movies, bernard herrmann, sun, raymond chandler, traveling, orson welles, dreaming, greek mythology, film noir, sweet smell of success, feeling, julio galán, strangers on a train, györgy ligeti, patrick mcgoohan, wong kar-wai, mysterious skin, antoni gaudi, all about eve, grand hotel, food, sherlock holmes, jeremy brett, midnight cowboy, noise, water, fonts, miklos gaal, new york, gene kelly, greta garbo, the apartment, steve mcqueen, uncertainty, a clockwork orange, nevada smith, science of sleep, le samouraï, paper, it all happened one night, dark city, sam peckinpah, louise brooks, trees, judy garland, the fountainhead, the wild bunch, dreaming, friends, penguins, get smart, vertigo, anthony goicolea, daniel craig, the usual suspects, joan greenwood, david lynch, chinatown, l'eclisse, jimmy giuffre, la notte, the long goodbye, christopher nolan, tony leung, gerry goldsmith, kind hearts and coronets, bette davis, william holden, la sagrada familia, trains, adolf wölfli, the man in the white suit, perhaps, marcel duchamp, hans bellmer, cary grant, summer stock, stanley kubrick, getting lost, M, ipcress file, günther uecker, hiroshima mon amour, army of shadows, rice cake, wandering around, kim novak, alban berg, pandora's box, burt lancaster, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, takeshi kaneshiro, requiem for a dream, samuel fuller, knitting, westerns, james stewart, north by northwest, marlene dietriech, kim hyun-sik, control, jean-pierre melville, stranger than paradise, barnett newman, le notti binache, leaving, billy wilder, dr. strangelove: or how i learn to stop worrying and love the bomb, the magnificent ambersons, snow, monica vitti, zoo, the third man, alexander calder, joseph gordon-levitt, loneliness, down by law, alfred hitchcock, jan vermeer, light, frank sinatra, alec guiness, mystery, blade runner, out of control, maybe, ralph fiennes, mr. blandings builds his dream house, rufus wainwright, shawshank redemption, nan goldin, obsession, jim jarmusch, body, giorgio de chirico, jack lemmon, stalker, museums, supermarkets in foreign cities, rain, notebooks, joseph cotton, shoes, eyes, kevin spacey, rabbits, coming back, man ray
Sounds Like
noisy... fragile... violent... nostalgic... a bit fucked up but not too badly... sounds like... me...
Record Label
tzadik/my cat is an alien/ecstatic peace/and other
a native of Korea, okkyung lee has been developing her own voice in a contemporary cello performance, improvisation and composition. using her solid classical training as a springboard, she incorporates jazz, sounds, korean traditional music, noise with extended techniques and create her unique blend of music.
since moving to new york in 2000, she has performed and recorded with numerous artists such as laurie anderson, derek bailey, steve beresford, carla bozulich, nels cline, chris corsano, sylvie courvoisier, mark dresser, fred frith, miho hatori, shelley hirsch, john hollenbeck, susie ibarra, lindha kallerdahl, andrew lampert, miya masaoka, min xiao-fen, thurston moore, lawrence D. "butch" morris, larry ochs, jim o'rourke, beth orton, zeena parkins, marc ribot, matthew shipp, saadet türköz and john zorn to name a few.
in addition to frequent solo performances and leading her own ensembles, she frequently collaborates with the following ensembles: Still Life with Commentator with pianist/composer vijay iyer, poet/hip hop artist mike ladd and director ibrahim quraishi; duo with tunrtablist/video artist christian marclay: billy martin's IOOi with ikue mori and dj olive, and artist guy richards smit's rock band Maxi Geil! and Playcolt.
okkyung has released the following albums under her name: her debut album, Nihm on Tzadik; a duo recording with christian marclay on My Cat is an Alien label's split LP series; and solo cello album I saw the Ghost of an Unknown Soul and it Said... was releassed on thurston moore's Ecstatic Peace label in may 2008.
Hey there.. It's sad.. I know there are few chances to see you playing in Italy.. But maybe it could be relieved if there are hopes to have a cd release of your ecstatic peace album ^_^ Do you know if it will never be released some day?
thank you for agreeing... i've seen you are back in my area - so to speak - in november, i won't miss you. but probably before in NY... you will be playing somewhere i'm sure when i'm there.
Hi. You really can make the music sound magical and real. I am myself playing the doublebass in a contemporary free improv ensamble and its harder than hell makin´it sound true/real/cool. You do it totally, I love you sounds.
