A recording of a full live performance held in New York City in April 2000. Kramer, who handled the recording, discovered a DAT tape labeled simply “NYC April 2000” twenty years later, leading to the creation of this commemorative release. With absolutely no editing or processing, this release captures the live performance, the enthusiastic audience reaction, and the atmosphere of that time exactly as it was. It also includes, at the end, excerpts from a street interview with Daniel recorded in New York around the same time. In addition to the two previously unreleased tracks tracks “Memory of Love” and “Super Love,” the 18-minute “Telephone Demos” included on the download card (and on the cassette version) are recordings that Daniel—who had a particular fondness for the telephone—sent directly over the phone to friends, fans, and radio stations. These offer a rare glimpse into his early creative process. Despite living with a mental illness, his pure form of expression—essential to his very existence—never fails to move the listener, no matter how many times it’s heard. A beacon for all outsiders and the art brut movement. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)