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Japanese drummer Ikue Mori relocated to New York in 1977 and began to play in "no-wave" bands,
particularly noise terrorists Mars and
DNA.
After Gamble'86: Electrified-Fukuko (Telegraph, 1985), a trio with Non and a guitarist,
she basically abandoned the rock scene and began to mingle with the free
improvisors, appearing on seminal recordings by John Zorn and Zeena Parkins.
In 1986 Mori formed a duo with bassist and vocalist Luli Shioi,
Tohban Djan, which eventually recorded Poison Petal (Nato, 1989).
The Worlds Of Love (Review, 1989) was a more experimental trio with Cinnie Cole and David Garland.
Her career in improvised music for drum-machines began with a collaboration with
Japanese vocalist Tenko, Death Praxis (What Next, 1993) and a collaboration with
Belgian vocalist Catherine Janiaux, Vibraslaps (june 1992 - RecRec, 1993), both
collections of "songs" that Mori filled with surreal soundscapes.
Her first solo albums, Painted Desert (february 1994 - Avant, 1995),
featuring guitarists Robert Quine and Marc Ribot,
Hex Kitchen (Tzadik, 1995), a sort of programmatic manifesto that employs
distinguished improvisers in duos, trios and quartets, and
especially Garden (may 1996 - Tzadik, 1996), containing five long meditations
for drum machines and samplers
(The Pit And The Pendulum, Abacus - Blue Parrot,
Tool Box - Loops, Bamboo Battle,
Donkey Diversion - Gull - Moon Desert),
established her as an artist straddling the border between electronic soundpainting and free-jazz improvisation.
Collaborations included:
Death Ambient (june 1999 - Tzadik, 1995), a prog-rock trio with bassist Kato Hideki and guitarist Fred Frith;
Bit-Part Actor (november 1994 - Braille, 1997), with vocalist Amanda Stewart, guitarist David Watson, reed player Jim Denley, and Rik Rue on tapes and sampler;
Mystery (april 1998 - Tzadik, 1998), another work with Tenko, plus Anthony Coleman on organ, Eyvind Kang on violin and Erik Friedlander on cello;
and, more importantly,
Ile Bizarre (july 1997 - Ambiances Magnetiques, 1998), with Diane Labrosse on sampler and Martin Tetreault on turntables.
B/Side (august 1997 - Tzadik, 1998) collects music for the cinema.
One Hundred Aspects Of The Moon (Tzadik, 2000) is music for small chamber ensemble (Anthony Coleman, Eyvind Kang, Erik Friedlander, Hideki Kato) and vocals (Theo Brickmann).
Synaesthesia (Tzadik, 1999) is Death Ambient's second album.
Later (Victo, 2000), with Fred Frith and Mark Dresser,
and
SYR 5 (SYR, 2000), with Keith Gordon of Sonic Youth and DJ Olive,
are minor collaborations.
Mori started a new career with
Labyrinth (Tzadik, 2000), her first album of laptop music.
Now a full-fledged laptop musician, Mori formed
Mephista, a trio with pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and drummer Susie Ibarra,
and released Black Narcissus (Tzadik, 2002).
Hemophiliac (Tzadik, 2002) is a collaboration with
Mike Patton and John Zorn.
Acoustiphobia Vol 1 (Sublingual, 2001) is a live improvisation among Ikue Mori and Christian Marclay and Elliott Sharp.
Phantom Orchard (Mego, 2004) is a collaboration between
Ikue Mori (electronics)
and
Zeena Parkins (harp, keyboards).
The impressionistic pieces evoke
a more abstract Before And After Science (Brian Eno).
Myrninerest (Tzadik, 2005), a tribute to the paintings of Madge Gill,
is another powerful creation at the laptop, and perhaps her most emotional
and personal statement.
Drunken Forest (Tzadik, 2007) is Death Ambient's third album.
Like its predecessors, it can't escape the limit of the vignette.
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