Akatombo (Paul Thomsen Kirk) is the Japanese name for a very beautiful species of dragonfly.
He says: "Trace Elements came about through a fascination with the layering of sound - any type of sound - from any source. Not necessarily those that most of us think of as "musical". Each song on the album was written, recorded and mixed on the same day of it's conception - in Hiroshima, in a studio that specializes in soundtracks for TV adverts - with the help of an engineer who didn't speak English. I like pressure. I like to push myself. The theme of "urban alienation" is a recurrent throughout the album. (Even though I live in Japan, I will always be an outsider. Kind of "on the outside looking in"). Thus, during the summer of 2002, in daily average temperatures of 35 degrees with 80% humidity, I put together this album."
At one time or another, I have been some, if not all, of the following: mechanical engineer, hi-fi salesman, record store manager, punk rock drummer, flying doctor, tour manager, production manager for a San Francisco punk label, label owner who put Idlewild's first record out, band manager, promoter, bouncy castle technician, kindergarten teacher, bricklayers assistant, English teacher, heavy plant mechanic and milk-boy. Perm any 13 from 16.....
(Biography Last updated 11 April 2003)
Release date 12 May 2003
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It's been a while since we put any new CD releases out @ swim, Colin has been pretty busy with Wire and so we've been saving up some little gems to trickle out through 2003/4. The first one is this.
AKATOMBO "Trace Elements" (CD) Wm 24
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30 November 2007
A video from AKATOMBO`s recently completed "Unconfirmed Reports" audio/visual project , namely "SSRI", has been chosen to be screened in Athens, Greece @ Video Art - Start From Zero Festival as part of the nationwide travelling Festival Miden International Film Festival. The Athens screening of "SSRI" will be at the Alekton Artspace on Dec. 9th @ 8pm. Admission is FREE. For more Film Festival details please go to; www.festivalmiden.gr
5 July 2007
One of the AKATOMBO films taken from the recently completed UNCONFIRMED REPORTS audio/visual project; namely - SSRI - has been chosen to be shown at the prestigious Festival Miden `07 in the historic setting of Kalamata, Greece which takes place over the space of 3 days at specially held screening events staged in public spaces throughout this historic town - from Thursday, June 5th `07 ... [read full article]
29 May 2007
Four AKATOMBO films taken from the recently completed UNCONFIRMED REPORTS audio/visual project; namely - "Cypher", "SSRI", "Hikikomori" & "Friend for Hire" - have been chosen to be shown at the prestigious Festival Filmer la Musique in Paris which takes place over the space of 5 days - from Tuesday, June 5th `07 through to Saturday, June 9th `07 . The four AKATOMBO films will be ... [read full article]
11 April 2007
The videos for four new AKATOMBO tracks - "Cypher", "SSRI", "Tondo" & "The Sand Collector" - will be shown as part of the 9th Annual Wisconsin Film Festival . The Festival runs from Thursday, April 12th to Sunday, April 15th.
The films, part of a larger work entitled UNCONFIRMED REPORTS will be shown twice in their entirety; firstly on Saturday, April 14th @ 3:30pm, and again on Sunday, ... [read full article]
5 March 2007
The video for the new Akatombo track - "Cypher" - will be shown @ the Green Gallery in Milwaukee on March 9th, 2007, as part of their "Winter Screening" installation; A Film/Video Show w/ a Winter Theme.
For more information please go to the Green Gallery website.
14 February 2007
The video for the new Akatombo track - "Cypher" - will be shown @ the Heaven Gallery in Chicago on February 17th, 2007, as part of their 3rd annual "Winter Screening"; A Film/Video Show w/ a Winter Theme.
"Cypher" will be part of a Video Installation which begins @ 5pm & runs in a loop until 8pm.
For more information please go to;
24 March 2005
The 3AM website 's Birthday bash on Saturday April 23rd at Filthy MacNasty's in London will featute a showing of new film work by AKATOMBO . The event also features Toby Litt fronting a selection of readings by authors featured in the forthcoming New Writing 13 anthology, including Paul Ewen, Vicky Grut and Tim Jarvis. Music by Simon Beesley of The June Brides . A selection of films ... [read full article]
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