Caetano Veloso : voice, guitar; Nana Vasconcelos : percussion; Marc Ribot : guitar; Bill Frisell : guitar; Arto Lindsay : guitar; Toni Costa : guitar; Tavinho Fialho : bass; Cesinha : drums; Carlinhos Brown : percussion; Tony Lewis : drums; Peter Scherer : piano, sampler, keyboards, programming
Nana Vasconcelos : voice, percussion; Peter Scherer : keyboards, sampler, programming, string arrangement
Laurie Anderson : vocals; Lenny Picket : sax; Arto Lindsay : guitar; Cyro Baptista : percussion; Peter Scherer : keyboards, sampler, programming
Bill Frisell : guitar; Joey Baron : drums; Arto Lindsay : guitar; Cyro Baptista : percussion; Peter Scherer : keyboards, sampler
Miyako Koda : vocals; Tatsuji Kim : computer programming; Dougie Bowne : drums; Skuli Sverrisson : electric bass; Billy 'Spaceman' Patterson : electric guitar; DJ Smash : turntables; Bob Hoffnar : pedal steel guitar; Richard Kennedy : guitar; Banana : keyboards; Cyro Baptista : percussion; Seigen Ono : charango; Graham Haynes : flugelhorn; Roy Nathanson : alto saxophone; Roger Rosenburg : bass clarinet; Jill Jaffe, Sara Parkins, David Nadien : violin; Jill Jaffee : viola; Maxine Neumann : cello; Lorelei Mcbroom, D.K. Dyson, Miyako Koda : background vocals; Peter Scherer : piano, keyboards, sampler
Ute Lemper : vocal; Todd Turkisher : drums; Paul Sokolow : bass; Mark Shulman : guitar; Laurie Anderson : violin; Skuli Sverrisson : bass; Elena Barere, Donna Tecco : violin; Mary Hammann, Crystal Garner, Vincent Lionti : viola; Mark Shuman, Jeanne Leblanc, David Heiss, Eugene Moye : cello; Peter Scherer : piano, keyboards, string arrangement, conducting
Oliver Lake : alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute; David Murray : tenor saxophone , bass clarinet; Hamiet Bluiett : baritone saxophone; Arthur Blythe : alto saxophone; Mor Thiam : gmba, gabala, gum gum, rain stick, bgnn; Chief Bey : asiko, signal drum, shekere; Mar Gueye : jimbe, m'beum m'beum, gring m'biss m'biss; Melvin Gibbs : electric bass
Peter Scherer : keyboards, sampler, programming
Corin Curschellas : voice; Marc Ribot : electric guitar; Robert Quine : electric guitar; J.T. Lewis : drums; Damon Banks : electric bass; Christian Marclay : turnables; Ikue Mori : drum machine; Graham Haynes : flugelhorn; Peter Herbert : double bass; Greg Cohen : double bass; Cyro Baptista : percussion; Steve Arguelles : drums; Noel Akchote : electric guitar; Fernando Saunders : electric bass; Benoit Delbecq : piano; Yuri Lemeschev : accordion; Peter Scherer : sampler, electric guitar, electronics, arrangements
Jaron Lanier : piano, khaen, gu zchung, anklung, bowed psaltery, contrabass clarinet, hadgini drum, bolivian quena; Barbara Higbie : violin; Steve Adams : sopranino saxophone, alto saxophone, Dany Bittker : tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass; Jim Norton : soprano saxophone, Rob Sudduth : alto saxophone, tenor saxophone; Bruce Unsworth : baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
Arto Lindsay : vocals, guitar; Peter Scherer : keyboards, piano, sampler, programming; Vernon Reid : guitar, background vocals; Melvin Gibbs : bass; D.K Dyson : background vocals; Bill Frisell : guitar; Joey Baron : drums; Nana Vasconcelos : percussion; John Zorn : saxophone; Gail Lou : background vocals; John Lurie : saxophone; Bernard Fowler : background vocals; Marcal : tamborim, cuica, agogo; Luna : agogo, tamborim, atabaque; Eliseu : pandeiro, tamborim; Trambique : caixa, repique; Gordinho : surdo, tamborim; Steve Horton : rhythm guitar; voices : Kazu, Rebecca Wright, Io
Arto Lindsay : vocals, guitar; Peter Scherer : keyboards, piano, guitar, sampler, programming; Marc Ribot : guitar; Melvin Gibbs : bass; Tony Lewis : drums; Nana Vasconcelos : percussion; Caetano Veloso : vocals; Lorelei Mcbroom : background vocals; Nile Rodgers : guitar; Billy 'Spaceman' Patterson : guitar; D.K. Dyson, Mauxa, Vera Negri, Lovejoy Simms, Gail Lou, Mark Anthony Thompson : background vocals
Gabriela Krapf : vocals, piano; Mario Scarton : keyboards, piano; Ralph Sonderegger : bass; Jost Müller : percussion; Julian Diller : drums; Jean-Pierre Vondach : guitar; David Hangartner : background vocals; Phil Powell : trombone; Peter Scherer : keyboards, guitar