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,…

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…

“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…

“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…

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…

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…

Vajra is a supergroup that formed in the mid-1990s, similar to the lineup on Live in the First Year of Hesei, with Mikami Kan on vocals and guitar, Haino Keiji on guitar and…