Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble

Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble (ONJE) was a Japanese electroacoustic improv/free jazz/experimental group directed by a composer, sound producer, turntablist and guitarist Phew, promoted by Zorn as the "first release outside of Japan featuring two of Japan's quirkiest underground pop stars."

In the summer of 2004, the New Jazz Ensemble gave its first live concerts in Japan, performing as a septet with Sachiko M, Phew — vocals

Live ONJE septet (2004)
Otomo — guitars
Tsugami — saxophones
Mizutani — bass
Yoshigaki — drums
Sachiko M — sinewaves
Kumiko Takara܍ — vibraphone
܍ at some shows, Kyoto University, Kyoto
Otomo — guitars
Harth — reeds
Tsugami — saxophones
Mizutani — bass
Yoshigaki — drums
Sachiko M — sinewaves
Takara — vibraphone
Kahimi Karie — vocals

Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble Film Special (Nov 2004)
One concert, performing a live soundtrack for "Keisatsukan" silent film at Yurakucho Asahi Hall, Tokyo
Otomo — composition, guitar, misc
Tsugami — saxophone
Takara — vibraphone, percussion
Yoshigaki — drums, trumpet
Taisei Aoki — trombone

Live ONJE nonet (March-May 2005)
Otomo — guitars
Harth — reeds
Tsugami — saxophones
Mizutani — bass
Yoshigaki — drums
Sachiko M — sinewaves
Takara — vibraphone
Axel Dörner — trumpet