Haino Keiji & Yoshida Tatsuya - New Rap (2006)

Artist: Haino Keiji & Yoshida Tatsuya
Title Of Album: New Rap
Year: 2006
Label: Tzadik
Style: Free Jazz/Avant-Prog
Format: FLAC (image +.cue, log + scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Size: 344 MB (+ 3% rec.)
Avant-garde guitarist Keiji Haino's partnership with Ruins drummer and founder member Tatsuyo Yoshida is, as you'd expect, an ear-splitting, mind-bending atonal and percussive onslaught. Yoshida's splintered drumming is more than a match for Haino's bizarre, disjointed guitar and vocal rants--but though you'd never categorize this music as sensitive, it's thought-provoking and frequently surprisingly empathetic. And, though the tracks are named after well-known Manhattan thoroughfares, nervous visitors may be assured that they're rarely as chaotic as they're sonically portrayed here.

Tracklist:

1. Houston Street 4:06
2. West Broadway 3:35
3. Tompkins Square 5:06
4. Lower East Side 2:24
5. West 48th Street 10:42
6. Avenue D 2:47
7. East Village 4:24
8. Chinatown 5:39
9. Canal Street 9:01