Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori, also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, composer, and graphic designer...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionMusician
CountryJapan
drum machines pull sound texture three trying
That was the most I could pull out from these three drum machines with sound and texture and orchestrations- that's what I'm trying to do.
asked drum gave liked program somebody using
Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine.
changing
Because it's dance music, you can't really have a lot of changing in there. It's really not for me because there's too much repetition. I like more diversity.
Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical.
beat dna fast metal music rock songs
DNA wasn't as beat orientated as other bands. It's more like thrash metal music than rock music- it was very fast and the songs were very short.
drumming influence primitive
It's a very primitive way of drumming like the way you play with big sticks: this is called taiko. That was a big influence on me.
influence late listened music rock
I started listened to music in the late '60s- it was all rock music. Jimi Hendrix, the Doors. They didn't really influence me, I just listened to it.
artists chamber grant next work
I just got a grant from the artists space, Roulette. It's for chamber music, electronics and percussion. That's going to be my work for next year.
done film enjoy
I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
girl new-york sunset
Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and drums and guitar- we didn't make any records but we played a lot of different clubs in New York.
moving blood
Blood and death. That moves me.
art thinking sound-and-music
Mars is really different, into art. Lydia Lunch is more energy. James Chance is more commercial in a different way, in funk and jazz. They were all doing original things, trying to create their own sound and music. I think they're all great.
tired different manipulation
I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation.
japan musician left
I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.