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Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins have had well established roots on New York’s downtown music scene since the 1980s. While Ikue Mori creates fascinating electronic landscapes with her laptop and drum machines, Zeena Perkins also improvises on her self-designed electronic harp with virtually inexhaustible imagination. In 2004, they released their debut album under the name Phantom Orchard. »Hit Parade of Tears« is the latest album from the ideally matched duo. It is dedicated to the Japanese author Izumi Suzuki. They transform her short stories into moving musical miniatures. Even if you do not know the science fiction originals, the music of Phantom Orchard always opens up a new, exciting world. Alternating between abstract and sensually melodic, Mori and Parkins again demonstrate that they understand each other musically without words.
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In the flow of the Elbe and surrounded on three sides by water, Hamburg’s concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie, is a centre of attraction for all who live in Hamburg as well...
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Zeena Parkins Biography
Zeena Parkins (born in 1956, Detroit, Michigan, United States) is a harpist active in rock music, free improvisation and jazz. Parkins plays standard harps, as well as a custom-made electric harp.
In addition to her solo recordings, she has recorded or performed with Björk, John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Ikue Mori, Butch Morris, Tin Hat Trio, Jim O'Rourke, Fred Frith, Lee Ranaldo, Nels Cline, Pauline Oliveros, and others. She has also worked with choreographers including Neil Greenberg, Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh, Jennifer Lacey, and video artist Janene Higgins.
She was a member of three experimental rock bands: No Safety, News From Babel and Fred Frith's review band, Keep The Dog.
Read MoreIn addition to her solo recordings, she has recorded or performed with Björk, John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Ikue Mori, Butch Morris, Tin Hat Trio, Jim O'Rourke, Fred Frith, Lee Ranaldo, Nels Cline, Pauline Oliveros, and others. She has also worked with choreographers including Neil Greenberg, Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh, Jennifer Lacey, and video artist Janene Higgins.
She was a member of three experimental rock bands: No Safety, News From Babel and Fred Frith's review band, Keep The Dog.
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