灰野敬二 Keiji Haino Percussion Pt. 1

Solo performances for percussion have always been at the centre of Keiji Haino's art. In them, Haino deploys a huge variety of handheld percussion, from tiny cymbals, bells and gongs, to tambourines, jagged pieces of metal and Harry Bertoia-esque specially-made resonating sculptures. These performances, legendarily intense present the crystallization of the physicality of Haino's music, his attitude to rhythm, to the persistence of sound itself. Though relatively rare now, these solo percussion concerts always have a special hushed atmosphere of concentration, silent communion, and mystery.

Design, Production & Copyright: Keiji Haino
Camera: Yoshimura Fumie
Direction: Nobuki Soychiro
Art Direction: Arai Yasunuri
Digitized, Youtubed: Mark Rodriguez

Category:

Music

Tags:

• keiji
• haino
• avant
• garde
• avantgarde
• keijihaino
• japan
• japanese

[exoticapples]

his percussion work is MUCH more darker than anything else he does...

[rediffs]

drone shaman

[emergencystairs]

for sure, i haven't thought of it but it's certainly true. only thing i can think of that works on the same level is taku unami's solo albums

[tytodalba]

The title of this apparently is "Nanimokamo", which means "anything and everything". I read in a Cummings interview of Haino once that he wanted to release a free video of a percussion concert, as he felt that it was an visual as well as audial experience.

[PushItAway]

Is he using some sort of horn in the beginning of the video?

[VomitSelf7]

maybe it`s the lights here that make it dark.