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''American Dollar Bill – Keep Facing Sideways, You're Too Hideous to Look at Face On'' (Japanese: , and occasionally shortened to just ''American Dollar Bill'') is a collaborative album between Japanese
free improvisation Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician(s) involved. The term can refer to both a technique (employed by any musician in any genre) and as a recognizable genre in its ...
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noise music Noise music is a genre of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise within a musical context. This type of music tends to challenge the distinction that is made in conventional musical practices between musical and non-musical ...
artist
Keiji Haino Keiji Haino ( ''Haino Keiji''; born May 3, 1952) is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise music, percussion, psychedelic music, minimalism and drone music. He has been active since the ...
and American
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band
Sumac Sumac ( or ), also spelled sumach, is any of about 35 species of flowering plants in the genus ''Rhus'' and related genera in the cashew family (Anacardiaceae). Sumacs grow in subtropical and temperate regions throughout the world, including Eas ...
. Serving as Haino's 86th and Sumac's third studio album, ''American Dollar Bill'' was released on February 23, 2018 through
Thrill Jockey Thrill Jockey is an American independent record label established by former Atlantic Records A&R representative Bettina Richards and based in Chicago. History Richards started the label in 1992 with $35,000 of family and personal capital, while ...
.


Background and production

Sumac frontman
Aaron Turner Aaron Turner (born November 5, 1977) is an American musician, singer, graphic artist, and founder of label Hydra Head Records. He is most widely known for his role as guitarist and vocalist for the post-metal bands SUMAC and Isis, while also pa ...
first saw Keiji Haino perform live nearly 20 years before the recording sessions for ''American Dollar Bill – Keep Facing Sideways, You're Too Hideous to Look at Face On''. Turner was a fan of Haino's music and personal image, and reached out to Haino after some of his friends encouraged him to email his manager. All members of Sumac entered the studio with Haino in June 2017 to record "a series of unrehearsed, completely non-premeditated sessions". By Haino's request, the group performed two improvised sessions: one practice session and a second, entirely different session that would become an album. They recorded over an hour's worth of music across three tracks (two of which were separated into two parts) that became ''American Dollar Bill''.


Reception

''American Dollar Bill'' received widespread acclaim from critics. At
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an
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score of 81, based on nine reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews. ''
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'' listed the album on their "15 Experimental Albums We Loved in 2018" list.


Track listing

Titles and lyrics by Keiji Haino. Title translations by Alan Cummings. Music by Haino and Sumac.


Personnel

Album personnel adapted from CD liner notes.


Band

*
Keiji Haino Keiji Haino ( ''Haino Keiji''; born May 3, 1952) is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise music, percussion, psychedelic music, minimalism and drone music. He has been active since the ...
– guitar, vocals, flute *
Aaron Turner Aaron Turner (born November 5, 1977) is an American musician, singer, graphic artist, and founder of label Hydra Head Records. He is most widely known for his role as guitarist and vocalist for the post-metal bands SUMAC and Isis, while also pa ...
– guitar * Nick Yacyshyn – drums * Brian Cook – bass


Production

* Kondoh Yoshiaki – recording *
Kurt Ballou Kurt Ballou (born February 1, 1974) is an American musician and producer based in Massachusetts, best known as the guitarist for hardcore punk band Converge and for his prolific recording and production work at his own GodCity Studio. Early and ...
– mixing *
James Plotkin James Plotkin is an American guitarist and producer known for his role in bands such as Khanate (band), Khanate and OLD (band), OLD but with an extensive catalogue outside these bands. He has played guitar for Phantomsmasher and Scorn (band), Sco ...
– additional mixing, track edits, mastering


Artwork and design

* Aaron Turner – artwork, design *
Faith Coloccia Faith Coloccia is an American artist and musician. She is most known as being the founding member and primary songwriter for the post-rock band Mamiffer. Coloccia has also been a member of Everlovely Lightningheart, Pyramids, House of Low Cultu ...
– design * Takeshi – photographs


References

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