Fushitsusha
Origin’s hesitation
FormatCDLabelPSF RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Expectations exploded, intentions fleetingly revealed, faith justified. A new album from Keiji Haino's Fushitsusha is always going to be a major event. And to make the release of Origin's Hesitation even more significant, it is the first new album from the group in almost two years, the first studio recordings by the new duo line-up, and the first Fushitsusha album on PSF since 1994's stunning Pathetique. The popular perception of Fushitsusha has usually been as a rock band, albeit one that pushed the definition of that term further than anyone had ever done before. While the group's approach has always been (and remains) rock to the core, the outside manifestation of those intentions have gradually moved further and further away from the rock framework. Shockingly, on this release, Haino takes the process to its natural conclusion and has decided to eschew the guitar entirely. In its place, nothing but the eerily empty hiss of overdriven amplification. Here Haino sings, plays drums, and conjures with spectres. Consequently, the sound palette is starker, and Haino's intentions plainer than they have ever been before. The no overdubs policy remains, though both Haino and bassist Ozawa work with realtime loops. The unique dynamic hallmarks of the group are preserved, the focus on individual sounds and their interaction underlined. Attack, duration, beginnings and endings all merge into one heartrending, emotionally eternal present. This is a hugely important, hauntingly insistent, spectral blast of a record. Quite simply and beyond any doubts, one of the releases of the year.
Details
Cat. number: PSFD 8010
Year: 2007
Release notes
Recorded at White Road Studio on September 6, 2001 Comes in a gatefold paper-sleeve with a 16 page booklet of photographs and lyrics in Japanese.
Tracklist
| 1 | あっという間に 消え去った 最初の響き | 5:09 | |
| 2 | 原始のとまどい | 11:31 | |
| 3 | ふたつ ありき | 6:04 | |
| 4 | これぐらい このまま それぐらい そのまま | 5:08 | |
| 5 | 今に なりつつある 影 | 16:45 | |
| 6 | 夢が先に「主語」を名のってしまったから | 23:42 |
Credits
- 新井康祝
- Art Direction
- 小沢靖
- Bass
- 灰野敬二
- Design, Drums, Vocals, Producer
- 吉田武司
- Engineer
- Jan Visser
- Photography By [Cover]
- 和久井弘美
- Photography By [Pages 1, 5, 12]
- 船木和倖
- Photography By [Pages 3, 11, 13, 14, Rear Cover]
- 生悦住英夫
- Producer
