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Keiji Haino (灰野敬二) born 1952 (May 3) in Chiba, Japan, and currently residing in Tokyo, is a Japanese musician whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise, singer-songwriter, solo percussion, psychedelic, minimalism and drone styles, and covers.
He has been active since the 1970s and continues to record regularly and in new styles. His main instruments of choice have been guitar and vocals, with many other instruments and approaches incorporated into his career’s work. Haino is known for intensely cathartic sound explorations, and much of his work bears an insular singularity, but his output has been so varied as to not always be recognizable as him.
Haino’s initial artistic outlet was theatre, inspired by the radicalism of the Antonin Artaud-influenced Shuji Terayama. An epiphanic moment came when he heard
When the Music’s Over’ and changed course towards music. After brief stints in a number of blues and experimental outfits, he formed improvised rock band Lost Aaraaf in 1970. In the mid 1970s, having left Lost Aaraaf, he collaborated with psychedelic multi-instrumentalist Magical Power Mako and film soundtrack composer Tōru Takemitsu (Toru Takemitsu).
His musical output throughout the late 1970s is scarcely documented, until the formation of his rock duo Fushitsusha in 1978 (although their first LP did not surface until 1989). This outfit initially consisted of Haino on guitar and vocals, and Tamio Shiraishi on synthesizer. With the departure of Shiraishi and the addition of Jun Hamano (bass) and Shuhei Takashima (drums), Fushitsusha operated as a trio.
He has been active since the 1970s and continues to record regularly and in new styles. His main instruments of choice have been guitar and vocals, with many other instruments and approaches incorporated into his career’s work. Haino is known for intensely cathartic sound explorations, and much of his work bears an insular singularity, but his output has been so varied as to not always be recognizable as him.
Haino’s initial artistic outlet was theatre, inspired by the radicalism of the Antonin Artaud-influenced Shuji Terayama. An epiphanic moment came when he heard
When the Music’s Over’ and changed course towards music. After brief stints in a number of blues and experimental outfits, he formed improvised rock band Lost Aaraaf in 1970. In the mid 1970s, having left Lost Aaraaf, he collaborated with psychedelic multi-instrumentalist Magical Power Mako and film soundtrack composer Tōru Takemitsu (Toru Takemitsu).His musical output throughout the late 1970s is scarcely documented, until the formation of his rock duo Fushitsusha in 1978 (although their first LP did not surface until 1989). This outfit initially consisted of Haino on guitar and vocals, and Tamio Shiraishi on synthesizer. With the departure of Shiraishi and the addition of Jun Hamano (bass) and Shuhei Takashima (drums), Fushitsusha operated as a trio.
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A Challenge To Fate
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Beginning and End, Interwoven
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Nijiumu
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わたしだけ？
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Ackibear wrote:
Who says that? I really enjoyed that album. It reminded me of Origin's Hesitation by Fushitsusha, but without bass or vocals.
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Fareday wrote:
everyone says Global Ancient Atmosphere is boring, but I SIMPLY LOVE IT.
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Ackibear wrote:
I dunno, Nijiumu and Even Now, Still I Think are pretty awesome as well...
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WillOtheWisp666 wrote:
I Said. "This Is the Son of Nihilism" is the best album.
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Ackibear wrote:
Pretty much one of the best artist pictures on last.fm.
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PMSingGremlin wrote:
nice drums
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Ackibear wrote:
Live I is fucking awesome.
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Fareday wrote:
check also his fushitsusha stuff. Live I and Live II are epic.
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Fareday wrote:
Keeping on Breathing is cool, i like it a lot, but I don't think it's a good 'introducer'... i don't know... but i don't know why people bother about the 'first-listening album' that much lol just get three or four albums and listen to it!
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XXITheWorld wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions, gonna check those out
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Ackibear wrote:
What about Keeping On Breathing then? It sounds like one of the songs is just a shorter version of Koko, and it has some other, more aggressive songs on it, so that's where I would start if I could start all over.
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Fareday wrote:
koko is beautiful, and a personal favourite, but I don't think it's a good start point for keiji's stuff... it's kind of... 'apart'
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Fareday wrote:
A Challenge to Fate. If you are brave enough, of course. Black Blues and Tenshi no Gijinka are good for listening next. Then, go for Execration that Accept to Acknowledge, Affection, Beginning and End, Watashi Dake, Tangled Up in The Universe, 21st-century-hard-y-guide-y man and C'est Parfait. Then jizz on pants.
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Ackibear wrote:
Getting both versions of Black Blues is a good start, since you get both aggressive and mellow Keiji, then maybe A Challenge To Fate and Beginning and End, Interwoven. Koko and Affection from there then, and then go off and get whatever else you can from there.
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XXITheWorld wrote:
What album should I listen to first, I'm kinda lost with all these Kanji titles
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TomBarlow wrote:
Poking pic is awesome.
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Ackibear wrote:
The sofa picture annoys me.
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Fareday wrote:
i know he looks dark and stuff, but hell, he has lots and lots and lots of better pictures... ):
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Fareday wrote:
NOOO!! F*** THAT DAMN SOFA!
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Ackibear wrote:
I wish the albums on here were uploaded better, but I guess it's pretty much impossible when people are tagging with the original titles, and translated titles left, right, and centre.
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Feb
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Keiji Haino & Ilpo Väisänen + Mika Vainio
Black Box, Münster, Germany
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