Sean Wolcott – Lady Swordfighter: Escape from Hachijo-jima

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Sean Wolcott returns with “Lady Swordfighter: Escape from Hachijō-jima”—his ninth library album and a prequel to the global underground hit. This 19-track odyssey descends into a brutal prison island and ascends in a blaze of vengeance.

Delivering an earth-shattering dose of psychedelic jazz-funk, jidaigeki, and haunted exploitation score, it fuses traditional Japanese instrument masters—shakuhachi, koto, shinobue, taiko, and Noh—with neck-snapping grooves, fuzzed-out psych, ritual drums, soaring horns, and soul-drenched ballads.

All songs written, produced, arranged, and recorded by Sean Wolcott at Soundview Analog Recorders.

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Tracklist:
A

1. The Story of the Broken Blade (01:08)
2. (Theme From) Escape from Hachijō-jima (02:56)
3. Death in Defense at Shimabara Yūkaku (02:28)
4. Massacre at Minamiarima (02:06)
5. Ballad of Prisoner 47: The Betrayed (01:24)
6. At the Gates of an Unwelcoming Buddha (03:15)
7. Ballad of Prisoner 34: The Avenger (01:22)
8. Sisters of the Iron Chain (02:45)
9. Punishment of the Sword Tester (02:55)
10. Ballad of Prisoner 55: The Fortune Teller (01:16)

B

11. Bad Girls Go to Hell (02:31)
12. Ballad of Prisoner 13: The Bandit (01:24)
13. Uprising in Cellblock Seven (01:57)
14. Bloom of the Barren Cherry Blossom (01:44)
15. Ko-omote Mask of Warden Ichirō (03:44)
16. Ballad of Prisoner 68: The Wrongly Accused (02:04)
17. Blaze at the Devil’s Island (01:46)
18. Together We Are Free (03:12)
19. On the Shore of Revenge (03:10)

PLAYERS

Strings
Aura Ruddell: Koto (2-4, 6, 8-9,15)
Sean Wolcott: Bass, Guitar (1-4, 6, 8-9, 11, 13-15, 17-19)
Victoria Parker: Violin (1-3, 6, 8-9, 11, 13-15, 17-19)
Steve Schermer: Double Bass (1-4, 6, 9, 11, 13-15, 17-19)

Wind 
Kodō Araki VI: Shakuhachi (1-5, 7-10,12,16,13-14,17-19)
Leanna Keith: Shinobue, Flute (2, 6, 9, 11,15)
Susan Telford Boyd: Flute (4)
Steve Tressler: Saxophone (1-3, 6, 8,11,13,15, 19)

Vocals 
Aura Ruddell (2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 16, 18-19)
Lauren Santi (2-3, 6, 8-10, 14, 18-19)
Leanna Keith (19)
Sean Wolcott (11)
成田 奏 (1, 15)

Keyboards 
Micah Hulscher: Piano, Univox Compac 2, Yamaha YC-30 (1-4, 6, 8-9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19)
Sean Wolcott: Piano, Hamond C3, Minimoog (2-4,17)

Brass 
Conner Eisenmenger: Bass Trombone, Trombone, Trumpet (1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 17)

Percussion  
Trevor Church: Drums, Percussion, Effects (1-4, 6, 8-9, 11, 13-15, 17-19)
Sean Wolcott: Percussion, Effects (1-4, 6, 14, 19)
Leanna Keith: Chudaiko, Shime-daiko (2, 9, 11, 13-15, 19)
成田 奏: Kotsuzumi (1, 15)

Translation Support 
Flatt The Laidback
Takayuki Inada
Kayoko Barr
Aura Ruddell