of 2001. Work in progress.

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Lake Of Silence #2 -work in progress

-featuring Snowcat: voice, guitar, keyboards, programming.
Comments
: Spring of 2001. Work in progress. 

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The "April 2001 covers"

Guide Vocal (T.Banks)
Heataze (T.Banks)
Somebody Else's Dream (T.Banks)
Strange World (S.Harris)
The Thin Ice (R.Waters)
Street Of Dreams (R.Blackmore/JL.Turner)

-featuring Snowcat: guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, programming, voice. 
Comments: studio vacation.

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Pretty In The Dark

-featuring Karo: vocals, guitars | Snowcat: piano.
Comments
: the only known recording with Karo, who wrote the song.

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Just Dregs (remix)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, keyboards, programming.
Comments
: July of 2001. 

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demo

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Deborah's Eyes

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, programming.

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The "Autumn 2001 sessions"

Memories Of A Teenage Cat
Cold As My Heart

Neons Of Lyceum's Toilets

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, drum programming, bass guitar, guitar.
Comments
:
different versions, not on albums. 

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The "Autumn 2001 sessions" covers

Desert Of Sadness (S.Bournier/G.Revel)
Amnesia #1 (S.Bournier/L.Duflos/G.Revel)
Amnesia #2 (S.Bournier/L.Duflos/G.Revel)

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, drum programming, guitar.
Comments
Covers from Sousbock

Desperation (A.Rouanet)

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, drum programming, bass guitar, guitar.
Comments
Cover from Ambre.

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The "French Sessions 2001"

Place Des Vieux Cons
Panique Dans Le Vestiaire Des Filles
Le Malheur d'Aurélie
La Rentrée à Perpétuité

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, programming.
Comments
French songs, some are new recordings of 1994's tape.

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The "Chamfort Covers 2001"

(***)(To be updated)

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, programming.
Comments
Covers of Alain Chamfort

2002

Le Train Du Temps

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, programming.
Comments
:
French song, text by Kathleen Sheridan

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One Wild War (demo)

-featuring Zou: guitar | Snowcat: keyboards, programming, bck vocals.
Comments
:
work in progress
Listen to this song: yes if you're a Magnetic Member of AWAKEN-FRRRR

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One Wild War

-featuring Bridge: voice | Ambre: voice | Zou: guitar | Snowcat: keyboards, programming, add. guitar, bck vocals.
Comments
:
Used to be online.
Listen to this song: yes if you're a Magnetic Member of AWAKEN-FRRRR

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guest appearance

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Help! (J.Lennon/P.McCartney)

-featuring Miyu: vocals
| Snowcat: keyboards, guitars, programming, backing voices.

Comments
: yet another take 

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The "Hotels & Airport Tryptic sessions" web-singles:

Seaside Casino Romance
Sunset On Your Secrets
Summer Clouds Hotel  

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, robot vocals, keyboards, drum programming, bass guitar, guitar.
Comments
:
Used to be online.
Listen to these songs: yes if you're a Magnetic Member of AWAKEN-FRRRR

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The "Nekokawa sessions"

A Glass Of Nekokawa 
A Song For My Money 
My Life Is A Bug On A Videogame 
Doom Entry Isières By Night 
Another Step In The House

-featuring Snowcat: keyboards, programming.
Comments
: the instrumental side of AWAKEN.
Listen to these songs: yes

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Cold As My Heart (robot-neko-remix)

-featuring Snowcat: robot vocals, keyboards, programming, guitar, bass.
Comments: another different take. 
Listen to this song: yes

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The "Spring 2002 demo"

Down The Drain
Cold As My Heart
Requiem For A Golden Destiny

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, programming.
Comments: for a Japanese producer to listen. 

  2003

Drunken Kuma (demo)

Snowcat: keyboards, programming, voice.
Comments
:
the demo version.
Listen to this song:
yes

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Wasabi Kiss

-featuring Miyu: telephone voice | Kiwako Mori: voice | Keiko Gomita: voice | Urara Fukuchi: voice | Yuri Inose: voice, percussion | Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, guitars, programming, bass guitar
Listen to this song: yes

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Himitsu ... Onnanoko  

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, programming, bass guitar, guitar.
Comments
:
Used to be online.

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Gohongi No Hoshi

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, drum programming, bass guitar, guitar
Listen to this song: yes

2004

Drunken Kuma

-featuring Yoriko Konishi: voices | Snowcat: keyboards, guitars, drum programming, bass guitar
Listen to this song: yes

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Drunken Kuma (drunken beat mix)

-featuring Yoriko Konishi: voices | Snowcat: keyboards, drum programming.
Comments
:
The first attempt of making the dance mix.
Listen to this song: yes 

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Drunken Kuma (new drunken beat remix)

-featuring Yoriko Konishi: voices | Snowcat: keyboards, ti99/4A computer, drum programming.
Comments
:
The final dance mix, reworked from the previous one.
Listen to this song: yes

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Still Today / I'm 9

-featuring Snowcat: keyboards, programming.
Comments
:
Original from 1988. Another different take.
Listen to this song: yes

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Kaoruchan No Kisetsu

-featuring Snowcat: keyboards, programming.
Comments
:
Used to be online.

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When Alena Entered The Quiet Room

-featuring Snowcat: vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming, bass guitar, percussion
Listen to this song: yes 

 2005

guest appearance

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Chu' Me`o Ngu? Que^n

-featuring Thanh Duye^n: voices | Snowcat: keyboards, programming.
Comments
: The legend of the Cat-That-Sleeps, Awaken's first Vietnamese song. See special page
Listen to this song: yes

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Chu' Me`o Ngu? Que^n (karaoke remix)

-featuring Snowcat: keyboards, programming.
Comments
: An instrumental remix to do karaoke. See special page
Listen to this song: yes

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The "Summer 2005 vacation"

Tears In Heaven (E.Clapton/W.Jennings)
Just A Song Before I Go 
(G.Nash)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, organ, synthesizers, bass guitar, drumprogramming.
Comments
: well...

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guest appearance

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guest appearance

 2006

Vitamix (Hyûga)

-featuring Snowcat: keyboards, programming | Itsuo Hyûga : add. programming.
Comments
: An instrumental version of Koiko's "Vitamin".
Listen to this song: yes

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Wasabi Kiss
-featuring Snowcat: keyboards, programming
, voice | Thùy : harmony voice | Itsuo Hyûga : add. programming and effects.
Comments
: A
rare take that was played on Sunshine Miyazaki radio station. The official version for It's Oh! Music release will be different, this one's a collector.

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The "Ca` Phe^ & Pizza sessions"

As a start

As A Start : Ca` Phe^ & Pizza
As A Start: Ca` Phe^ & Pizza
(karaoke remix)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, guitar, bass guitar, snare drum, keyboards, programming.
Comments
: Forshadows "BEPPU NIGHTS". The rebirth of AWAKEN.
Recorded
June of 2006
Listen to this song: yes

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The "Beppu Nights sessions"

The Train Is Leaving Kokura
Beppu Nights
Diamond Ring Department
The Collectivists
I Know Time Is Passing By...

-featuring Snowcat: analog and numeric keyboards, organ, synthesizer programming, guitar, bass guitar, loops, drumprogramming, voice, effects | Thùy : add. effects.
Comments: see special page 
Recorded: 10-12/2006
Listen to these songs: yes

Nhạc Cho Em Mèo

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.
Comments
:
 recorded in Beppu, the first demo of the piece.
Recorded: Spring

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Misty Conclusion

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer.
Comments
:
 recorded in Beppu 
Recorded: 2
1st of May.
Listen to this song: yes

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The Tale Of The Magic Thursday

-featuring Snowcat: voice, electric piano.
Comments
: 
semi-live in studio, just for no reason
Recorded
Friday the 13th of July
Listen to this song: yes

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We're So Fake!

Minus Ion Generation

-featuring Snowcat: voice, organ, tapes, loops.
Comments
: the then secret project Minus Ion Generation

Recorded: 06/2007

Listen to this song: yes

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Ru*?a Ma(.t Nhu* Me`o (Ha`n Ngo.c Bi´ch)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, guitar, programming, loops, electric piano, keyboards.
Comments
: 
cover of a Vietnamese children's song
Recorded
10/2007.
Listen to this song: yes

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The "A´o Dza`i  sessions"

Aodzai AWAKEN

A´o Dza`i Ma`u Ho^`ng
Xu´p So^-Co^-La
A´o Dza`i Ma`u Ho^`ng (karaoke remix)

-featuring Snowcat: voice (1), guitar (1,2), organ (1,2), synthesizer programming (1,2,3), computerized percussion (1), drumprogramming (2,3), numeric synthesizer (1), analog synthesizer (1,2), flute (1), add. violin (1).
Comments
: 
see special page
Recorded: 11/2007

Listen to these songs: yes

2008

Famous Blue Raincoat (L.Cohen)

-featuring PatLap: voice, guitar | Snowcat: organ.
Comments
:
 a cover from Leonard Cohen. 
Recorded
: 2007 - 2008.

Listen to this song: yes

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Beppu Nights -disco take- 

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizers, voice, ti99/4A computer, drumprogramming.
Comments
:
 a disco version of "Beppu Nights", available on video and as b-side of "I Know Time Is Passing By...". 
Recorded
: January 2008.

Listen to this song: yes (and here too, and also here)

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Blurping The Blurp -2008 version- 

-featuring Snowcat: voice, computer programing, keyboards.
Comments
:
 for the Evidences compilation.
Recorded
: January 2008.

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I Know Time Is Passing By... -2008 take- 

-featuring Sébastien Bournier : voice, drums | Paul G : guitar | PatLap : harmony voice | Gilles Snowcat : keyboards, computer | Louis Ykoz : add. computer.
Comments
:
 the web-single version. 
Recorded
: January 2008.

Listen to this song: yes

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First We Take Manhattan (L.Cohen) 

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizer, loops, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks).
Comments
:
 a short cover from Leonard Cohen 
Recorded
:
19th. June 2008.
Listen to this song: yes

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Me Beside You (N.Diamond/B.Bacharach/C.Bayer-Sager)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizer, loops.
Comments
:
 a cover from Neil Diamond, to welcome new members of our page on FaceBook. 
Recorded
:
23rd June 2008
Listen to this songonly for members of Awaken page in Facebook

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Günz (from FOUR DREAMS SUITE)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizers, loops.
Comments: a jingle version for radio show "Comme Sur Des Roulettes" on Radio Si
Recorded
:
12th of July, 2008.

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Riding The Yellow Line Gives Vibrations

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizers, organ, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), bass, loops.
Comments
:
a musical illustration of Beppu City, only available on video. 
Recorded: Filmed in April, music in July, 2008.
Listen to this song: yes

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The "Worst  sessions"

2D-Ghosts (worst remix 2008)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), programming.
Comments
:
for an online compilation project
Recorded
:
First of October, 2008.

Seaside Casino Romance (worst remix 2008)

-featuring Snowcat: organ, drummachine, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), tape effects (vacuum tubes included), voice.
Comments
:
for an online compilation project.
Recorded: 2nd of October, 2008.
Listen to these songs
: yes

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The "Watertown  sessions"

Spirits Of 1983 (2008 take)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizers, computer programming. Comments: a new version, October 2008, for members of our page on FaceBook, as introduction to the WATERTOWN SUITE.

Watertown Suite:
(Waterown |
Goodbye (she quietly says) | For A While | The Train) (B.Gaudio/J.Holmes)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizers, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), computer programming, loops.
Comments
:
 a cover from Frank Sinatra. 
Recorded
:
October 2008
Listen to this song: become a die-hard fan and you'll find...

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Nhạc Cho Em Mèo

-featuring Snowcat: piano.
Comments
:
another take of the piece, just before starting the "This Mouth" sessions.
Recorded: Autumn
Listen to this song: yes

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The "This Mouth  sessions"

This Mouth

Nha.c Cho Em Me`o (part 1)
They Burn The Mountain
Don't Worry, Em Mèo
Kabosu~Hachimitsu~Snack (interlude)
The Blue Hanger
Yanagigaura
Nha.c Cho Em Me`o (part 2) bonus track

-featuring Snowcat: voice, numeric & analog synthesizers, organ, piano, bass guitar, percussion, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), computer programming, loops.
Comments
: Snowcat's solo music. Meaningul, urgent.
Recorded
:
November 2008, bits in Spring
Listen to these songs: yes

2009



Hold On My Heart
(T.Banks/P.Collins/M.Rutherford)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizers, programming, loops.
Comments
:
 a private cover of Genesis, as a present for fans. 
Recorded
:
17th April 2009
Listen to this songbe a die-hard fan and you'll find...

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Stars (Kawaguchi/Akimoto)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizers, computer programming.
Comments
:
 a private cover of Mika NAKASHIMA, as a present for fans. 
Recorded
:
9th May 2009
Listen to this songbe a die-hard fan and you'll find...

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No^~i Dau Ngo.t Nga`o (Quô´c Du~ng)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizers, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), computer programming.
Comments
:
 a private cover of a Vietnamese song, as a present for fans. 
Recorded
:
5th June 2009
Listen to this songbe a die-hard fan and you'll find...

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The "Blue Hanger  sessions"

Blue Hanger

The Blue Hanger (2009 pink disco yellow mix)
Don't Worry, Em Mèo (2009 on the pops)
Riding The Yellow Line Gives Vibrations (2009 still shaking mix)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, smooth synthesizers, percussion, computer programming, aircraft drummachine, Okinawan flute.
Comments
Disco single from "This Mouth". 
Recorded
:
June 2009
Listen to these songs: yes

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Theme From Beppu Nights

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizers, computer programming.
Comments
:
a short instrumental version to illustrate a slide-show.
Recorded
:
7/2009
Listen to this songyes if you're a Magnetic Member of AWAKEN-FRRRR

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MWB2009

Misty Window Bees 2009

-featuring Snowcat: voice, organ, synthesizers, programming.
Comments
:
 a new take of an old Awaken song. 
Recorded
:
09/2009
Listen to this songhere

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The "Smile At The Camera sessions"

Smile (C.Chaplin / J.Turner / G.Parsons)
I Am A Camera
(T.Horn / G.Downes)
Just For Today
(G.Harrison)
Uncertain Weather
(T.Banks / M.Rutherford)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizers, programming.
Comments
:
Some covers. 
Recorded
: October 2009.

Listen to these songs: yes if you're a Magnetic Member of AWAKEN-FRRRR

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The "Last Evening In Ôita sessions"
oita

My Last Evening In ôita
Chase Around Ôita Eki

-featuring Snowcat: voice, keyboards, smooth synthesizers, computer programming.
Comments
:
A tribute to an evening in the city of Ôita, Japan. 
Recorded
: September & October 2009.

Listen to these songs: yes

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The "Xmas 2009 sessions"
xmas

You Make It Feel Like Christmas (N.Diamond)
Christmas Won't Be The Same This Year (P.Sawyer / L.Ware)
The Blue Hanger (Merry Xmix) 

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizer, bass guitar, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), synthesizer programming, loops, drumprogramming.
Comments
:
Merry Xmas! 
Recorded
: November 2009.

Listen to these songs: yes if you're a Magnetic Member of AWAKEN-FRRRR

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The "Year Of The Snowcat vol1 sessions"

Out In The Snow (A.Stewart)
Don't Forget Me (A.Stewart / P.White)
Anniversary (A.Stewart)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizer, bass guitar, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), synthesizer programming, loops, drumprogramming.
Comments
Some Al Stewart songs covered by Snowcat;
Recorded
:
December 2009.
Listen to these songs: yes if you're a Magnetic Member of AWAKEN-FRRRR

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The "Easy Hand sessions"

Easy Hand

One Hand, One Heart (S.Sondheim / L.Bernstein)
The Easy Road
(K.Hensley)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizer, bass guitar, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), synthesizer programming, drumprogramming.
Comments
:
Collaboration with Diagonales
Recorded
:
January 2010.
Listen to these songs: yes

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The "How Many L sessions"

How Many 'L' Were In Your Name?
My Last Evening In Ôita 
How Many 'L' Were In Your Name? (hi-NRG mix)

-featuring Irène Csordas: voice (1, 3) | Sébastien Bournier: drums (1) | Hakim Rahmouni: guitar (1, 3) | Nicolas Leroy: bass (1) | Trustno1: synthesizer (1) | Jean-Paul Hupé: synthesizer programming (2) | Snowcat: voice (2), synthesizer, bass guitar (2), synthesizer programming,  drumprogramming (3).
Comments
: The return of Awaken! 

Recorded
: B
etween September and December of 2009.
Listen to these songs: here

2010

The "Yanagigaura sessions"
L

Yanagigaura (satin caress of the Neko mix)
Chase Around Ôita Eki (warm hypno Neko mix)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizer, bass guitar, synthesizer programming, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), drumprogramming, aircraft drummachine.
Comments: The most introspective, organic and sensual side of Snowcat's Kyûshû-flavored magnetic soul ~ love music. 
Recorded
:
January 2010.
Listen to these songs: here

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The "9th Stone sessions"

9th stone

Jazz Police (L.Cohen / J.Fischer)
Seven Stones (T.Banks / M.Rutherford / P.Gabriel / P.Collins / S.Hackett)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizers, computer programming.
Comments
:
Leonard Cohen and Genesis covered by the Old Cat.
Recorded
:
 June 2010
Listen to this songbe a die-hard fan and you'll find...

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How Many 'L' Were In Your Name? -dub-
The Collectivists -dub- 

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizers, organ, bass guitar, drummachine.
Comments
:
Some fun trying on dub.
Recorded
:
 July 2010

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The Train Is Leaving Kokura (2010 demo)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizers, drumprogramming.
Comments
:
Recorded as a demo for a group to play it. The final version has been recorded 4 years... before the demo. Call it jet lag.
Recorded
:
11/2010

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The "Mochi Xmas 2010 sessions"
xmas 2010

Give Love On Christmas Day (The Corporation)
Swampy Design / Spilt Milk Garden

-featuring Snowcat: voice, gorogoro synthesizer, synthesizer programming, percussion, drumprogramming, bass guitar, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks).
Comments
:
Mochi Xmas! 
Recorded
: December 2010.

Listen to these songs: maybe

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The "Cat Who Sold The World sessions"
The Cat Who Sold The World

The Man Who Sold The World (D.Bowie)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, gorogoro synthesizer, organ, electronics, drumprogramming, bass guitar, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks).
Comments
:
David Bowie stays home? Snowcat fills in.
Recorded
: 18th of December 2010.

Listen to these songs: be lucky and smart

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I Used To Be Fashionable (in 1984)

-featuring Snowcat: synth, drumprogramming
Comments
the first piece that started the Moko Moko Collection project, but was dropped quickly.
Recorded
: somewhere in 2010.

Listen to this song: come on...

2011

The "Zane Zane Zane sessions"
Zane

The Loneliest Guy (D.Bowie)
Battle For Britain (The Letter) (D.Bowie / R.Gabrels / M.Plati)
Slip Away (D.Bowie)
Lady Stardust (D.Bowie)
Days (D.Bowie)
Zeroes (D.Bowie)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, gorogoro synthesizer, organ, electronics, drumprogramming, bass guitar, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks).
Comments
:
David Bowie stays home? Snowcat fills in. (part 2)
Recorded
: April 2011.

Listen to these songs: be lucky and smart

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The Train Is Leaving Kokura (2011 demo)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, organ, synthesizers, bass guitar, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), drumprogramming.
Comments
:
One more version, recorded as a demo for a group to play it. 
Recorded
:
05/2011

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The Moko-Moko demo tapes

demokomoko

回送
Three Kinds Of Milk
Room 211
Lady ゴミ
I Could Live In An Airplane
Rites Of The Circling Food
Legs & Liquor
My Best Friend Is My Own Ghost
モコモコ

-featuring Snowcat: voice, organ, synthesizers, drummachine, programming, FX, minus ion generator.
Comments
:
the demo songs that will lead to Snowcat's album to come in 2012.
Recorded
:
05-07/2011

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The "Oiseaux sessions"
Caradec

Prelude: Minato
A Kernoa (JM.Caradec)
Les oiseaux volaient à l'envers (Kernoa/JM.Caradec)
Qu'est-ce qui va rester ? (JM.Caradec)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, gorogoro synthesizer, organ, electronics, drumprogramming, bass guitar, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks).
Comments
:
A tribute to singer Jean-Michel Caradec who passed away 30 years ago.
Recorded
: Mai-July 2011.

Listen to these songs: be lucky and smart

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The "Deep Kisses sessions"
deep kisses

A Thousand Kisses Deep (L.Cohen / S.Robinson)
One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
(L.Cohen)
A Thousand Kisses Deep -DUB-
(L.Cohen / S.Robinson)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, gorogoro synthesizer, organ, electronics, drumprogramming, syn-bass (1), piano bass (2), dub bass guitar (3).
Comments
:
A tribute to Leonard Cohen.
Recorded
: April-July 2011.

Listen to these songs: be lucky and smart

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The "Xmas 2011 sessions"
Xmas 2011

Oh No Not You Again! (M.Jagger / K.Richards)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), organ, bass, drumprogramming.
Comments
:
Xmas card, tribute to the Rolling Stones.
Recorded
: December 2011.

Listen to these songs: be lucky and smart

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The "Moko Moko sessions"

モコモコ・コレクション (Moko-Moko Collection)

回送
Three Kinds Of Milk
Room 211
Lady ゴミ
I Could Live In An Airplane
Rites Of The Circling Food
Legs & Liquor
My Best Friend Is My Own Ghost
モコモコ

-featuring Sébastien Bourdon: drums | Sébastien Bournier: drums, percussion | Irène Csordas: voice duet | Cedric Hamelryck: guitar | Haraa: treatments, synthesizer, guitar, drone | Jean-Paul Hupé: synthesizer programming | 日 向逸夫 (Itsuo Hyûga): harmony voice, choir | Benjamin Leroy: drums | Maxime Leroy: acoustic guitar | Nicolas ‘Nicozark’ Leroy: bass guitar, guitar | Marco Mariani: harp | 長尾愛 (Ai Nagao): harmony voice, choir | PatLap: choir | Flavio Pilato: electric piano, clavinet | Hakim Rahmouni: guitar | Gilles Snowcat: voice, organ, velvet synthesizer, silky clavinet, floating bass guitar, riddim & gorogoro guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), drum computer, minus ion generator, computerized cute bowl & walking percussion, sequencer, dub FX, strategies | Squonk66: drum computer | Martin Swabey: choir | Trust No One: keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, drum computer.
Comments:
The "Moko-Moko Collection" album.
Recorded
: July - December 2011.

Listen to these songs: taste it here!

2012

The "KoyaaNeko / Koyaasnowcatsi sessions"

KoyaaNeko

Koyaanisqatsi (Philip Glass)
Organic
(Philip Glass)
Clouds
(Philip Glass)
Resource
(Philip Glass)
Vessels
(Philip Glass)
Pruitt-Igoe
(Philip Glass)
SloMo People
(Philip Glass)
The Grid
(Philip Glass)
Microchip
(Philip Glass)
Prophecies
(Philip Glass)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, organ, sequencer, voice.
Comments
:
An opus from Philip Glass, played by Snowcat.
Recorded
: January 2012.

Listen to these songs: no no no

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Airplane dub

I Could Live In An Airplane -dub'n'dance-

-featuring Hakim Rahmouni: guitar | Flavio Pilato: electric piano, clavinet | Snowcat: voice, bass, organ, synthesizer, dub piano, sequencer, drummachine
Comments
:
The alternate take of a "MokoMoko Collection" song.
Recorded
: October 2011 - July 2012.

Listen to this song: Jango

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Alivingeyes

Alive (B.Gibb / M. Gibb)
Living Eyes
(B.Gibb / R.Gibb / M.Gibb)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizer, organ, sequencer, bass guitar, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), drummachine.
Comments
Two pieces from the Bee Gees.
Recorded
: July 2012.

Listen to these songs: no no no

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Kubanke

Theme from Derrick (L.Humfries)
Kubanke
(Horstmachine)

-featuring Haraa: instruments | Snowcat: voice, instruments
Comments
:
Derrick.
Recorded
: July 2012.

Listen to these songs: Ah ah ah

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Legs dub

Legs & Liquor -dub-

-featuring Snowcat: bass, organ, synthesizer, clavinet, dub piano, drummachine, FX
Comments
:
Dub take of a "MokoMoko Collection" song.
Recorded
: September 2012.

Listen to this songJango

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Riding The Yellow Line Gives Vibrations (video mix)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizers, drummachine
Comments
:
Soundtrack take to illustrate a video
Recorded
: December 2012.

Listen to this song: on the video

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Xmas 2012

Three Kinds Of Milk - Xmas dub-

-featuring Snowcat: voice, bass, organ, guitar, dub piano, clavinet, synthesizer, FX, drummachine, street swindle flute, boat beggar bells, sequencer
Comments
:
Dub take of a "MokoMoko Collection" song, as a Xmas present only.
Recorded
: December 2012.

Listen to this song: yes

2013

Rites Of The Circling Food (mouvement version)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, sequencer
Comments: Soundtrack take to illustrate a video
Recorded
: 4th of February 2013

Listen to this song: on the video

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Sleep Position #68 (sakura doko version)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, sequencer, drummachine
Comments: Soundtrack take to illustrate a video
Recorded
: 12th of March 2013

Listen to this song: on the video

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What If The Winner Had No Car?

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, sequencer, drummachine, organ
Comments: Sounscape for parkings
Recorded
: March 2013

Listen to this song: no

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Lady Gomi (video news dub)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, organ, sequencer, drummachine
Comments: Soundtrack take to illustrate a video
Recorded
: 15th of April 2013

Listen to this song: on the video

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Mr Crown Prosecutor

Mr Crown Prosecutor (D.Walker)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, organ, guitar (featuring Hello Kitty guitar picks), synthesizer, drummachine, sequencer 
Comments
Cold Chisel through the eyes of Mr Snowcat
Recorded
: April 2013

Listen to this song: you're joking, aren't you?

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The Blue Hanger (video news take)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, sequencer, drummachine
Comments: Soundtrack take to illustrate a video
Recorded
: 27th of May 2013

Listen to this song: on the video

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Summertime (G.Gershwin)
La Brabançonne
(Van Campenhout)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizers, Japanese piano, sequencer, drummachine
Comments: For CSDR radio show.
Recorded
: 20 & 21st of June 2013

Listen to this song: on the radio

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As A Start:  Cà Phê & Pizza
Nhạc Cho Em Mèo

-featuring Snowcat: Japanese synthesizer, synthesizers, sequencer, drummachine
Comments: For Vietnamese lessons site
Recorded
: 27 & 28th of June 2013

Listen to this song: here

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I Could Live In An Airplane (video news take)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, sequencer, drummachine
Comments: Soundtrack take to illustrate a video
Recorded
: 30th of July 2013

Listen to this song: on the video

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Mokomoko - Xmas version-

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizers, drummachines, sequencer, strategic hypnosis
Comments
Alt. take of a "MokoMoko Collection" song, as a Xmas present.
Recorded
: November 2013.

Listen to this song: search, you idiot.

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Kabosu - Hachimitsu - Snack (video news version)

-featuring Snowcat: synthesizer, sequencer, drummachine
Comments: Soundtrack take to illustrate a video
Recorded
: November 2013

Listen to this song: on the video

2014

The Devil Wears Pajamas

My Last Evening In Ôita (touch the sway mix)
Three Kinds Of Milk (down by the river of milk mix)
Gohongi No Hoshi (starway mix) 

-featuring Snowcat: voice, synthesizer, sequencer, drummachine, organ, piano, guitar
Comments: ...
Recorded
: April 2014

Listen to this EP: here

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『知らない地域』

Shiranai Chiiki (first version)

-featuring Snowcat: piano, treatments
Comments: ...
Recorded
: June 2014

Listen to this song: here

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Let the Cat Out (felidae mix)
Let the Cat Out (ursidae mix)

-featuring Snowcat: voice, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, sequencer, drummachine, drum synthesizer, organ, minus ion generator, cute bowl tuned percussion, various electronics
Comments: The Xmas - New Year single.
Recorded
: December 2014

Listen to this EP: here

 

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