An Unofficial Keiji Haino Homepage -- Recent News





An Unofficial Keiji Haino Homepage
Recent News





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This page has a summary of some recent news. More information on this news is to be found in the appropriate section of this site. Thanks to all who contributed information to this page. Particular thanks to Lewis, Alan Cummings & Takeshi Goda.

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March 6, 2026
Award:   Keiji Haino has been named the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of Biennale Musica 2026 for his pioneering contribution to the languages of improvisation and contemporary experimentation. Haino will perform in Venice at the Biennale Musica 2026 70th International Festival of Contemporary Music in October, 2026. A Document Film Of Keiji Haino directed by Kazuhiro Shirao and originally released in 2012 will be screened outside of Japan for the first time. The complete press release is available as a pdf file here.
December 31, 2025
Releases in 2025:   For those keeping track at home, it appears that the full slate of Haino releases for the calendar year 2025 rounds out at six official releases, including four new recordings and two reissues.
  1. Keiji Haino & Reinhold Friedl - truly, slightly, overflowing, whereabout of good will (zeitkratzer productions, zkr1103, November 21, 2025, cd)
  2. Nijiumu - When I sing, I slip into the microphone. Into that void, I bring comrade "prayers", then, turning to face the outside, together we explode (Black Truffle, BT135, October 10, 2025, lpx2)
  3. Keiji Haino & Shuta Hasunuma - U       TA (Universal Music, POCS-23063, September 3, 2025, cd) or (Temporal Drift, DRFT 20, October 17, 2025, lp)
  4. Keiji Haino with Honno Majikanaharu (Lapis, Higo Hiroshi & Masataka Fujikake) - Honno Majikanaharu x Keiji Haino (FullDesign Records, FDR-1052, June 15, 2025, cd)
  5. Purple Trap, featuring Keiji Haino, Bill Laswell, & Rashid Ali (Lapis, Higo Hiroshi & Masataka Fujikake) - The Stone (Karlrecords, KR109, April 25, 2025 (rec. December 15, 2005), lp)
  6. Keiji Haino & Natsuki Tamura - What Happened There? (Libra Records, LIBRA102-78, January 24, 2025, cd)

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





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