Hex Kitchen

by Ikue Mori

Hex Kitchen cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 June 1995
  • Label: Tzadik
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 40:58
  • Community rating: 3.49/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The pioneering Japanese electronic musician and former DNA drummer delivered a wildly unpredictable, completely unhinged exploration of avant-garde sound collage and free improvisation. Utilizing completely unorthodox drum machine programming and highly erratic, heavily manipulated sampling, the remarkably chaotic recording totally dismantles traditional rhythmic structures. The incredibly surreal, highly challenging release stands as a brilliant showcase of her utterly unique, deeply experimental approach to electronic percussion.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, sampling, avant-garde, experimental, electronic, digital, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Slush (2:40)
  2. Woke Up Aghast (3:16)
  3. Angler Fish (3:51)
  4. Shiver (3:10)
  5. Recipe (4:11)
  6. Loops (3:28)
  7. Kiss Of Fire (3:46)
  8. Eight Million Ways To Die (4:22)
  9. Clapper (2:49)
  10. Dau Miu (4:12)
  11. Hive (5:13)

Credits

  • Kato Hideki - bass
  • Zeena Parkins - harp [electric], accordion, keyboards
  • Catherine Jauniaux - vocals
  • Hahn Rowe - guitar, bass, violin
  • Jim Staley - trombone

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