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An Unofficial Keiji Haino Homepage
Recent News -- 2023
December 20, 2023
Releases in 2023:   For those keeping track at home, it appears that the full slate of Haino releases for the calendar year 2023 rounds out at three official releases.
  1. Keiji Haino & Guro Moe - Drums and Octobass (Conradsound, CnRd334, December 15, 2023, lp or cdx2)
  2. Shuta Hasunuma (with Keiji Haino et al.) - unpeople (Universal Music, SHUTAVINYL002, October 6, 2023, lpx2 or cd)
  3. Purple Trap, featuring Keiji Haino, Bill Laswell, & Rashid Ali - The Stone (Bill Laswell self-released, no catalog #, 2023 (rec. 2005), digital files-bandcamp)

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

December 18, 2023
Forthcoming Release:   The 12th release by the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke & Oren Ambarchi has been announced. It is titled, With Pats On The Head, Just One Too Few Is Evil One Too Many Is Good That's All It Is. It is a triple vinyl release featuring a live recording of the complete performance of the trio's final show at SuperDeluxe in Tokyo from November, 2018. Apparently, side A begins with a O'Rourke/Haino duo on guitar/drums respectively. Also of note, Haino performs on a home-made instrument, which he calls "Strings of Dubious Reputation". The album is to be released on January 19, 2024 or February 2, 2024 depending on where you look. We updated the forthcoming page of the discography hosted on this site.

December 17, 2023
New Release:   The duo release by Keiji Haino & Guro Moe, Drums & Octobass, is out on vinyl, double compact disc and digital release. The vinyl and digital release have the same three tracks running thirty-one minutes. The second compact disc contains a fourth track of forty-three minutes. We updated the other collaborations page of the discography hosted on this site.

November 18, 2023
New Release:   We finally got our hands on a copy of the album "unpeople" by Shuta Hasunuma. Keiji Haino appears on one track. More information and musical samples are available at a website for the release. We created a discogs.com entry and updated the guest appearances page of the discography hosted on this site.

October 28, 2023
Forthcoming Release:   There is a new album by the duo of Keiji Haino & Guro Moe titled Drums & Octobass up for pre-order on bandcamp. It is available on vinyl and on a double cd with extra content. Some information is posted in the forthcoming section of the discography.

August 19, 2023
Forthcoming Release:   Keiji Haino appears as a guest musician on the forthcoming album "unpeople" by Shuta Hasunuma. Much more information and musical samples are available at a website set up for the release. Some information is posted in the forthcoming section of the discography.

March 1, 2023
Award:   Announced on February 15, 2023, Keiji Haino has been recognized as the recipient of the 2023 Roy Lichtenstein Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Since its inception in 1963, the mission of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts has been to encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts. The Roy Lichtenstein Award is made annually to an individual working and contributing to the creative arts in the wide-ranging and investigative spirit of Roy Lichtenstein. The full list of 2023 recipients from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts is posted here. The award page for Haino is here.

January 18, 2023
New Release:   A recording of a live performance by the trio Purple Trap (Keiji Haino, Bill Laswell and Rashied Ali) from 2005 has been released. The title is The Stone. As was the case with the pair of Tokyo Rotation releases in 2021, The Stone is only available through subscription to the Bill Laswell Bassmatter channel on bandcamp. More information is posted in the other collaborations section of the discography.





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