03/11/2026
Ryoji Ikeda new album 100 cymbals is out now via The Vinyl Factory 🥁🥁🥁🥁
Composed and produced by Ikeda and performed by Les Percussions de Strasbourg, the work unfolds across a 10 × 10 grid of unique cymbals. As performers move between the instruments, delicate strikes create slowly shifting textures, transforming the space through subtle changes.
“The resulting delicate sound textures combine to create an atmospheric soundscape,” explains Ikeda. “A forest of sound that shifts slowly, enveloping the space and the audience”.
Originally commissioned for the LA Philharmonic’s centennial festival, the 32-minute composition has been pressed across two sides of 180g heavyweight vinyl.
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Video credits: Festival Musica and Percussions de Strasbourg