Keiji Haino & Tatsuya Yoshida

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A collaboration between Japanese experimental musicians Keiji Haino and Tatsuya Yoshida, noted for noise, free-improvisation and avant-garde approaches.

Keiji Haino is a Japanese guitarist, vocalist and composer known for avant-garde, noise and free-improvised music. Tatsuya Yoshida is a Japanese drummer and composer, known for his work with the band Ruins and for prolific activity in experimental and progressive music circles.

A ferocious, experimental duet where Keiji Haino's volcanic guitar collides with Tatsuya Yoshida's punishing drumming. The record reframes the idea of 'rap' through noise, improvisation and iconoclastic sound. The review is enthusiastic and sardonic, celebrating the album's aggressive inventiveness.