recorded live at Donaufestival Krems, Austria, April 24, 2006 and at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin, Nov 11, 2005
recorded and mixed by Ralf Meinz, produced by Reinhold Friedl, supported by Deutscher Musikrat
The Berliner Zeitung wrote about zeitkratzer’s cooperation with Keiji Haino, one of the most renowned japanese noise artists of the first generation: „They had only rehearsed for three days, but the result was mind-blowing. Haino made music on the guitar and on the drums, on electronic devices, on two Theremins and with his wunderfully changeable tenor; zeitkratzer infolded him, pushed him away, embedded him in noise and carried him through the sound space like on atomising waves. Only one thing did not exist: the reconciliation between the soloist and his ensemble, which would have denied the differences in traditions and styles; The greatness of the sound, the richness of his textures was a result purely of the contrast and its dynamic.”