Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori, also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, composer, and graphic designer...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionMusician
CountryJapan
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.
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.
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.
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.
fun thinking play
The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it.
new-york interesting tokyo
I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I didn't intend to live here- I just wanted to get out and see what was happening. I just happened to stay here then.
thinking play alive
I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound and the manipulation and it plays like instruments.
dark mind sides
I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.
years practice five
So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.