The Moon and the Abandoned Old Woman
A Buddish Monk Recieves Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night
Monkey Music Moon
Musashi Plain Moon
How Noisy the Sound of Insects Calling in the Meadow as for Me, I Make
Moon of the Lonely House
Cloth-Beating Moon
Dawn Moon and Thumbling Moon
Joganden Shooting Moon
Lunacy
Received Back into Moon Palace
Like a Reflection in the Moon
Glimpse of the Moon
The Moon's Inner Vision
Mountain Moon After Rain
Birthdays
Ikue Mori Producer, Main Performer, Drum Machine, Design
Theo Bleckmann Vocals
Eyvind Kang Violin
Anthony Coleman Organ, Piano
Erik Friedlander Cello
Kato Hideki Bass, Engineer
Theo Bleckmann Vocals
Eyvind Kang Violin
Anthony Coleman Organ, Piano
Erik Friedlander Cello
Kato Hideki Bass, Engineer
Ikue Mori's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tzadik, 2000) is a wonderful and multi-faceted modern chamber suite similar in nature to her film music, as opposed to, say, her work in Death Ambient. The work is named for Mori's inspiration in composing this music, a woodblock print series by Yoshitoshi, the last master of Japanese Ukiyoe. The pieces ranges from a section reminiscent of John Zorn's cartoon music, called "Monkey Music Moon," to the interim piece heard during "Like a Reflection in the Moon" to the disturbed and repetitive "Cloth-Beating Moon." Mori performs on her drum machines, joined by pianist and organist Anthony Coleman, violinist Eyvind Kang, cellist Erik Friedlander, bassist Kato Hideki, and the vocals (acrobatics, speaking, and singing) of Theo Bleckmann. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide.
