Hijokaidan 3228885 217323913 2008-06-05T15:15:37Z Kingirie 7252375 '''Hijokaidan''' ('''非常階段''', lit. "emergency stairway") is a [[Japan]]ese [[noise music|noise]] and [[free improvisation]] group with a revolving lineup that has ranged from two members to as many as fourteen in its early days. The group is the project of guitarist [[Jojo Hiroshige|Yoshiyuki "Jojo" Hiroshige]] (''Japanese;'' 広重嘉之, JOJO広重) its one constant member, who is head & owner of the [[Osaka]]-based [[Alchemy Records (Japan)|Alchemy Records]]. Other regulars include Jojo's wife Junko and [[Toshiji Mikawa]] (also of [[Incapacitants]]). The group began at the very end of the 1970s as a [[performance art]]-based group whose anarchic shows would often involve destruction of venues and audio equipment, food and garbage being thrown around, and on-stage urination. As the group's lineup changed over time, their focus became less performance-based and more musically based, fine-tuning their sound into a dense wall of [[white noise]] created by each member making as much of a racket as humanly possible. ==Partial discography== * ''Syumatsu-Syorijo''(compilation) (1980) * ''Zoroku no Kibyo'' (1982) * ''Viva Angel'' (1984) * ''King of Noise'' (1985) * ''Tapes'' (1986) * ''Limited Edition'' (1987) * ''No Paris No Harm'' (1988) * ''Modern'' (1989) * ''Romance'' (1990) * ''Windom'' (1991) * ''The Neverending Story of King of Noise'' Compilation (1992) * ''Noise From Trading Cards'' (1997) * ''Ferocity of Practical Life'' EP (1997) * ''The Last Recording Album'' (2004) * ''The Lord of the Noise'' (retrospective CD and DVD) (2004) * ''Polar Nights Live'' (2008) ==Collaborations== * S.O.B.Kaidan: ''Noise Violence and Destroy'' (1988) * Borbetomagus & Hijokaidan: ''Both Noises End Burning'' (2007) ==External links== *[http://noise.as/hijokaidan The Hijokaidan Story] <!--Other languages--> {{Japan-band-stub}} [[Category:Japanese musical groups]] [[Category:Noise music]] [[de:Hijokaidan]] [[fr:Hijokaidan]] [[ja:非常階段 (バンド)]]