Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori, also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, composer, and graphic designer...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionMusician
CountryJapan
book inspiration ideas
The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
rocks long band
I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.
momentum improvising
Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical.
play rocks band
With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over.