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01. Aki Onda - Where Would You Like to Go?
02. Aki Onda - Liminal Space
03. Aki Onda - Screen Test
04. Aki Onda - Tiger Balm
05. Aki Onda - Brooklyn Bridge
ARTIST
TITLE
In The Depth Of Illusion: A Soundtrack For Nervous Magic Lantern
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
RM 4207LP RM 4207LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/12/2025

A Note from Aki Onda: "This album was recorded as a soundtrack for Ken Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern at Spiral Hall, organized by Sound Live Tokyo, on November 3, 2015. It was probably one of our best performances. Before the performance, Ken explained to me the selected slides he uses and the ordering he employs, so that I would better understand the flow. Some slides are black-and-white and some color. For a given performance, Ken selects ten slides or so. However, he might play with just one slide for the entire show or change the order -- there was plenty of room to improvise. On my side, I also had a structure and the order of tapes, quite independent from Ken's visual. But I made the system easy to extend or shorten, duration-wise, in order to respond to Ken's ordering and mood. I dedicate this album to Flo Jacobs who passed away just recently. Flo was deeply involved in Ken's creative process; as he says: 'This is a mom-and-pop business.' From the first day of working together, she was always there with us and took care of all practical matters. Ken is a dreamer and thinks and works intuitively. But Flo -- an exceptionally beautiful woman in and out -- is rooted in the real world. Not just a pragmatist, however, Flo advises Ken on artistic decisions. Ken always asks to hear her thoughts, as I did as well. As film critic and their decades-long friend Amy Taubin once described it, 'Florence Jacobs is nothing less than a producer of Ken Jacobs' cinema.' What a perfect couple, and it was an extremely joyous journey with them!"