Death Ambient

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Greenhouse 06:01 Tools
Belarus 04:11 Tools
A Cocktail of Chemicals 03:38 Tools
Thermohaline 04:11 Tools
Dead Zone 04:25 Tools
Qianwei Sky 04:59 Tools
Yellow Rain 05:12 Tools
River Tigris 03:59 Tools
Drunken Forest 06:02 Tools
Coral Necropolis 06:46 Tools
Pink Jewel Anemone Cluster 03:28 Tools
Demon Within 01:44 Tools
Agony & Desire 04:19 Tools
Sacred Obsession 02:32 Tools
Mirage of Memory 02:53 Tools
Carnival Death 02:29 Tools
Synaesthesia 05:21 Tools
Bone Collector 02:13 Tools
Schizoid 01:07 Tools
Satori 03:54 Tools
Prophecy 00:00 Tools
Sowing Death 03:12 Tools
Imperial Thorn 07:49 Tools
Heart Set 00:49 Tools
Way In 02:22 Tools
Rain 00:00 Tools
The Deep 07:22 Tools
Alchemy 00:00 Tools
Hedgetrimmer 02:31 Tools
Loquat Tree 02:51 Tools
Broken Blue 02:17 Tools
White Eye 00:00 Tools
Coyote Got Away 00:00 Tools
A Dead Staphylococcus Looks Like A Skull 00:00 Tools
Flash 00:00 Tools
Loading And Running 01:14 Tools
Ways Out 00:00 Tools
Bone Collection 02:13 Tools
Deep 07:22 Tools
Synæsthesia 05:21 Tools
Hedge Trimmer 02:31 Tools
Loading & Running 01:49 Tools
Dead Staphylococcus Looks Like a Skull 01:49 Tools
Agony and Desire 04:19 Tools
Heartset 00:49 Tools
A Dead Staphylococcus looks like askull 01:46 Tools
Death Ambient - (05) - Thermohaline 01:46 Tools
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Death Ambient was a New York, United States experimental and ambient music trio comprising Kato Hideki (bass guitar), Ikue Mori (drum machines) and Fred Frith (guitar). The group was formed by Hideki and Mori in 1995 and recorded two albums, Death Ambient in 1995 and Synaesthesia in 1999. A third album, Drunken Forest with guest Jim Pugliese was released in 2007. Japanese bass guitarist Kato Hideki, and founding member of Ground Zero, moved to New York City in 1992 where he began working with a number of musicians, including John Zorn, Marc Ribot and Christian Marclay. In 1995 he encountered and began collaborating with Japanese drummer and composer Ikue Mori. Mori had moved to New York City in 1977 and joined DNA as their drummer, without ever having played drums before. After DNA disbanded, Mori took to experimenting with drum machines which she modified to play samples. To enhance their sound, Hideki and Mori asked English experimental guitarist Fred Frith to join the group. Frith, founding member of Henry Cow, had lived in New York City for 14 years and collaborated with many of the experimental musicians there. According to Mori, the aim of Death Ambient was "...to create sounds and texture extravaganza and we invited Fred Frith to be a soul in it." Death Ambient recorded their first album, Death Ambient at Green Point Studio in Brooklyn, New York City in 1995. The ambient music was a collection of improvised pieces that included Mori's drum machine generated sound samples. The album was released the same year in the New Japan series on John Zorn's Tzadik record label. In 1997 American guitarist James Plotkin temporarily replaced Frith for a United Kingdom tour that included concerts in London and Stirling. The London concert was broadcast on BBC Radio 3's show, Mixing It. Frith rejoined Death Ambient in 1998 and the trio gave a concert in Halle, Germany. It was the first time the original trio had performed together as a group. In June 1999 they returned to New York City to record their second album, Synaesthesia, using material from the concert in Germany. It was also released on Tzadik Records in 1999. In May 2007, after six years in the making, a third album, Drunken Forest with guest percussionist Jim Pugliese was released, also in Tzadik's New Japan series. The trio (without Pugliese) performed the album live at John Zorn's not-for-profit experimental music performance space, The Stone on May 4 and 5, 2007. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.