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Tokyo Flashback 4 PSF PSFD-69 CD £14.99 Another necessary volume in this on-going series documenting current activity on Tokyo's psychedelic underground, this one features exclusive tracks by Keiji Haino, Broom Dusters (featuring members of Miminokoto/LSD-March), Musica Transonic, Puka-Puka Brians (members of Maher Shalal Hash Baz/Aihiyo), On-Na Kodomo, Shizuka, Akiyama-Sugimoto, High Rise, Kakashi, Construction, Psychedelic Crazy Horse and Hikyo String Quintet. |
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s/t Macaroni Records MCRN-011 DVD £19.99 Subtitled Dora Video Vs. Keiji Haino Vs. Keiji Haino, this is an up-close three camera pro filmed document of a searing Keiji Haino guitar/vox/electronics performance that took place on May 1st 2008 in Tokyo. Dora Video plays drums while Haino duets with himself courtesy of a back projection of previous and current performances. Haino is on incendiary form, launching himself fully into the guitar in the kind of immolating style of his early solo sides while the up-close camera style matches the official Fushitsusha DVD on PSF for physical drama. There are vocal loops, levitating passages of electronics and some of Haino’s most rock-anchored riffs in an age, while Dora plays it almost four-four throughout, to Haino’s obvious delight. |
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Undecided PSF PSFD-153 CD £13.99 A compilation that culls tracks from a series of ‘lecture concerts' that took place between September 2003 and February 2004 at Mesar Haus, Tokyo. Kicks off with a fantastically dense hurdy-gurdy drone from Keiji Haino and also features tracks from guitarist Kazuo Imai, pianist Junichiro Okuchi, shamisen master Michihiro Sato, turntablist Otomo Yoshihide and saxophonist Masayoshi Urabe. |
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Dead Silence Room 40 RMBK-002 Art Book £17.99 Nicely presented/compiled art book, put together by Lawrence English with contributions from a head-spinning range of artists on the subject of ‘dead silence’: ranging across art, text, essays, letters and photography with contributions from musicians/artists/writers such as Keiji Haino (who discusses the meaning of ‘Seijaku’), Liz Harris aka Grouper, Alan Licht, Makino Takashi, Jamie Stewart, Marina Rosenfeld, James Webb, Benoit Pioulard, Steve Roden, Eugene Carchesio, Terre Thaemliz, Sandra Selig, Jack Sargeant, Philip Samartzis, Greg Hainge, Ross Manning (Sky Needle), David Toop and Heiko Muller. |
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Jo Ha Kyu Important Records IMPT-378 CD £13.99 Stunning document of Parisian cellist Gaspar Claus’s visit to Japan across a series of collaborations with key Japanese underground and traditional players: aiming to join the dots between traditional Japanese music practice and contemporary experimental modes, Claus brings together an amazing line-up of players for a series of songs and improvisations including mind-blowing ensemble pieces and stunning duo jams with Keiji Haino (on vocals), Kazuki Tomokawa (on vocals and guitar), Otomo Yoshihide (turntables), Sachiko M (sine wave), Eiko Ishibashi (voice, piano, drums), Kakushin Nishihara (voice, satsuma biwa), Ryuichi Sakamoto (piano), Hirochimi Sakamoto (electric cello), Leonard Eto (wadaiko) and Kazutoki Umezu aka Doctor Umezu (tenor saxophone). A necessary instalment for serious Japanese underground heads, combining folk/punk ferocity with dark, classical stylings. |
