CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN - Rex LP Independent Ikeda’s first album as a

Ikeda’s first album as a leader features pianist and vocalist Ichiko Hashimoto — also known for her involvement with Yellow Magic Orchestra — Berlin-based jazz pianist Aki Takase

following 2010’s Old Punch Card

the album contains 9 diverse songs

so it's no wonder that one of the heads of Sing Sing Records is writing these classics

they produce a clean and uncrowded space to mount up all the rock ‘n balladry

CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN - Rex LP Independent Ikeda’s first album as aREX is a solo cello record written and recorded while Ive been living in the former home of Rex Brasher, a self taught painter who created over 1,200 watercolors of North American birds. Composed for acoustic and electric cello, the record reflects the solitude and intensity that shaped both Brashers vision and my own process. REX is not a portrait, but an echoof a person, a place, and a way of seeing the world. Thank you to Matthew, Munawar, Cynthia