Mick Karn
Mick Karn (born July 24, 1958 in Nicosia , Cyprus , † January 4, 2011 in London , England , actually: Adonis Michaelides ) was a British musician who was mainly known as a bassist .
Career
Mick Karn first learned woodwind instruments such as bassoon and clarinet before switching to the bass guitar. Together with David Sylvian , his brother Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri , Karn formed the band Japan . His fretless bass playing was a defining element of the band's sound.
He also worked with Gary Numan on his album Dance (1981) and after the breakup of Japan with Midge Ure (single: After a Fashion , 1983) and recorded an album in 1984 with Peter Murphy , member of the Bauhaus formation , as Dalis Car . Further collaborations were the album Dreams of Reason Produce Monsters with Steve Jansen and the participation in albums by Kate Bush and Joan Armatrading as well as some solo projects (Beard in the Letter Box, Plaster the Magic Tongue) . In the early 1990s, he founded the Medium label with Jansen and Richard Barbieri; The three musicians also worked with David Torn on his albums Bestial Cluster (1993) and The Tooth Mother (1995). During this time, Karn also worked on the band project Polytown , to which Torn and the drummer Terry Bozzio belonged (Each Eye a Path) . In 1991, Karn was again with his bandmates from Japan for the album Rain Tree Crow in the studio.
In the summer of 2010, Karn was diagnosed with advanced cancer. In support of Karn and his family, the compilation … A Show Of Love, Respect & Grace - A Tribute To Mick Karn (The Council) was released.
At the beginning of 2011, he died of cancer at the age of 52.
Discography
solo
- 1982: Titles
- 1987: Dreams of Reason Produce Monsters
- 1993: Bestial Cluster
- 1995: The Tooth Mother
- 2001: Each Eye A Path
- 2003: Each Path A Remix
- 2004: More Better Different
- 2005: Love 'Glove (EP)
- 2006: Three Part Species
- 2009: The Concrete Twin
Jansen, Barbieri, Karn. Publications with his ex-Japan colleagues.
- 1993: Beginning To Melt
- 1993: Seed
- 1997: Playing In A Room With People
- 1999: ISM
As Rain Tree Crow with Jansen, Barbieri, Karn, Sylvian
- 1991: Rain Tree Crow
Collaborations
- 1983: After A Fashion ( Midge Ure & Mick Karn) (Single)
- 1984: The Waking Hour ( Dalis Car , a project with Peter Murphy )
- 1992: Lonely Universe (with Michael White , Michel Lambert and David Torn )
- 1994: Polytown (with David Torn and Terry Bozzio )
- 1995: Jason's Chord (by Andy Rinehart )
- 1999: Liquid Glass (with Yoshihiro Hanno )
- 2012: InGladAloneness ( Dalis Car , a project with Peter Murphy ), last studio recordings by Mick Karn
as a guest musician (excerpt)
- 1981: Gary Numan : Dance ("A Slowcar To China", "A Subway Called 'You'", "She's Got Claws", "Boys Like Me", "My Brothers Time")
- 1982: Gary Numan : I, Assassin ("We Take Mystery (Early Version)")
- 1989: Kate Bush : The sensual world (Track # 5 "Heads we´re dancing")
- 1990: Joan Armatrading : Hearts and Flowers ("More Than One Kind Of Love", "Voodoo Chile", "Brave Light Of Sun", "Promise", "Taste Of")
Web links
- Mick Karn's website
- Portrait at CMT
- 1996 Interview by Anil Prasad (English)
- Literature by and about Mick Karn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mick Karn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in The Guardian 2011
- ↑ Downbeat News ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karn, Mick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Michaelides, Anthony (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nicosia , Republic of Cyprus |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 2011 |
| Place of death | London |