Mick Karn January 10, 2011
Posted by WorldbyStorm in Culture.trackback
Mick Karn died last week at the dismally young age of 52.
He had a solo career of some interest, but for many of us I suspect that he will always be seen as a central part of Japan. Listen to the following three or four tracks and it’s apparent how his fretless bass was pivotal to their sound, subtle and yet also dynamic.
Bar the weird misstep of Dali’s Car, with ex-Bauhaus singer Peter Murphy, pretty much everything he did was gold. No better example of which than Taking Islands in Africa…
The almost poppy…
Quiet Life
The atmospheric
Gentlemen Take Polaroids
The peerless…
Taking Islands in Africa
Solo – When Love Walks In w/David Sylvian
The Cedar Lounge Revolution 
His work on Gary Numan’s Dance is pretty damn impressive, although he and Gary fell out. (Everyone and Gary fell out, that’s what Asperger’s syndrome does for you.)
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And the funny thing is you can hear a hint of that on some Japan material during the same period. Got to say, I love a lot of the stuff on Dance.
I heard Gary mellowed as the years went on.
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I can’t forget Karn’s inimitable, immeasurable contributions to such great songs as “Visions of China”, “My New Career”, “Still Life In Mobile Homes”, and “Cantonese Boy”.
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That’s it. By the way Happy New Year… long time no hear.
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