- K. Ishibashi opens his second solo album, Lighght, by taking a tone-setting 48-second violin solo. Titled "Début - Impromptu," it skids and squeaks with accelerating abandon until the notes distort and smash together chaotically; by the end, the instrument has become largely indistinguishable from the machines he so often uses to loop and manipulate it. It's equal parts introduction and mission statement for Lighght, in which technique and experimentation collide in high-spirited, even disorienting ways.
This is absolutely incredible. I know somebody here likes Kishi Bashi but I can't remember who. This might be better than 151a. Time to go see if his show in Boston isn't sold out so I can grab a ticket.
Update: Not sold out! Is there anyone in the Boston area that would like to join up at this!?
Not sure if you, rjw, or iamducky will care but he just explained the title of the album. Loving this album so far.
Wow, great story! I'd like to think that politicians back then weren't all so idiotic - but then can you imagine how a defence of modern art would go down in Congress? I'd love to see a member of the House of Representatives defend this or this. (the second painting is Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III by Barnett Newman, which was the subject of a knife attack in 1986, because modern art is scary and confusing) Of course, the political backlash was probably just an opportunistic attack on anything publicly funded but that's not such a fun narrative (cf. NPR, welfare)
I like Kishi Bashi! I enjoyed 151a, although I've found his live stuff to be much much better. I'm actually going to see him in a couple days at a bar down the street. I'll give this a listen in the morning but for now I've already decided on falling asleep to Tycho's "Awake" album :)