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Ryoji Ikeda
Ryoji Ikeda, Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist, focuses on the fundamental ingredients of sound and the pure essence of visuals as light, employing both mathematical precision and aesthetic insights. Renowned as one of the few international artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media, he elaborately orchestrates sound, visuals, materials, physical phenomena and mathematical concepts into immersive live performances and installations.
His albums +/- (1996), 0°C (1998), matrix (2000), dataplex (2005), test pattern (2008), and supercodex (2013), pioneered a new minimal world of electronic music, showcasing his razor-sharp techniques and aesthetics. Ikeda has continued to evolve through long-term projects, including audiovisual performances, installations, and acoustic music pieces. His books and CDs are published under codex | edition, the online platform he launched in 2018. In December 2022, codex I edition and noton (DE) released ultratronics, his first new album in the past ten years.
In 2023, Ikeda premiered his new audiovisual live set ultratronics in Japan at WWW X Shibuya, MUTEK.JP and Fuji Rock Festival, with European showcases at Sonar Barcelona and Pitchfork London at The Barbican.
The performance includes the use of strobe lighting during the video projection, as well as high sound intensity levels.
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