photo credit: Kazuyuki Funaki
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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. Contributions to this page should be sent to david "at" poisonpie.com. |
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September 12, 2025
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New Release:
The digital release of U TA by Keiji Haino and Shuta Hasunuma is out on bandcamp. The compact disc was released by Universal Music on September 3 and the vinyl version(s) will be released by the LA label Temporal Drift on October 17. We updated the collaborations page of the discography hosted on this site.
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July 30, 2025
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Forthcoming Release:
Keiji Haino and Shuta Hasunuma have announced the release of a collaborative album titled, U TA. Per the label release page, "Haino sings and Hasunuma plays the instruments." It appears that the compact disc will be released by Universal Music and the vinyl version(s) will be released by the LA label Temporal Drift. The Bandcamp page has the vinyl up for preorder with a release date of October 17. The cd has a release date of September 3. We updated the forthcoming page of the discography hosted on this site.
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July 25, 2025
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Internet News:
Haino's official YouTube channel has been getting cryptic updates recently with some short audio clips from
various performances. Link: YouTube.
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July 25, 2025
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New Release:
Keiji Haino and Shuta Hasunuma have released a digital single, "Latency". It may be a harbinger of a forthcoming release. The LA label Temporal Drift has
something to do with it, including previewing the cover. The single is on YouTube.
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June 17, 2025
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New Release:
The release by the trio, Honno Majikanaharu, performing with Keiji Haino is out. Honno Majikanaharu is composed of Lapiz (guitar & vocals), Higo Hiroshi (bass & vocals) & Masataka Fujikake (drums). It is released as a cd on Fujikake's label, FullDesign Records, on June 15, 2025. We updated the Collaborations with Fujikake page of the discography hosted on this site.
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June 11, 2025
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Forthcoming Release:
There is an upcoming release by the trio, Honno Majikanaharu, performing with Keiji Haino. Honno Majikanaharu is composed of Lapis (guitar & vocals), Higo Hiroshi (bass & vocals) & Masataka Fujikake (drums). According to Google translate, the name of the band translates as "Seriously?". It will be released as a cd on Fujikake's label, FullDesign Records, on June 15, 2025. The release appears to be untitled. The label release page is here. (For listeners outside Japan, online vendors such as amazon.co.jp have the cd listed and will ship internationally.) We updated the forthcoming page of the discography hosted on this site.
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April 15, 2025
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Reissue on Vinyl:
A copy of the vinyl reissue of The Stone, by Purple Trap, the trio including Keiji Haino, Bill Laswell & Rashied Ali, was delivered today. It is released on Karlrecords with a stated release date of April 25, 2025. This content was previously released as digital files by Bill Laswell in 2023 to subscribers to his bandcamp channel. We moved the release from the forthcoming page to the other collaborations page of the discography hosted on this site.
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January 27, 2025
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New Release:
Our copy of What Happened There?, a collaboration with trumpeter Natsuki Tamura on cd, arrived in the mail today. We updated the "other collaborations" page of the discography hosted on this site. Update: A review of What Happened There? has been posted on the blog of the Poison Pie Publishing House. A direct link to the archived review is here. |
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January 14, 2025
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Forthcoming Reissue on Vinyl:
There is an upcoming release, titled The Stone, by Purple Trap, the trio including Keiji Haino, Bill Laswell & Rashied Ali, on Karlrecords with a slated release date of April 25, 2025. This content was previously released as digital files by Bill Laswell in 2023 to subscribers to his bandcamp channel. We updated the forthcoming page of the discography hosted on this site.
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December 31, 2024
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Releases in 2024:
For those keeping track at home, it appears that the full slate of Haino releases for the calendar year 2024 rounds out at four official releases, including three new recordings and one reissue.
If there are missing items in this list, please email me. |
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