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Keiji Haino (灰野敬二) born 1952 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 (武満徹).
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 (武満徹).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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Themole85 wrote:
That must have been amazing seeing him live in Paris! That's terrible people left during the performance though! What were they expecting...Devendra Banfart?
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StarCoreA wrote:
I saw him in Paris doing an acapella show. You could tell how good it was by the amount of people that left during the performance.
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Themole85 wrote:
Execration that accept to acknowledge is amazing! Harsh, abrasive and brilliant. Would love to see him perform live one day!
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handmeups wrote:
I hope that I get to see him.
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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
wow execration that accept to acknowledge is really goooood
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surgeofevan wrote:
Ninijumu!
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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
i'm diggin the stuff he does with airsynths enjoying Uchu Ni Karamitsuiteru Waga Itami right now
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Axxym wrote:
max!
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Themole85 wrote:
Yes really.
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reverberating wrote:
artist? not really
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Themole85 wrote:
An amazing artist. I've bought a lot of his solo albums the past few weeks. Can't get enough!
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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
love at first noise
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be_quiet_peter wrote:
I LOVE that he covered Steppenwolf.
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RobertJaz wrote:
I have a group for Magical Power Mako - anyone interested, please join here thanks :) http://www.last.fm/group/Magical+Power+Mako
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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
fushitsusha rules!
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new pictures up
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Okanehira wrote:
sounds good
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MeshControl wrote:
awesome
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h2t wrote:
so nice
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Lucjan_ wrote:
あいしてるよ ! ! !
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灰野敬二
International House, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia PA, United States
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| 24 attendees
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