![]() Using cymbals that he crashed together and scraped on the cement floor, he incorporated improvised dance and vocalizations. On Saturday July 9 at Café Oto, Haino opened his first set of the evening with an expressive performance of solo percussion. Haino twisted and bent guitar tones, using air synth theremins to create controlled waves of feedback like the sounds of crying birds. Hayward's form on the drums was dynamic and explosive, reminiscent of European and American free jazz. Haino, with sudden eruptions of distortion and feedback, improvised poetry in Japanese, singing and wailing words and phrases that were at once mesmerizing and shocking. Hayward, a founding member of experimental rock band This Heat, also played piano as the duo improvised outside of any time structure, opening the evening with interspacial explorations. ![]() On Friday July 8 at the Copeland Gallery, as part of Thirty Three Thirty Three's Japan: London 2016 series, Haino performed with drummer and percussionist Charles Hayward. Keiji Haino, guitarist and founder of Japanese experimental-psychedelic rock band Fushitsusha and reputed experimental musician who has recorded with the likes of Peter Brötzmann, Sabu Toyozumi, and Thurston Moore, performed in London for two nights on July 8th at the Copeland Gallery and July 9th at Cafe Oto. ![]()
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