On April 10, 2012, “Joyful Boise Recordings” label released “151a”, the debut Kishi Bashi album. It was recorded 2011 -2012, at “Home Studios” in Norfolk, VA, “Apollinaire Rave”, “Chase Park Transduction”, “Yoed’s Apartment Studios”, and was produced by Kishi Bashi.

Personnel:

• Kishi Bashi (Kaoru Ishibashi) – vocal, guitar, violin, keyboards, programming, mixing, mastering
• Bryan Poole – guitar
• James Huggins III – guitar
• Thayer Serrano – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
• Nicolas Dobbratz – tambourine
• Dottie Alexander – keyboards
• Clayton Rychlik – percussion
• Davey Pierce – synth, snare
• Nick Gould – saxophone
• Yoed Nir – cello
• Jarrod Fowler – instruments
• Sola Ravel – Asian child sounds
• The Athens Biohazard Manplayers – vocals, handclaps
• Drew Vandenberg – mixing
• Joe Lambert – mastering
• David J. Woodruff – artwork
• Jerrod Landon Porter – artwork
• Woodruff & Sons – layout
• Katie Belle Moore – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kishi Bashi.

1. Intro / Pathos, Pathos
2. Manchester
3. Bright Whites
4. It All Began with a Burst
5. Wonder Woman, Wonder Me
6. Chester’s Burst Over the Hamptons
7. Atticus, In the Desert
8. I Am the Antichrist to You
9. Beat the Bright Out of Me