The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body

The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body, is the Eighth full-length album by American guitarist Kaki King, released March 3, 2015. The album is the soundtrack to Kaki's projection mapping show of the same name.[1]

The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body
Studio album by
Kaki King
ReleasedMarch 3, 2015
Length43:44
ProducerD. James Goodwin
Kaki King chronology
Glow
(2012)		 The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body
(2015)

"The Neck" Live Show

In 2014, Kaki collaborated with the visual experience company Glowing Pictures to construct an innovative, immersive multi-media production in which the guitar is used as a projection screen to tell a story. The hour-long production, entitled The Neck is a Bridge to the Body, places the focus on the guitar itself, the Instrument serving as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other ever presented.

Glowing Pictures – known for their work with such artists as Animal Collective, David Byrne & Brian Eno, Beastie Boys, and TV On The Radio – collaborated with Kaki King and have re-conceived The Guitar as a screen for a remarkable range of new digital projections. Protections of genesis and death, unexpected textures and skins, are cast onto an Ovation Adamas 1581-KK Kaki King's Signature 6-String Acoustic guitar customized specifically for the production.

“The Guitar is a shape-shifter,” King says, “something that plays all types of music and really fills all kinds of roles. It’s not always the six-string guitar that we all know and love. I’ve been playing guitar for more than 30 years. It’s who I am and if anything, this project has made me even more familiar with it.”[2]

The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body debuted at Brooklyn’s acclaimed BRIC Theater in New York City in 2014, and will tour extensively in 2015.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."In the Beginning"4:12
2."Thoughts are Born"2:31
3."Notes and Colours"4:10
4."Ooblek"4:15
5."Anthropomorph"3:58
6."The Surface Changes"3:34
7."Trying to Speak I (featuring ETHEL)"3:49
8."Trying to Speak II (featuring ETHEL)"4:13
9."It Runs and Breathes"3:53
10."Battle is a Learning"4:03
11."We Did Not Make The Instrument, The Instrument Made Us"5:06
Total length:43:44

Personnel

Production

References
  1. "Kickstarter - The Neck is a Bridge to the Body". Kickstarter. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. "Kaki Premieres New Work: The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body". Kaki King. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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