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Ryoji Ikeda (b. 1966)

Japan's leading electronic composer Ryoji Ikeda focuses on the minutiae of ultrasonics, frequencies and the essential characteristics of sound itself. His work exploits sound's physical property, its causality with human perception and mathematical dianoia as music, time and space. Using computer and digital technology to the utmost limit, Ikeda has been developing particular "microscopic" methods for sound engineering and composition. Since 1995 he has been intensely active in sound art through concerts, installations and recordings: the albums +/- (1996), 0 degrees (1998) and Matrix (2000) have been hailed by critics as the most radical and innovative examples of contemporary electronic music. With Carsten Nicolai, he works the collaborative project 'cyclo.', which examines error structures and repetitive loops in software and computer programmed music, with audiovisual modules for real time sound visualization. The versatile range of his research is also demonstrated by the collaborations with choreographer William Forsythe/Frankfurt Ballett, contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, architect Toyo Ito and artist collective Dumb Type, among others. Ryoji Ikeda received the Golden Nica prize at Prix Ars Electronica 2001 in the Digital Music category.
 
 
  discography

2005Ryoji IkedadataplexRaster-Noton R-N 068
2005Ryoji Ikedaformula Book+DVDForma
2002Ryoji Ikedaformula Book+DVD ICC/NTT Publishing
2002Ryoji Ikedaop.Touch TO:60
2000Ryoji IkedamatrixTouch TO:44
1998Ryoji Ikedatime and spaceStaalplaat STmCD009
1998Ryoji Ikeda0ºCTouch TO:38
1996Ryoji Ikeda+/-Touch TO:30
1995Ryoji Ikeda1000 fragmentscci recordings CCD23001
 
2001cyclo.cyclo. (w/Carsten Nicolai)Raster-Noton
1999Ryoji Ikeda99 [for 20' to 2000]Raster-Noton 20TO200003
1998Ryoji IkedaMort Aux Vaches (live recording at VPRO radio)Staalplaat
 
2000dumb typememorandumcci recordings cci 001
1998dumb typeORFoil Records DTOR
1994dumb typeS/NSpiral 30CD-N022
 
2002V.A.An anthology of noise & electronic music vol.1Sub Rosa SR19
2001V.A.Clicks & Cuts 2Mille Plateaux MP 09
2000V.A.Touch Sampler 0Touch T_ZERO_0
1999V.A.MicroscopicCaipirinha
1999V.A.Modulation & Transformation 4Mille Plateaux MP 061
1999V.A.END IDDigital Narcis DNCD 20C
1998V.A.Stilluppsteypa RemixFire Inc. SOME f15
1998V.A.ModulationsCaipirinha CAI-2018
1998V.A.memememe000
1998V.A.Chill OutSabotage Rec 30CD
1997V.A.TulpasSelektion SCD024
1996V.A.Touch Sampler 2Touch T_ZERO_2
1996V.A.Night Passage: demixedDorobo 011
1996V.A.A Fault in the NothingAsh International Ash 2.6cd2
1995V.A.mesmervariationsAsh International Ash 1.8cd2
1995V.A.staticscci recordings CCD25002
1993V.A.silence CDSpiral 36CD-N020
 
 
 
  installations

2007
DEC 25 - JAN 20data.tron [prototype]Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, CN
SEP 24 - OCT 22data.tron [prototype]Inter arts Centre, Beijing, CN
AUG 11 - OCT 7data.tron [prototype]Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, TW
JUN 30 - SEP 9data.tron [prototype]De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
JUN 1 - JUL 15data.tron [prototype]Panorama 8, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, FR
JUN 1 - JUL 15data.film n°1-aPanorama 8, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, FR
 
2006
OCT 12 - DEC 31spectra IISensorium exhibition, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, US
FEB 1-12spectra IIInbetween Time Festival, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
 
2005
AUG 18 - OCT 23data.spectraACMI, Melbourne, AU
AUG 18 - OCT 23spectra IIACMI, Melbourne, AU
JAN 21 - MAR 20dbICC, Tokyo, JP
 
2004
OCT 8-18spectra IIAudioframes exhibition, Kortrijk, BE
MAR 13 - JUN 6spectra IIFeel, Z33, Hasselt, BE
MAR 6-28data.spectra [prototype]Gallery Yada, Nagoya, JP
 
2003
AUG 23 - SEP 26matrix [for an anechoic room]Voormalig Gerechtsgebouw, Utrecht, NL
MAY 24 - AUG 24spectra IIThe 2nd International Biennial, Geotheborg, SE
 
2002
AUG 23 - OCT 31dbICC, Tokyo, JP
FEB 7 - APR 28spectra IIFrequencies, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE
 
2001
OCT 2-7matrix [for container]Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
JUN 27untitled [for 10 turntables]Maison de Hermes Japon, Tokyo, JP
MAY 4 - JUN 20spectraMicaMoca, Milan, IT
 
2000
APR 26 - JUN 18AHayward Gallery, London, UK
JAN 28 - MAY 21matrix [for an anechoic room]ICC, Tokyo, JP
JAN 1 - DEC 31matrix [for acoustic dislocation]The Millennium Dome, London, UK
 
1998
APR 18 - MAY 100°CBK Villa Alckmaer, Rotterdam, NL
 
 
  concerts

2008
MAR 16datamatics [ver.2.0]The Garden Hall Yebisu, Tokyo, JP
MAR 13datamatics [ver.2.0]AI Hall, Itami, JP
MAR 1datamatics [ver.2.0]Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, JP
 
2007
DEC 6datamatics [ver.2.0]Effenaar, Eindhoven, NL
NOV 30CI + datamatics [ver.1.0]Le Petit Faucheux, Tours, FR
NOV 24datamatics [ver.2.0]LiFE, St Nazaire, FR
OCT 29datamatics [ver.2.0]Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
OCT 10datamatics [ver.1.0]Mutek, Mexico City, MX
OCT 5CI + datamatics [ver.1.0]Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IE
SEP 28datamatics [ver.1.0]Happy New Ears, Kortrijk, BE
SEP 19CI + datamatics [ver.1.0]Art Beijing, Beijing, CN
SEP 15CI + datamatics [ver.1.0]The Esplanade, Singapore City, SG
JUN 30dataphonics [concert version]De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
MAY 26datamaticsTerritorios Sevilla 2007, Escenario Tres Culturas, Seville, ES
MAY 24datamaticsVideoex 2007, Zurich, CH
MAY 9datamaticsUsine-C, Elektra 8, Montréal, CA
APR 26-28CI + datamatics [ver.1.0]Teatro Out Off, Milan, IT
APR 19cyclo. (w/carsten nicolai)35mm, Abracadabra Festival, Moscow, RU
APR 14datamaticsDEAF, Rotterdam, NL
APR 13datamaticsLiFE, St Nazaire, FR
MAR 29CI + datamatics [ver.1.0]TDK Time Warp, Mannheim, DE
 
2006
OCT 21performance for Touch 25th anniversarySightSonic, York, UK
OCT 13CI + datamatics [ver.1.0]Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
AUG 10datamatics [ver.1.0b]Recombinant Media Labs, San Francisco, US
AUG 7CI + datamatics [ver.1.0]California Theater, San Jose, US
JUN 7CI + datamatics [prototype]Tokyo International Forum Hall C, Tokyo, JP
JUN 17datamatics [prototype]Sonar, Barcelona, ES
JUL 14datamatics [prototype]Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
JUL 12dataphonics [prototype | 8.1ch version]Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, ES
MAY 29datamatics [prototype]Tate Modern, London, UK
MAY 12cyclo.Urban Explorer Festival, Dordrecht, NL
APR 28cyclo.Donau Festival, Krems, AT
APR 15CICasa da Musica, Porto, PT
MAR 24formula + CIHaus der Berliner Festspiele, Maerz Musik, Berlin, DE
MAR 20formula + CIBarbican Centre Concert Hall, London, UK
MAR 3datamatics [prototype]AV festival, Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, UK
MAR 3CIAV festival, Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, UK
FEB 19CITeatro Canovas, Malaga, ES
 
2005
OCT 15CIKlangraum Minoritenkirche, Krems, AT
OCT 10-11formula + CIMelbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, AU
JUN 25cyclo.Domus Academy, Telecom Italia Future centre, Venice, IT
MAY 20CIPalazzo dei Congressi, Rome, IT
MAY 12CIUsine-C, Montreal, CA
APR 23CIContemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius, LT
FEB 16CIStuk, Leuven, BE
 
2004
DEC 21-22formula [ver2.3]Studio 21, Kyoto, JP
NOV 20CIEyebeam, New York, US
NOV 5CITeatro la Cavallerizza, Reggio Emilia, IT
OCT 31CITheatre Kikker, Utrecht, NL
OCT 28CIPompidou Centre, Paris, FR
OCT 16formula [ver.2.2]Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, PT
JUL 30formula [ver.2.2]Corte Malatestiana, Fano, IT
JUN 5cci sound systemLavrio Technological and Cultural Park, Athens, GR
MAR 6-7formula [ver.2.2]Chikusa Bunka Sho Gekijyo, Nagoya, JP
FEB 13-14CI + formula [ver.2.2]YCAM, Yamaguchi, JP
 
2003
NOV 30formula [ver.2.1]Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, IT
NOV 24cci sound systemThe Arches, Glasgow, UK
NOV 15formula [ver.2.1]Novart, Bordeaux, FR
NOV 1cyclo.Observatori, Valencia, ES
OCT 17cyclo.Dundee Contemporary Arts, UK
SEP 20formula [ver.2.0]La Ferme du Buisson, Paris, FR
SEP 9Ars Electronica, Linz, AT
FEB 15w/ Carsten Nicolai + Mika VainioStuk, Leuven, BE
FEB 13cyclo.Goethe Institut, Rome, IT
 
2002
DEC 4cyclo.Architectural Association, London, UK
DEC 1formula [ver.1.1]The Arches, Glasgow, UK
SEP 28formula [ver.1.0]La Villette, Paris, FR
SEP 24ICA, London, UK
SEP 23w/ Carsten Nicolai + Mika VainioBaltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, UK
FEB 10Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE
FEB 8cyclo.Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE
JAN 12-13formula [prototype]Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, JP
 
2001
DEC 16cyclo.Batofar, Paris, FR
DEC 14formula [prototype]The Garden Hall Yebisu, Tokyo, JP
OCT 7Goethborg Art Sounds, Goethborg, SE
SEP 29Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, DE
SEP 28cyclo.Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE
SEP 16formula [prototype]Kushiro Art Museum, Kushiro, JP
SEP 14Bessie Hall, Sapporo, JP
SEP 6cyclo.Posthof, Ars Electronica, Linz, AT
SEP 4formula [prototype]Brucknerhaus, Ars Electronica, Linz, AT
JUN 8cyclo.IASPIS, Venice Bienale, IT
APR 28cyclo.Link, Bologna, IT
MAR 31cyclo.Centro Petralata, Rome, IT
MAR 12cyclo.Volksbune, Berlin, DE
FEB 1formula [prototype]Pompidou Centre, Paris, FR
 
2000
OCT 20Brussels 2000, Brussels, BE
SEP 15formula [prototype]Elektra 2000, Montreal, CA
SEP 7Ars Electronica, Linz, AT
SEP 6formula [prototype]La Batie Festival, Geneva, CH
JUL 17formula [prototype]Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
JUN 22The Anchorage, New York, US
JUN 17cyclo.Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
MAY 9Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL
JAN 29formula [prototype]Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton, UK
JAN 27formula [prototype]Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
JAN 22formula [prototype]Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, UK
JAN 20formula [prototype]Contact Theatre, Manchester, UK
JAN 18formula [prototype]Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK
 
1999
DEC 10ODPD, Chicago, US
OCT 21Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, FR
JUL 8w/ Carsten NicolaiGallery of Contemporary Art, Leipzig, DE
JUN 17Sonar, Barcelona, ES
MAY 1Phonotaktik, Vienna, AT
APR 25w/ Carsten NicolaiWatari-um, Tokyo, JP
APR 10ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
APR 3Columbia University, New York, US
APR 2Experimental Intermedia, New York, US
JAN 14ICC, Tokyo, JP
 
1998
NOV 29Fylkingen, Stockholm, SE
NOV 28Volksbune, Berlin, DE
OCT 16-17Spiral, Tokyo, JP
SEP 20Garage, London, UK
JUN 27Le Garage, Paris, FR
APR 14live recording at VPRO radioVPRO, Amsterdam, NL
 
1997
MAY 17Stadtgarten, Koln, DE
 
 
 
  collaborations | others

Dumb Type
2003perfromance VoyageShiga, JP
Weimar, DE
2002performance memorandumChicago, US
Seattle, US
Portland, US
Minneapolis, US
St. Brieuc, FR
Paris, FR
performance VoyageToulouse, FR
Ibos Tarbes, FR
Saitama, JP
Osaka, JP
Strasbourg, FR
installation VoyagesICC, Tokyo, JP
2001installation CascadeBerlin, DE
2000installation ORMuseum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, FR *Permanent Collection
performance memorandumCharleroi, BE
Lyon, FR
Toulouse, FR
Sevilla, ES
Amsterdam, NL
Kochi, JP
Tokyo, JP
1999performance ORKochi, JP
Kyoto, JP
Krems, AT
Seattle, US
Portland, US
Minneapolis, US
Chicago, US
performance memorandumAjaccio, FR
Maubeuge, FR
Paris, FR
Berlin, DE
Madrid, ES
1998performance ORAmsterdam, NL
Lisbon, PT
Zurich, CH
Turnhout, BE
London, UK
Hamburg, DE
Stockholm, SE
1997performance ORMaubeuge, FR
Paris, FR
Linz, AT
Tokyo, JP
Paris, FR
concert ORPalermo, IT
Kobe, JP
Tokyo, JP
installation ORICC, Tokyo, JP *Permanent Collection
1996performance S/NTokyo, JP
Wellington, NZ
Sevilla, ES
Brussels, BE
1995performance S/NLjubljana, SI
Munster, DE
Salvador, BR
Sao Paulo, BR
1994produced CD S/N Spiral, Tokyo, JP
 
Toyo Ito
sound design for "Bruring Architecture" installation
computer graphics by 000studio
SEP 23, 2001-Wellington, NZ
SEP 6 - DEC 2, 2001Besilica, Vicenza, IT
AUG 10, 2001-Auckland, NZ
SEP 23, 2000 -Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, DK
FEB 18, 2000 -De Singel Antwerpen, BE
NOV 16 - DEC 31, 1999TN Probe Tokyo, JP
OCT 23, 1999Suermondt Ludwig Museum Aachen, DE

Frankfurt Ballett "Wear"
premiered on JAN 22, 2004, Frankfurt, DE
choreography by William Forsythe
music by Ryoji Ikeda
performed by Ensemble Modern Frankfurt


*numerous compositions for dance, theater, installation, collaborative work etc
 
 
  awards

2003 Nominated for Arts category, World Technology Awards, New York, US
2001Golden Nica prize for Digital Music category, Ars Electronica, Linz, AT
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