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Birthday
Ikue Mori (JP)
Prix Ars Electronica 1999
Distinction "Digital Musics"
"Birthday" by Japanese performance artist Ikue Mori is a live performance. Her trademark is her specialization in drum machines. Using digital processing, she consistently succeeds in surprising the audience with her sounds at concerts.
Ikue Mori moved to New York from Tokyo 1977, started playing drums, and formed the seminal New York No Wave band, DNA, with Arto Lindsay and Tim Wright, created a radical style of rhythm and noise, achieving legendary cult status in rock music. 1985 She started using drum machines in the unlikely world of improvisation. Using standard technology such as drum machine, she has created her own highly sensitive signature style.
Source: Ikue Mori (JP)
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