Keiji Haino "Reveal'd to None as Yet" 2xCD (2005) edition of 1000

Description: Here we have a true musical departure from Far East dark-psych shaman KEIJI HAINO: Reveal'd To None As Yet - An Expedience To Utterly Vanish Consciousness While Still Alive, a double CD set done as a joint release by the aRCHIVE and Important labels in an edition of 1000 copies, now long out of print. Recorded live in Japan at Super Deluxe on April 7, 2005 and mastered by fellow experimental guitarist James Plotkin, with artwork provided by Stephen O'Malley of Earth, Reveal’d to None as Yet is a document of temple-levitating power. This is a Haino title that lacks a single note of his usual axe, the electric guitar -- but fear not, Reveal'd to None will transport you as effortlessly as anything our man has done. Disc One features one long track of Haino brutalizing the theremin-like air synth that we first encountered on his similar Uchu Ni Karami Tsuiteiru Waga Itami album, released the same year on PSF. Once again, the listener is battered by an airplane hangar’s worth of craggy, gnawing, sputtering electronic mayhem, at its wildest sounding akin to his comrade Masami Akita of Merzbow. But Haino’s occasional vocals add an air of instant familiarity to the hectic proceedings. All kinds of reverberating bass drum samples boom away as muffled tornadoes, whirling dervishes and scouring pads move in and out of the mix. On the second disc, Haino continues the hurdy gurdy dronefest atmosphere that first appeared on his PSF album The 21st Century Hard-y Guide-y Man back in 1995. Providing a gentler counterpoint to the chaos of disc one, the ebb and flow of the sound fabric here is occasionally halted and replaced with knocks upon the instrument’s body and a few choice string plucks. This novel stop ‘n’ go action is the exception, though, as the shrill, raspy string fluctuations and pillow hoverings on Cloud Nine meshed with Haino’s gently cooing vocals continue unabated for most of the track’s duration. Heavy stuff indeed. This release comes packaged in an ultra-nice three-panel accordion foldout letterpress cover with a black-on-black photo of Haino manhandling the instruments on the front, plus English and Japanese notes inside. This copy was purchased new and has never been played. Track listing Disc One A Temporary Freezing Of The Time Axis That Turns At The End Of This Profound Now (54:27) Disc Two That, Which While Enfolding This Now And Present Perfume, Speaks, "I Will Use To The Fullest Extent This Form Bestowed Upon Me" And Blurs Into The Firmament - Ah, Where And In What Form Will It Next Be Devised (46:55) Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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