''Audio Sponge'' is the debut album by the electronica duo

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Track listing

Notes

* Mastered at

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, NYC. * "Gokigen Ikaga 1・2・3" is similar to the Blondie song "

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". It was originally released on Snakeman Show's self-titled album (being broadcast during their radio show), titled , with the performer credited as (Snakeman Show on vocals, with Hosono on instruments).

Personnel

Haruomi Hosono , sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop for ...

Yukihiro Takahashi Yukihiro Takahashi (高橋幸宏 ''Takahashi Yukihiro'', born June 6, 1952) is a Japanese musician, singer, record producer and actor, who is best known internationally as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the fo ...

- Arranging, Mixing, Production *

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto i ...

- Keyboards, Clavinet, Sampler *Yasuo Kimoto - Mixing, Production *Goh Hotoda, Yoshifumi Lio - Mixing *

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, Tadashi Matsuda - Mixing, Post Production *Tom Coyne - Mastering *

Yuka Honda Yuka Honda is a Japanese-American musician who resides in New York City. She is a multi-instrumentalist (mainly piano, synthesizer, sampler and other keyboards), composer, record producer, and co-founder of the band Cibo Matto. Throughout her ...

- Mastering Coordination *Hachiro Sugiyama - Art Direction, Photography *Tom Yoda - Coordination *Atsushi Matsui - Assistance *Yuichi Ishikura -

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*Shinji Hayashi, Masato Matsūra, Masakazu Satō, Haji Taniguchi - Executive Production 2002 debut albums Sketch Show (band) albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub