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Antony and the Johnsons talks about his new album plans on Stereogum 04/03/10 in Antony and the Johnsons
As part of Stereogum’s Progress Report feature Antony Hegarty has spoken about his plans for his 4th album and wrapping up The Crying Light with two recent shows in Tokyo. Speaking of the Tokyo shows Antony said:
“We were invited to come to Tokyo and collaborate on an evening with Kazuo Ohno Studio. They were familiar with my work because I featured the images of Kazuo on my last two releases and had spoken so extensively in the press about his influence on me since my teens. I brought William [Basinski] and Johanna [Constantine] with me because they are so close to me personally and aesthetically and I wanted to share our world with Ohno studio. Though not drawing from the same fountain, there are parallels in Billy’s work and Johanna’s work to some of the tenets of Butoh that were great to notice. These were my first concerts in Japan so it was really a dream…”
Read the full piece on Stereogum