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Recent News -- 2022
December 27, 2022
Releases in 2022:   For those keeping track at home, it appears that the full slate of Haino releases for the calendar year 2022 rounds out at ten official releases.
  1. Black Editions Group 2022 Flashback Mixtape (Black Editions, no catalog #, December 22, 2022, digital files)
  2. Keiji Haino - Whenever wherever, quietly plotting, so that it can keep on becoming (resonating) (Sub Pop, 71518, December 7, 2022, digital file/7")
  3. Faust w/ Keiji Haino Faust - This Is the Right Path (Old Heaven Books, OH 036, December 20, 2022, lpx2+cd)
  4. Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke & Oren Ambarchi - Caught In The Dilemma Of Being Made To Choose... (Black Truffle Records/medama records, BT097/mr11, October 28, 2022, lpx2)
  5. Keiji Haino & Sumac - Into this juvenile apocalypse our golden blood to pour let us never (Thrill Jockey Records, Thrill-568, October 7, 2022, lpx2)
  6. Keiji Haino & Peter Brötzmann - The intellect given birth to here (eternity) is too young (Black Editions/Purple Trap, BE-1005/PT006+BE-1002, September 12, 2022, lpx4+box+3"cd)
  7. Keiji Haino & Okinawa Electric Girl Saya (Seiko) - Yuraku (Pleasure) (infogarage, IGST-013, July 29, 2022, cd)
  8. Keiji Haino & the Hardy Rocks - You're either standing facing me or next to me (P-Vine Records, PCD-28048/PLP-7849, May 11, 2022/September 7, 2022, cd/lp)
  9. Keiji Haino & Marteau Rouge - Concert 2009 (Fou Records, FR-CD 45, March 8, 2022 (rec. 2009), cd)
  10. Keiji Haino - My lord Music... (Black Editions/Purple Trap, BE-1004/PT005, March 14, 2022, lpx2)

  11. and one late entry to the discography

  12. Pauvros, Jean-Francçois w/ Keiji Haino et al. - 7 Films de Guy Girard (La Huit, EDV 1489, 2019, dvdx2)

If there are missing items in this list, please email me.

December 27, 2022
New Release:   There is a solo Haino release on Sub Pop titled Whenever Wherever, Quietly Plotting, So That It Can Keep On Becoming (Resonating). It can be purchased as a digital file. A seven inch vinyl record can be purchased only through a subscription to the Sub Pop Singles Club. More information is posted in the solo live section of the discography.

Warning: The digital file can be purchased without an account at the Sub Pop online store. However, doing so does not generate a webpage or email with the download link. Apparently, the download link can only be accessed with an account. Our attempts to create an account with the store failed, as the confirmation email generated during the registration process never arrived in our inbox. As such, we have not been able to access our copy of the digital file.

October 16, 2022
New/Forthcoming Release:   The bandcamp.com page for the new record by the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi, titled "Caught In The Dilemma Of Being Made To Choose" This Makes The Modesty Which Should Never Been Closed Off Itself Continue To Ask Itself: "Ready Or Not?" is now posted. The official release date is October 28, 2022. Copies of the double lp without a download code are being sold by other shops prior to this release date. More information is posted in the collaboration section of the discography.
October 15, 2022
New Release:   Old Heaven Books of Shenzhen, China is releasing their second record that includes Keiji Haino. The first release was a Haino solo album, The Meaning of Blackness, recorded in 2015 and released in 2020. This new release is a collaboration with FaUSt. The particular capitalization indicates the duo of Jean-Hervé Péron and Werner "Zappi" Diermaier post the 2004 split of Faust. Haino had an earlier collaboration with Faust documented on Rien, released in 1995. The title of the 2022 release is This is the Right Path. As of now, the music is available only via digital download. However, the bandcamp page is selling pre-orders in various physical media with a December 20, 2022 release date. More information is posted in the collaborations section of the discography.

October 8, 2022
New Release:   A third recording from the collaboration of Keiji Haino and Sumac is released. The title is Into this juvenile apocalypse our golden blood to pour let us never. The release is available on double lp, compact disc and digital files. More information is posted in the collaborations section of the discography.

September 30, 2022
New Release:   While October 28, 2022 is the official release date for the new record by the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi, titled "Caught In The Dilemma Of Being Made To Choose" This Makes The Modesty Which Should Never Been Closed Off Itself Continue To Ask Itself: "Ready Or Not?", shops are selling it early and our copied has arrived in the mail. More information is posted in the collaboration section of the discography.
September 10, 2022
New Release:   Copies of the Peter Brötzmann and Keiji Haino duo, The intellect given birth to here (eternity) is too young, are showing up in mailboxes. The release date for the digital files is Monday, September 12, 2022. More information posted in the other collaborations section of the discography.

September 4, 2022
Forthcoming Release:   A new record by the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi is officially announced for release on October 28, 2022. The title is "Caught In The Dilemma Of Being Made To Choose" This Makes The Modesty Which Should Never Been Closed Off Itself Continue To Ask Itself: "Ready Or Not?". The music will be available either via digital download or double lp. More information is posted in the forthcoming section of the discography.
August 27, 2022
New Release:   A new recording by the duo of Keiji Haino and Okinawa Electric Girl Saya has been released. The duo is going under the name Seiko and the title of the album is Yuraku, which translates as pleasure. The three-track cd was sold at the release party concert on July 29, 2022. More information is posted in the other collaborations section of the discography.



August 14, 2022
Forthcoming Release:   A third recording from the collaboration of Keiji Haino and Sumac is announced. The title is Into this juvenile apocalypse our golden blood to pour let us never. The release is available on double lp, compact disc and digital files. The official release date is October 7, 2022 but there are already some copies floating around purchased at the merchandise table of the recent Sumac tour. Pre-orders can be made from the label, Thrill Jockey and from the bandcamp page. More information is posted in the forthcoming collaborations section of the discography.



July 30, 2022
New Release:   A new recording by the duo of Keiji Haino and Okinawa Electric Girl Saya has been released. The duo is going under the name Seiko and the title of the album is Yuraku. The cd was sold at the release party concert on July 29, 2022. A couple snippets of live performances are here and here. Currently, not much more information is posted in the forthcoming collaborations section of the discography.



July 24, 2022
New Release:   A new release containing live performances from two concerts by Peter Brötzmann and Keiji Haino has been announced. The title is The intellect given birth to here (eternity) is too young. It is released either as a boxed set with four vinyl lps or as a digital download. The release date is September 12, 2022. More information is available on the bandcamp page and the Black Editions page. There is a limited number of boxed sets being sold with a reissue of the Brötzmann/Haino 3" cd (BE-1002, 2018), sold out on bandcamp but still available at time of posting from the label. More information posted in the forthcoming collaborations section of the discography.



June 4, 2022
New Release:   As of early May, the new album from Keiji Haino's cover band Hardy Rocks is available on compact disc. P-Vine Records of Japan plans to follow the release of the 11-track compact disc on May 11, 2022 with a 9 track vinyl lp on September 7, 2022. The translated title is You're either standing facing me or next to me. More information is posted in the other collaborations section of the discography.



April 2, 2022
Forthcoming Release:   A new album from Keiji Haino's cover band Hardy Rocks has been announced. P-Vine Records of Japan intends to release an 11-track compact disc on May 11, 2022 followed by a 9 track vinyl lp on September 7, 2022. The translated title is You're either standing facing me or next to me. The label announcement is here and a blog announcement is here. More information is posted in the forthcoming section of the discography.



April 2, 2022
New Release:   A new live album has been released featuring a collaboration with Keiji Haino and the trio Marteau Rouge (which consists of Jean-Marc Foussat, Jean-François Pauvros & Makoto Sato). The release is available either as digital files through bandcamp or on compact disc directly from the French label Fou Records or international distributors (e.g. Squidco in the USA). It is titled "Concert 2009). More information is posted in the collaborations section of the discography.



March 15, 2022
New Release:   A new solo live hurdy gurdy performance is released on double vinyl by Black Editions. The title is My lord Music, I most humbly beg your indulgence in the hope that you will do me the honour of permitting this seed called Keiji Haino to be planted within you. The release date is March 14, 2022. It is a recording from April 7, 2019 at Zebulon, Los Angeles, California. The release can be ordered either through bandcamp or from the label directly. Our copy arrived in the mail today. More information is posted in the solo live section of the discography.



March 5, 2022
Late Entry to the discography:   There was a double dvd release by Jean-François Pauvros titled, 7 Films de Guy Girard, which contains significant Haino content. Disc two includes a 42 minute film with a soundtrack by the trio of François Causse, Jean-François Pauvros & Keiji Haino. This item was released in November of 2019 but passed unnoticed by us. We picked it up at the end of 2021, but took another three months to add it to the discography. More information is posted in the video section of the discography.

January 29, 2022
Forthcoming Release:   A new solo live hurdy gurdy performance is being released on double vinyl by Black Editions. The title is My lord Music, I most humbly beg your indulgence in the hope that you will do me the honour of permitting this seed called Keiji Haino to be planted within you. The release date is March 14, 2022. It is a recording from April 7, 2019 at Zebulon, Los Angeles, California. The release can be pre-ordered either through bandcamp or from the label directly. The announcement also indicates that Black Editions is relaunching Keiji Haino's own Purple Trap imprint, suggesting that more releases are to follow. For the curious, by our count, this is the sixth hurdy gurdy solo album from Haino, the last being released in 2008. (Three of the previous five releases were single cd releases of only hurdy gurdy and voice, while the other two were double cd releases in which one compact disc featured hurdy gurdy and vocals, while the second disc contained other instruments.)





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