Ken Ikeda: Mist On The Window

ken ikedaKen Ikeda uses art theory to talk about his music. (Makes sense, he works in video and collaborates with artists like Moriko Mori and Tadanori Yokoo). I want to argue: that should not make you shiver. The structure of his music is consciously unconscious: respects the need of the unconscious to dress in shadows, without shadows it is as out of place as a bat in the bright sun. What does that mean musically? It means a realm of difficult to recognize, impossible to name sounds lapping against each other making a quiet magic. Homemade string /nail instruments with rubber bands and synths are the stepping stones back into plato’s maligned cave, forget the chains, out of the burning of harmonic enlightenment. And the images you see on the wall - well Moriko Mori could have painted them. The plucked noises are like jumping in rainbow puddles on acid. That’s always fun :: Ken Ikeda/Mist On The Window - (Spekk/A-Musik).

sm 17 Oct 07

MOUTHUS

Best of the recent Our Mouth stuff is the first Sullivan solo CD-R. Sullivan's comes under the name Eskimo King, and /Tooth-Shaped Migration/ is five thick, detailed chunks of sound spread over a quick 17 minutes. What I dig most about Sullivan is his wide-open outlook on what sounds are worth making. Mouthus may concoct a lot of deep, textured noise, but they also use acoustic guitar loops, dirgey metal-like stomps, polyrhtyhmic meditations, busted rock riffs, and tons more. (noiseweek.blogspot.com)

„Nein, nein, kein Soundtrack! Wir kombinieren nur die Stücke auf unseren Alben - wir schneiden erstmal alles auf Band mit, um dann, vielleicht Monate später, zu sagen: Oh, das hier passt ja thematisch zu diesem Stück und auch zu jenem. Oder: Dieses Stück würden zu jenen Anderen passen, wäre es nicht so grottenschlecht. Also: Trash it.” Brian Sullivan/HE Interview

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