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...
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 and pop music, noise with extended techniques and create her unique blend of music.
she has performed and recorded with numerous artists such as laurie anderson, derek bailey, steve beresford, carla bozulich, nels cline, chris corsano, mark dresser, peter evans, fred frith, carlos giffoni, vijay iyer, shelley hirsch, john hollenbeck, andrew lampert, christian marclay, miya masaoka, min xiao-fen, thurston moore, ikue mori, lawrence D. "butch" morris, larry ochs, jim o'rourke, alex ward and john zorn to name a few.
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; a solo cello album I saw the Ghost of an Unknown Soul and it Said... on Ecstatic Peace! label; a trio album with steve beresford and peter evans, check for monsters on Emanem label.
Hi nuna! It's good to hear from you. I was just talking about you with Soo. Your music sounds great! Let me know when you're coming to Seoul. Let's play. I hope all's well. See you...
