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Keiji Haino – Beginning and End, Interwoven
The first and last tracks of this German CD from 1994 bear the duo distinction–along with some tracks on Tenshi No Gijinka–of being the only music ever overdubbed by Keiji Haino. The first…
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Keiji Haino – Guitar Works I-VIII
This is one in a series of 12 guitar-related seven-inch records released by Table of the Elements back in 1994. As the title says, this little coaster sports eight really short cuts of…
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Keiji Haino – Watashi Dake? CD
This my favorite solo disc by Keiji Haino. It’s a 1993 reissue of a rare, obscure, Japanese LP from 1981. This is a very sperm-filled set of recordings and debuts many of the…
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Keiji Haino – Execration That Accept To Acknowledge
Japan’s premier “out” musician offers up a CD’s worth of solo, electric, improv guitar—efficiently moving Earthquake and volcanic activity-like sounds into the privacy of your own home with only a fraction of the…
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Keiji Haino – Milky Way
This is an archival recording of a live performance from 1973 issued for the first time two decades later in 1993. It features one track and 47 continuous minutes of Haino all by…
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Keiji Haino – Affection
This long, one-track affair starts out with some barely audible, poppy, “shopping mall” music, which is quickly cut out by mysterious reverb interjections. A simple, melodic, solo guitar-picking section follows, then some strumming…
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Keiji Haino – Nijiumu
Nijiumu is a side project of Keiji Haino, which sometimes involves other musicians. Confusingly, it’s also the title of his is his first solo disc since Watashi Dake? in 1981 and an early…
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Mikami Kan, Moto Yoshizawa, Haino Keiji – Live in the First Year of Hesei
These two volumes by three of Japan’s underground master musicians were among the first releases on Tokyo’s awesome PSF label a decade ago—just before Haino-mania swept the dimly-lit English-speaking world. The music filling…
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Fushitsusha – 1978
This is an archival recording dating from 1978 that, fortunately, finally received a public service release 25 years later in 2003. While it’s nowhere near as dense as classic Fushitsusha of the ’90s,…
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Fushitsusha – Origin’s Hesitation
After seven years of releases on other labels, Fushitsusha finally comes home to roost in the PSF loft once again—and, aye, what a different bird they be. After the last drummer, Ikuro Takahashi,…