On Thu, 30 May 1996 Tom Churchill wrote on ishii:
quoted 9 lines Adam Huffman <adam@pc061126.shef.ac.uk> wrote...> Adam Huffman <adam@pc061126.shef.ac.uk> wrote...
> >With all this vide-oh talk, perhaps I can remind our European listeners
> >that a friend of mine programmes the MTV Chill-Out Zone now and then, and
> >would be v. keen to receive IDM-ish ideas.
>
> Ken Ishii's 'Extra' video!! I still haven't seen it. And more X-Mix
> stuff - the videos may be boring colour-cycling fractals, but it's the
> only time you're ever going to see UR or Planetary Assualt Systems on
> TV...
I saw KI at the last London megadog in the Brixton Academy along with
Children of the Bong (last live pa), Lionrock, Hardfloor, Spring Heel Jack &
System 7 - what a lineup. Ken Ishii played a cracking set based around his
Jelly Tones lp. He had a couple of video screens on either side of his kit
of who knows what (I'm no spotter). Whilst he played the screens showed some
haunting and scary manga. It was a loop about 1-2 minutes long with ghosts,
a little kid and the character from the cover of Jelly Tones on some
futuristic bike. This slowly changed and got wierder (or was it me).
His set was a bit erratic but brilliant. The rhythm loops seem to have an
extra beat which puts you off. He would start a sequence on one side of
console and move to jab buttons on the other and back and fore like so. He
was concentrating all the time, bobbing his bobbled hat (Kangol?) up and
down. At the end after a short encore, he smiled almost shyly and waved and
went off. That and the rest of the sets, apart from SHJ & Lionrock who
didn't impress me, were absolutely cracking. Best night in London!
Now if only I can find his Flare and Sublime releases on CD in the UK...
Peter