title: Freedom Is Frightening
text: # Freedom Is Frightening
  
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  Freedom Is Frightening is a 1973 album by the Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer Stomu Yamash'ta and his band East Wind. It was recorded in August 1973 at Advision Studios (Gary Martin, engineer).
  
  The cover art was designed by Saul Bass.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  AllMusic called the title track "a master class in atmosphere and tension building, slowly expanding from the early long, sparse, foreboding electronica into progressive pyrotechnics."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  ### Side One
  
  * "Freedom Is Frightening"
  * "Rolling Nun"
  
  ### Side Two
  
  * "Pine On The Horizon"
  * "Wind Words"
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Stomu Yamash'ta, Kit & Percussion
  * Hisako Yamash'ta, Violin
  * Hugh Hopper, Bass Guitar
  * Gary Boyle, Electric & Acoustic Guitars
  * Brian Gascoigne, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Vibraphone
  