Kim Gordon
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Danielle Neu/Courtesy of the artist
Kim Gordon
Danielle Neu/Courtesy of the artist
- “Dream Greenback”
- “The Sweet Home”
- “Psychedelic Orgasm”
- “BYE BYE”
One of many issues that makes Kim Gordon so attention-grabbing is that it by no means looks like she is attempting to impress you. Actually, all through her profession, she’s made artwork and music that appears designed to problem you. Her newest solo album, The Collective, does simply that.
As a founding member of Sonic Youth, Gordon launched 15 albums with the choice rock band earlier than it disbanded in 2014. A lot of the music they made was aggressive, loud, unusual and avant-garde. It was additionally massively influential, with their uncommon tunings and distorted guitars pushing the boundaries of what rock music may sound like.
Gordon’s newest document continues to be centered on that distortion and disintegration of sound; The Collective is stuffed with intense and typically dystopian tracks created with the assistance of producer Justin Raisen. Identical to up to now, her unconventional strategy has attracted intrigued new followers. The track “Bye Bye” went viral on TikTok, introducing Gordon to a brand new era of music lovers.
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On this session, she talks about how collaborating with the fitting particular person can take you in thrilling, new instructions; about how her visible artwork melds along with her music; and what it is prefer to grow to be TikTok well-known on the age of 70.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. The net story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.
