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Sanhedrin – Sun Head Ring
Warning: If you push “Play” on a track by Sanhedrin, you may have to pop a couple of Excedrin! Another power trio boasting Yoshida Tatsuya and Nasuno Mitsuru of the Ruins with that…
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Keiji Haino at Beyond Baroque
Santa Monica, California November 14, 1999 On a brisk Fall evening, Keiji Haino played a solo percussion set on a bill with Jens Brand–whose performance was featured in a two-page spread in the…
- Bernhard Gunter, Gastr del Sol, Jim O'Rourke, John Fahey, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Table of the Elements, Tony Conrad
Table of the Elements Festival No. 2: Yttrium
The Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois November 7, 8, 9, 1996 Tony Conrad et all, 1996. Photo by Rich Jacobs. Since the early 1990s, the Atlanta independent label Table of the Elements has been…
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Keiji Haino + Fushitsusha
Fushitsusha at the Table of the Elements Yttrium Festival in Chicago, Illinois, November 1996. Hmm, I didn’t know that anyone was allowed to construct an entire sound-realm of their very own that is…
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Vajra – Live 2007
First-ever live album. Review coming later. Label: PSF Catalog Number: PSFD-176 Format: CD Packaging: Jewel case Tracks: 7 Total Time: 70:37 Country: Japan Released: 2008 Related Artists: Fushitsusha, Keiji Haino More: Forced Exposure,…
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Vajra – Mandala Cat
Fifth album from the heavyweight PSF supergroup of Keiji Haino, Kan Mikami and Toshiaki Ishizuka. Veterans all, the group members have a combined playing career of virtually a century. The group has been…
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Vajra – Sravaka
“Breathtaking sounds of mystery that somehow never fail to move on a deeply human level. Experimentation and “progress,” but possessed of a wide knowledge and love of all music and a soul (if…
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Vajra – Sichisiki
“This album, in contrast to the previous two, features Mikami only on vocals. The absence of his rhythm guitar totally alters the dynamic of the group, moving the focus to Haino’s guitar and…
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Vajra – Ring
This 41-minute, one-track affair with your eardrums is broken up into numerous sections, including Toshiaki Ishizuka’s very “snappy” wrecked drumming with Mikami Kan’s soothing yet abrasive vocals strewn over the top; Kan’s folk…
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Vajra – Chiru-Ha (Leaf) / Ozakijiniya
Two contrasting tracks and 10 minutes of pleasantries abound on this special 3” CD release. On “Chiru-Ha (Leaf),” the consumate human voice Mikami Kan appears on acoustic guitar with his ever-nice singing abilities…
