The great off-kilter music auteur Jim O’Rourke moved to Japan after his time in Sonic Youth ended, and he’s been over there ever since. For many years, he’s been working with Eiko Ishibashi, the Japanese composer who scored
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s films Drive My Car and Evil Does Not Exist. (O’Rourke played on both of those scores.) Recently, O’Rourke and Ishibashi formed a group called Kafka’s Ibiki with third member Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, and they released their album Shiminkai last year. A few months ago, Ishibashi released her own album Antigone, with O’Rourke as part of her band. Now, O’Rourke and Ishibashi are announcing a new collaborative LP.
