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Born in 1966, Japan’s leading electronic composer Ryoji Ikeda (池田亮司) focuses on the minutiae of ultrasonics, frequencies and the essential characteristics of sound itself. His work exploits sound’s physical property, its causality with human perception and mathematical dianoia as music, time and space. Using computer and digital technology to the utmost limit, Ikeda has been developing particular “microscopic” methods for sound engineering and composition. Since 1995 he has been intensely active in sound art through concerts, installations and recordings: the albums +/- (1996), 0 degrees (1998) and Matrix (2000) have been hailed by critics as the most radical and innovative examples of contemporary electronic music. With Carsten Nicolai, he works the collaborative project Cyclo., which examines error structures and repetitive loops in software and computer programmed music, with audiovisual modules for real time sound visualization. The versatile range of his research is also demonstrated by the collaborations with choreographer William Forsythe/Frankfurt Ballett, contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, architect Toyo Ito and artist collective Dumb Type, among others. Ryoji Ikeda received the Golden Nica prize at Prix Ars Electronica 2001 in the Digital Music category.

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1	data.simplex full track	119
2	data.index full track	95
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6	data.reflex full track	66
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Cesque wrote:
Tuesday evening

Datamatics 2.0 was just... wow... I can truly say my mind was blown. Also, I think I was the youngest person there :D

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Bara_Megami wrote:
Friday morning

Holy fuck, as a relatively mainstream music listener who acquired the album "Matrix" out of sheer curiosity, I have to say that this is terrifying "music". I'm gonna go back to my safe J-pop now............

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Cesque wrote:
16 days ago

I went and say the data.tron exhibition which was amazing... pity I was with my dad otherwise I could've stayed there all day :P i've got tickets to datamatics 2.0 now too, can't wait!

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arviiin wrote:
18 days ago

http://www.last.fm/music/Arvin+H.Kamal/This+Horrible+Creature%2C+Human%21

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masodikgalamb wrote:
last month

Underbart

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AppleKabukiSuri wrote:
last month

Don't get me wrong tracks like data.matrix are really beautiful I just don't think they are where the true greatness and uniqueness of Ryoji Ikeda lies.

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AppleKabukiSuri wrote:
last month

Sometimes his music sounds too composed; his best moments in my opinion are when not only the sounds he is using but the way in which he is using them sounds completely removed from any musical ideas or human intention.

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Tolstoy wrote:
last month

To Cesque: Go see. His stuff live will blow you away. The sub bass in his performances kicks you to hell and leaves you there (that's a compliment btw).

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Steris wrote:
last month

MEAT IS MURDER.

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dddiiiddd wrote:
last month

Listen to Dead in dump

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zjaia wrote:
September 2009

:|

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Cesque wrote:
September 2009

Should I go and see this guy live? I've seen a couple of clips online and it looks really interesting.

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Radist_Statik wrote:
August 2009

interesting sound

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DefaultXR wrote:
August 2009

You're just upset that glitch artists from your country have to compete with this guy. :)

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mopsvieh wrote:
August 2009

utter shit

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LennieGehring wrote:
August 2009

To skold5 : I am angry because of not going to see RI in Olomouc as well...:(

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synchropatha wrote:
July 2009

matemathica as a sound, yeah

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dyna-soar wrote:
July 2009

his exhibition in tokyo was great, however i stupidly rushed through alot of it. the staff were pretty amazed when they saw how dirty my socks were (you had to take your shoes off for part of it). hahaha.

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Borarp wrote:
July 2009

YES

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loggerheads wrote:
July 2009

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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