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Japanese visual and musical artist

Musical artist

Ryoji Ikeda (池田 亮司 Ikeda Ryōji, born 1966)^[1] is a Japanese visual and sound artist who currently lives and works in Paris, France.

Ikeda's music is concerned primarily with sound in a variety of "raw" states, such as sine tones and noise, often using frequencies at the edges of the range of human hearing.

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Rhythmically, Ikeda's music is highly imaginative, exploiting beat patterns and, at times, using a variety of discrete tones and noise to create the semblance of a drum machine. His work also encroaches on the world of ambient music and lowercase; many tracks on his albums are concerned with slowly evolving soundscapes, with little or no sense of pulse.

Early life and education

Ryoji Ikeda was born in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1966.^[1]

Career

In addition to working as a solo artist, he has also collaborated with, among others, Carsten Nicolai (under the name "Cyc