Abandon All Words at a Stroke, so That Prayer Can Come Spilling Out

by Keiji Haino

Abandon All Words at a Stroke, so That Prayer Can Come Spilling Out cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 May 2001
  • Label: Alien8 Recordings
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 1:31:31
  • Community rating: 3.28/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Showcasing the Japanese avant-garde legend wielding a hurdy-gurdy to generate walls of sound, this album is a deeply spiritual noise excursion. Haino builds an intensely ominous, chaotic, and completely raw acoustic drone that envelops the listener in a hypnotic, surreal ritual.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Whereto Can I Cast Away This Fragment Echo Called The End, So That I May Summon An Awakening From The Other Side? (47:13)
  2. I Have Decided To Tear You To Pieces. Whether You Become Darkness Or Light Depends On You. I Wonder, Which Shall You Choose? (44:18)

Credits

  • Keiji Haino - primary artist, vocals, hurdy gurdy, electronic drums [electronic percussion]

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