Ikue Mori

Drummer, electronic musician and composer

Born: 17 December 1953
Tokyo
Country: Japan
Active: 1977–
Record labels: Tzadik Records
Discography: 23 albums

Biography

Ikue Mori is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Ikue Mori was born on 17 December 1953 in Tokyo. The music is usually filed under electronic music and experimental music. Record labels: Tzadik Records. The discography here lists 23 albums, from “Death Praxis” (1993) to “Enchanted and Delighted” (2026). Honours include MacArthur Fellows Program (2022).

Ikue Mori (森郁恵, Mori Ikue) (born 17 December 1953), also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, electronic musician, composer, and graphic designer. Mori was awarded a "Genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 2022.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Death Praxis 1993

Hex Kitchen 1995 · Tzadik Garden 1996 · Tzadik Painted Desert 1997 · Avant B/Side 1998 · Tzadik Later ... 2000 · Les Disques Victo One Hundred Aspects of the Moon 2000 · Tzadik Labyrinth 2001 · Tzadik Myrninerest 2005 · Tzadik Class Insecta 2009 · Tzadik

FRKWYS, Vol. 6 2011 · Live

Treasure Hunt 2012 · TiConZero Prediction and Warning 2013 · Fataka

Scrumptious Sabotage 2013 · Live

In Light of Shadows 2015 · Tzadik Obelisk 2017 · Tzadik Prickly Pear Cactus 2020 · Libra Records

Sand Storm 2020

Archipelago X 2021 · Tzadik Tracing the Magic 2022 · Tzadik

Crustal Movement 2023

Of Ghosts and Goblins 2025 · Tzadik Enchanted and Delighted 2026 · Tzadik

Also plays on

Albums where Ikue Mori is credited as a sideman

1983	Locus Solus — John Zorn	drums (drum set)
1997	Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour — John Zorn	drum machine
1997	Shoe String Symphonettes — Marc Ribot	percussion
2000	Traffic Continues — Fred Frith & Ensemble Modern	drum machine
2001	Witness — Dave Douglas	electronic instruments
2002	Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces, Volume 2 — John Zorn	drum machine
2003	Freak In — Dave Douglas	percussion
2005	Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death — John Zorn	electronic instruments
2007	Six Litanies for Heliogabalus — John Zorn	electronic instruments
2010	Interzone — John Zorn	electronic instruments
2012	Rimbaud — John Zorn	electronic instruments, other instruments
2014	On Leaves of Grass — John Zorn	electronic instruments
2019	Fred Frith Live at the Stone - All Is Always Now — Fred Frith	electronic instruments
2020	Les Maudits — John Zorn	electronic instruments
2025	John Zorn's Bagatelles Vol. 4 — John Zorn - Ikue Mori	arranger, electronic instruments, mix, producer, recording