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December 16, 2006
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New Release:
Updated the discography with a 2005 limited edition compilation release,
celebrating the second anniversary of the Tokyo venue, Uramado.
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November 21, 2006
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Live Dates:
Added 2 Portugal dates in November. More information on the live dates page. Live Recording: There is an mp3 of the complete (over 1 hour) Haino/Conrad duo at this years Instal festival available on the web at http://www.arika.org.uk/instal/live/music.php. New Release: The new Haino & KK Null duo release on Blossoming Noise, Mamono, (BN-018) is officially released. It is a studio cd. It is available from http://www.forcedexposure.com. It is also available directly from the label http://www.blossomingnoise.com See the discography for more information. Feel free to leave a review on the reviews page. |
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October 11, 2006
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Live Dates:
Haino will perform with Tony Conrad in Glasgow, Scotland on Oct. 14, in Aarhus, Denmark on Oct. 17,
in Copenhagen, Denmark on Oct. 18,
in Geneva, Switzerland on Oct. 20,
in Paris, France on October 23,
and in Ghent, Belgium on October 28.
More information on the live dates page.
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October 5, 2006
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Live Dates:
Haino will perform in Minneapolis, MN at the Walker Art Gallery on Friday, October 6. He will perform the live soundtrack
to Cameron Jamie's film, JO. See the live section for more information.
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September 23, 2006
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Live Dates:
Haino will perform in New York, USA on Oct. 2,
with Tony Conrad in Glasgow, Scotland on Oct. 14,
in Paris, France on October 23, 2006
and in Ghent, Belgium on October 28, 2006.
More information on the live dates page.
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September 13, 2006
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Interview: The print magazine, Signal to Noise (Issue 43, Fall 2006) contains
an article about the blues by Kurt Gottschalk, that contains input from Haino. Available now. In English. Interview: The site, www.mokohan.com/haino.html, contains a dialogue between Haino and model/designer/DJ/author Sayoko Yamaguchi. It is from a magazine called Sotokoto, August 2005. In Japanese. Interview: The site, http://www.i10x.com/planb/sp/index.html contains a very lengthy serialized talk essay in ten parts. It is on the website of the Plan B venue in Tokyo, where Haino often played with the dancer Min Tanaka. In Japanese. |
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September 2, 2006
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Live Dates:
Haino has live dates in London on September 4 & 5, Oslo, Norway on September 7, and Riga, Latvia on September 9.
See the Live Dates page for more information. The photographer, Satoh Gin, who took the photos of Haino that were used for the 1981 Watashi Dake? solo album. has posted a bunch of previously unseen photos from a Fushitsusha show from 1987, located at http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~gin/rock/haino/1987.4housei/487housei01.html. |
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August 14, 2006
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New Release:
The new Haino release on PSF, Yaranai ga dekinai ni natte yuku,
(PSFD-8024) is officially released. It is a solo studio cd of 1 long track of guitar and voice.
See the discography for more information. Feel free to leave a review on the reviews page.
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July 27, 2006
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Live Dates:
Haino will perform two nights in London on September 4 & 5, 2006.
The show on the 4th will be Haino / Chris Corsano duo and the 5th will be Haino solo.
Support for the 4th will be Alan Wilkinson / John Edwards / Steve Noble trio - more to be confirmed.
See the Live Dates section of the website for more information.
Here is the flyer.
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July 14, 2006
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Interview:
The Japanese-language magazine, Bits Lounge, of Toronto has published an interview with Keiji Haino
conducted during his recent visit to Toronto. The interview is published at
http://bitslounge.com/a00_interview/2006/0707_hain.html. |
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June 16, 2006
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Links:
There are a couple sites that may be of interest to Haino fans.
First, a musician called L (Hiroyuki Usui) who used
to be a drummer with Fushitsusha, has a a couple of Fushitsusha live mp3s
available for streaming on his site.
Taken from 1981 and 1984, neither of which are
years that have been documented officially, the music is very interesting.
The link is here: http://www.lsounds.net/imp.html. Second, the photographer, Satoh Gin, took the photos of Haino that were used for the 1981 Watashi Dake? solo album. He has a site of unused shots from this photo session, located at http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~gin/rock/haino/watasidake/haino.watasidake001.html. There is also a bit of text (in Japanese) about the black ice cream, how demanding Haino was, and how they created the finished covers. |
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June 10, 2006
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Interview:
The new volume (volume 26) of the Japanese-language music magazine, G-Modern,
contains a long interview (15 pages) with Haino, including several unpublished photographs.
The same volume also includes a good-sized article regarding the late Derek Bailey.
G-Modern is available through, among other places,
http://www.psfrecords.com/. |
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May 27, 2006
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Broadside:
The Poison Pie Publishing House, the gracious host of An Unofficial Keiji Haino Website,
has published electronically a broadside, titled, a prayer for the repose of the soul of Derek Bailey,
which was written by Keiji Haino and first published in The Wire, February 2006, issue 264, page 33.
(This issue of the The Wire, which contained many reflections of Bailey in light of his passing, is
probably still available from Forced Exposure.)
The electronic version of the broadside is posted at
http://poisonpie.com/words/others/design/haino/text/index.html.
A hard copy version of the broadside is not available, unless you download the image and print it out yourself,
in which case I recommend you download the large version for best-looking resolution. |
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May 26, 2006
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New Release:
The new release on aRCHIVE/Important records, KEIJI HAINO+ SITAAR TAH!, is out today. Here is the release information from aRCHIVE: KEIJI HAINO+ SITAAR TAH! Double CD. 100min live recording from a one time meeting between my favorite multi-instrumentalist Keiji Haino and a 20-piece sitar orchestra. Sitaar Tah! churn a constant undercurrent of harmonics which Haino plays overtop of on Hurdy Gurdy, Flute, vocals, electric sruthi box, and electric tanbur. Recording also features special guest FUYUKI YAMAKAWA on the Igil and throat singing. Wonderful sonic mastering job on this double disc from Mr. Plotkin. DESIGN: layout and package by Stephen O’Malley features a die cut letterpress cover that was designed to have the look of a dustcover for a hardcover book. It comes packed in a plastic sleeve which measure 6” X 5”. This is a split release with Important records and a one-time pressing of 1000 copies. $22 post paid in the US. Order from aRCHIVE records. |
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May 25, 2006
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Review:
Jean-Claude Gevrey has written a review of the "New Voices from Japan" 2-day festival
hosted by the Japan Society in NYC on May 12 & 13, 2006. The review is accompanied by
a few photographs. Check it out here.
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May 10, 2006
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Forthcoming Release:
The new double cd on aRCHIVE and Important Records,
Animamima which features Haino playing with a sitar orchestra is scheduled to be released
on May 27, 2006.
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April 26, 2006
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New Release:
Homeogryllus japonicus Orchestra 2004 on the Great Year Soundings label has been released.
Performed on August 28, 2004 at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo,
this show featured Keiji Haino and Mamoru Fujieda playing (separately) with crickets. The Haino track is 32:14.
This can be ordered through http://www.psfrecords.com/ .
See the collaborations section of the discography for more information. Forthcoming Release: There will be released a split LP featuring Haino & My Cat is an Alien, as part of an art series on Opax Records. Here is the press release: Directly from the most remote and obscure regions of the Cosmos, Maurizio and Roberto Opalio, aka MY CAT IS AN ALIEN, are proud to announce a new series of split art-LPs set up on their own Opax Records. The series of collaborations, entitled "Cosmic debris", will see the space duo alongside artists such as Stan Brakhage's films mixed media performing ensemble TEXT OF LIGHT (Lee Ranaldo, Christian Marclay, Alan Licht, William Hooker, Tim Barnes, Ulrich Krieger, Dj Olive), Californian audio visual artist and composer STEVE RODEN, Swedish avant-saxophonist MATS GUSTAFSSON, avant-blues living legend LOREN MAZZACANE CONNORS, and Japanese dark shaman improviser KEIJI HAINO. Each record will be released in a numbered and signed edition of only 100 copies, and will come out alongside an acrylic painting by ROBERTO OPALIO on 30x30cm proper canvas as sleeves, with a unique Polaroid installed on each piece, representing 100 different perspectives of a same subject. Each volume's photographic subject will be strictly related to the cosmic imaginary of My Cat Is An Alien. The opening OPX LP8 - MY CAT IS AN ALIEN / TEXT OF LIGHT "Cosmic debris" split ART-LP Vol.1 will be available in late May/ early June 2006. The following volumes will come out as bimonthly releases. A following re-issue of the series on regular CD format is already planned. Live Dates: As we have it now, Haino is in NYC for May 12, 13 & 17, in Montreal on May 20, and in Toronto on May 24. See the Live Dates section of the site for more information. |
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April 21, 2006
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New Release:
The Fushitsusha video (1991.9.26 19:15~20:08, PSFV 1, 1992), rereleased on DVD, is now available through PSF.
This video captures part of a live show from September 26, 1991 at La Mama, Tokyo, which incidentally is the same
concert from which the cd Rituals by Pain Killer with Haino as guest for about half an hour is taken.
All indications are that the dvd reissue is exactly the same content as the vhs. This can be ordered through
http://www.psfrecords.com/ .
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April 16, 2006
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Forthcoming Release:
We now have a cover and some more information available regarding the new Keiji Haino album, a joint release on aRCHIVE and Important records,
planned for release in mid May, 2006, titled Animamima, which features Haino with somewhere between 13 and 20 sitar players.
Some information on packaging and content is available at
http://www.archivecd.com. Also see forthcoming
section of the discography on this site.
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April 13, 2006
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Live Dates:
In addition to the May 12 and 13 dates, Haino will also be in NYC on May 17 for the showing of Jamie Cameron's films,
on one of which Haino plays live soundtrack. More info on the live dates page.
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April 6, 2006
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Live Dates:
Haino will perform in Paris, France on April 17, 2006, Krems, Austria on April 20, and Cologne, Germany on April 22. More info on the live dates page.
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April 4, 2006
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New Release:
The new Haino & Tatsuya Yoshida collaboration, New Rap, on the Tzadik label has been released. |
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March 27, 2006
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New Release:
A compilation titled, Underground Tracks 70's, on the Dead Flower label has been released. Forthcoming Release: More details are available regarding the new Keiji Haino album, a joint release on aRCHIVE and Important records, planned for release in mid May, 2006. Some information on packaging and content is available at http://www.archivecd.com. Some information on content is available in the forthcoming section of the discography on this site. Forthcoming Release: PSF will re-release the Fushitsusha video (1991.9.26 19:15~20:08, PSFV 1, 1992) on dvd. The target release date is April 21, 2006. Live Dates: More live dates have been added. Haino will be in Austria in April, New York in May and Canada in late May. |
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February 25, 2006
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New Release:
The Compilation, Not Alone, a joint release by Jnana Records and Durtro Records is shipping.
The item can be ordered from www.jnanarecords.com.
This is a 5 cd set with booklet.
All the proceeds from the sale of this project will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontierès specifically to target their work on the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
Forthcoming Release: A compilation titled, Underground Tracks 70's, on the Dead Flower label has been announced for a March 25, 2006 release. This is a two disk set containing tracks by Masato Minami, Les Rallizes Denudes, Lost Aaraaff, Be, Yellow. Track five on disk one is the Lost Aaraaff track, "Private Session 1", recorded in January 1972 at Blue Cheer, Meguro, Tokyo. Dead Flower previously released the Electric Pure Land Stars cd and dvd compilation containing a thirty-minute Lost Aaraaff show from 1974. |
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February 8, 2006
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Forthcoming Release:
The new Keiji Haino solo album, a joint release on aRCHIVE and Important records,
titled Reveal'd to none as yet -
an expedience to utterly vanish consciousness while still alive, sold out very quickly.
A follow-up release, every bit as good as the first one, is planned for mid May, 2006.
More details will be posted as they become available from http://www.archivecd.com.
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January 4, 2006
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Website:
Derek Bailey, a musician whom many considered to be the father of non-idiomatic improvisation
(aka insect improv, aka plinking and plonking), passed away on December 25, 2005.
He collaborated with hundreds of improvisers world-wide including Haino. Haino & Bailey released two records,
an album of guitar duets, Drawing Close, Attuning --The Respective Signs of Order and Chaos,
released on Tokuma Japan Communications in 1997 and an album of guitar and voice duets, Songs,
released on Incus Records in 2000. His funeral is scheduled for January 5, 2006.
Pull a few Derek Bailey cds off the shelf and give them a spin.
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January 3, 2006
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Website:
The news for 2005 has been archived here.
New Release: The new Keiji Haino solo album, a joint release on aRCHIVE and Important records, titled Reveal'd to none as yet - an expedience to utterly vanish consciousness while still alive, is released. It can be ordered from the aRCHIVE website at http://www.archivecd.com. Audio content- mastering by James Plotkin, disc one is mostly layered electronics (air synth, drum pad) and vocals and disc two is Hurdy Gurdy work with vocals. This gives a great feel for what it’s like to see Haino play in his native element around Tokyo at small clubs perfecting his craft while experimenting in a live setting. Folks who enjoyed his recent electronics CD “Uchu Ni Karami Tsuite Iru Waga Itami” on PSF will just love this release Design- design work by Stephen O’Malley, this is a one time pressing of 1000 copies. Covers are a 3 panel accordion folded 140lb black cardstock with all letterpress print work. Black on black disc is fixed to inside of sleeve onto locking hubs. Unfolded the covers are 15” x 5”, folded down they fit into a 6” x 5” sleeve. Some pics of the release and the letterpress print job getting run off are on the website under the news section www.archivecd.com New Release: The Compilation, Not Alone, a joint release by Jnana Records and Durtro Records is available for pre-order. The item can be ordered from www.jnanarecords.com. This is a 5 cd set with a large booklet. All the proceeds from the sale of this project will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontierès specifically to target their work on the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Forthcoming Release: On the Tzadik website, they have announced an upcoming release by the duo of Keiji Haino & Tatsuya Yoshida. It appears that the album is to bear the unfortunate title, New Rap. Here is the blurb from the Tzadik website: Haino Keiji is a mysterious psychedelic minstrel who has been performing his peculiar blend of rock, medieval music and improvisation since the early 1970’s. Incredibly prolific, he has headed dozens of bands and released hundreds of CDs on a variety of labels around the globe. His latest project is a wild duo with Ruins mastermind Yoshida Tatsuya, the undisputed master drummer of the Japanese Underground. Featuring Haino’s unique singing and screaming style as well as his best guitar playing to date, this is a remarkably varied and creative program of radical music by two of Japan’s greatest originals. To put this release in a little more perspective, we might add that this will be the sixth collaboration between Haino & Yoshida to appear on an official release since 2002. See the collaboration section of the discography for additional information on the other releases, which include a duo, a couple releases by the Haino/Yoshida/Sasaki trio, Knead, and a couple releases by the Haino/Yoshida/Natsuno trio, Sanhedolin. |
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