Penelope
04/01/2021
Thinking of you as always and especially of your beautiful family and loved ones today, Mick. Your light grows ever brighter with each new life that discovers your music, art & energy. Love you & thank you with all my heart, Pen xxx
Abigail
03/01/2021
I cannot believe it's now 10 years since Mick's passing, it only seems like yesterday. My thoughts are with him in the other dimension and his loved ones here this side, in particular his wife and son.
Moshe Levin
16/11/2020
Mick's bass playing and music is an escape for me from the toils of every day life. At day I am a finance guy but the electric guitar is my second profession and passion. Every time I get tired of listening to regular styles of music that I usually enjoy I draw back to Dali's Car, Japan, Gary Numan and other of Mick's immensely creative bass playing which is like nothing else.
I have listened to great bass players like Jaco Pastorius, bass players from Spain who play Flamenco, Wilbur Bascomb, James Jameson, Pino Palladino and others. Mick's playing is different - it is elaborate, complex and beautifully melodic on one hand but on the other hand his playing comes from the "gutter" the underground so to speak. It is like nothing else - it is as if he owes nothing to no one but himself, his style is unique.
I really wish he were still with us today - perhaps even living in Cyrpus which is not far from the country I live in.
On Saturday I came across Mick's first solo album from 82 - damn what a great album.
Mick you are a true inspiration, original and one of a kind.
David
06/11/2020
his bass and his music was a huge infuence
one of the best bass gutarist of my generation
and precussionist
all you have to do i listern to canton
and senstive
my older aunties lived in london and sent me japan and bauhaus and told not to listern to chart shite
what luck miss him amd his tunes love always
Beatrice D
03/11/2020
Mick's music was a true blessing from my late teens onwards. A major influence in my musical tastes and broadened my mind and horizon. The vibes released from his music had a mega healing factor through all of my struggles and hurt.
Thank you for being in my lifetime! Rest in peace beautiful soul!
Paul Dekker
03/11/2020
Just discovered the video of Mick playing with Midge, Phil and Pete in Let my Live Open the Door. Mick steals the performance. Never saw Mick before. Unbelievable magic!
Craig Snyder
27/10/2020
Japan was the first band that I could call my own -i discovered the album obscure alternatives at a local record store in 1979 when I was 15 . When I realized that it was their second album I was so happy to discover that they had another album before it.the music on adolescent sex was a masterpiece Of funk rock glam fusion alternative all mixed together literally held together with micks ingenious and inventive bass playing .
it was so eclectic compared to the dinosaur rock of the time period and I so loved the sounds on those first two albums .
I loved all the old stuff That I found from going through my older brothers record collection like Zepplin Bowie and the Beatles etc but Japan was the first band that I discovered on my own and no one had even heard of them at the time. They looked so beautiful and sounded like nothing I had ever heard.
Micks bass playing stood out above all the other musicians I felt as it was so inventive and melodic.
No one used a fretless bass the way mick could .Not like any other contemporary bassist Of the time. And his look !! No eyebrows -he was so cool !
Much love and appreciation to mick and his family.
Andre Quekel
26/10/2020
I guess I bought the record Titles in the eighties and loved instantly. My younger brother was a devoted Japan fan and after he died the records became mine. Loved them too. I play guitar and bass since 35 years and I love all kinds of music. But mostly the kind of music that touches the heart. Mick Karn is an example of that.
Bass playing with technique without searching and finding the feeling. That's the best music for me.
So thank you Mick for your musical gifts to me.
Andre
KK
02/10/2020
Mick
Still I can’t believe you are not with us...I really want to see you again
Your 10th anniversary is in next year ...I will ask as many people as possible to get messages how much we miss you ... I hope you will see it from where you are ....
Miss you and miss your play .....miss your smiles
Princess
18/09/2020
I just turned some kid who had never heard of you onto your work. You blew his hair back.
Making sure you're never forgotten, one kid at a time. I'm sorry we lost you so soon, but incredibly grateful you were here. Thanks for all the ear candy.
Colin Albright
15/09/2020
I'm always amazed that there has never been a TV documentary about Mick's life and times...
He was an iconic Bass player..., forget all the rest..., they were just copying someone else.., he was a giant in a world of average uninspired bass players...
His style was totally unique..., just brilliant...
What a talent..., taken so early from us..
su
09/09/2020
i miss you Mick.
bull
25/07/2020
happy birthday
yesterday was goodday?
ashleigh jones
24/07/2020
happy birthday Mick
So missed .. i wonder where your music would have taken you in the strangest of years 2020
Love to friends and family enjoy the memories ❤
Hagalux
19/07/2020
Sometimes I think of you and it's like remembering an old friend who is gone. I had the honor of shaking that hand many years ago, I think it was 1986 in Turin. Mick exhibited his sculptures. I only remember that I told him that I really liked his sculptures and he candidly replied "Really?". For me he was an idol, only now I understand that he was a (somehow) normal person with a whole life behind him and one who was leading. Thank you for having worked so hard and for producing things that are still pleasant to hear or see today. I hope that wherever it is, it will be peaceful and that it will enjoy the fame and success that you would have had here ...
Ciao Grande Mick Karn
Bruno
