WATASHI DAKE? by KEIJI HAINO
| SKU | 97186 |
| Artist | KEIJI HAINO |
| Title | WATASHI DAKE? |
| Label | BLACK EDITIONS |
| Catalog # | BE 000 |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 27 - 2017 |
| Format | Vinyl - USLP |
| EAN Barcode | 826853973182 |
| Benelux exclusive, Import | |
| € 33,50 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- My Refuge
- The Disallowed
- Rise from the Dead
- Lay It Open
- Bring to an End
- I Can't Do It Properly
- More More More
- Even If I Break Through
- Falling Apart
- Try to come this far
- Though I Want to Laugh
- I Want to Return
Description
Over the last fifty years few musicians or performers have created as monumental and uncompromising a body of work as that of Keiji Haino. Through a vast number of recordings and performances Haino has staked out a ground all his own- creating a language of unparalleled intensity that defies any simple classification. For all this, his 1981 debut album Watashi Dake? has remained enigmatic. Originally released in a small edition by the legendary Pinakotheca label, the album was heard by only a select few in Japan and far fewer overseas. Original vinyl copies became impossibly rare and highly sought after the world over.Watashi Dake? presents a haunting vision – stark vocals, whispered and screamed, punctuate dark silences. Intricate and sharp guitar figures interweave, repeat and stretch, trance-like, emerging from dark recesses. Written and composed on the spot – Haino’s vision is one of deep spiritual depths that distantly evokes 1920’s blues and medieval music- yet is unlike anything ever committed to record before or since. Coupled with starkly minimal packaging featuring the now iconic cover photographs by legendary photog-
rapher Gin Satoh, the album is a startling and fully realized artistic statement.
