Browse by Artist: ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky?
Label:	ACE FU
Format:	CD
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ACE 041CD

"You know Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. freak out as the dynastic rulers of Japanoise. They freak out improvisationally, entwining psychedelia with prog, hard rock, krautrock, avant-rock in the spirit of diverse greats as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Shaeffer, Amon Duul, Deep Purple, or Genesis. Acid Mothers Temple makes their music epic, frenzied, expertly lunatic, meticulously composed, and astonishingly affecting in its sprawling, vigorous, unrelenting splendor. This album is the latest installment in Acid Mothers Temple's expansive 25+-releases-since-1998 catalog."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Live In Japan
Label:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	AMT 006

"Live recording made in Japan from December 2001 using digital 16 channel recording (so the sounds will be not like last 2 live LPs -- more like studio recording quality). This live performance was twin drummers style (only these 2 concerts in Japan) featuring Ichiraku Yoshimitsu (ex.AMT / Nishinihon / ISO) and Koizumi Hajime (AMT original drummer also original Mainliner drummer who played on 'Mellow Out') and this concert was Ichiraku's last performance in AMT. Of course the AMT line-up was Cotton, Tsuyama, Higashi, Kawabata and these 2 drummers. The sounds is like 'Megaton rhythm section + killer fuzz guitar + space sounds!'"

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Power House of Holy
Label:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	AMT 019CD

"Limited edition 2006 US Tour CD featuring recordings from 2004. 'Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky' (aka Dark Star Blues) was recorded at Spaceland on June 6, 2004 -- a great show I was there for. And the other track is 'Pink Lady Lemonade' recorded in Gloucester on October 30, 2004 -- another killer version of this song. For these recordings, AMT was: Tsuyama Atsushi (monster bass, vocal, cosmic joker), Higashi Hiroshi (synthesizer, guitar, chorus, dancin' king), Koizume Hajime (drums, sleeping monk), and Kawabata Makoto (guitar, chorus, speed guru)." Edition of 1000 copies.

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Lord Of The Underground: Vishnu And The Magic Elixir
Label:	ALIEN8 RECORDINGS (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ALIEN 084CD

"Acid Mothers Temple returns with a new release, their fourth for the label. The album is made up entirely of new studio recordings that have captured the band in fantastic form. The band is captured flying at full speed dishing out three slabs of Turkish psych meets Krautrock, served up Acid Mothers Temple style. The opening cut, 'Eleking The Clay' is a smoker that bears some resemblance to their well known 'hit,' 'La Novia.' The speed guru, a.k.a. Kawabata Makoto, is on fire and mesmerizes us with his speed and furry on this track. His guitar playing is so quick it becomes difficult to differentiate the actual notes being played as you are overtaken by the speed and repetitious nature of the track. In this respect it also brings to mind their fantastic rendition of the Terry Riley's minimalist anthem 'In C.' The same notes repeating over and over until they start to coalesce and take new shape. Next up is a short piece written by bass player and multi-instrumentalist Atsushi Tsuyama who is credited with playing monster bass, voice, acoustic guitar, alto recorder, flute, toy trumpet and kazoo. If you have ever witnessed the band live, you are aware of what a huge presence bassist Atsushi Tsuyama is within a live context and it is equally the case on Lord Of The Underground. This track, entitled 'Sorcerer's Stone Of The Magi,' serves as an intermission if you will; it is a nice gentle piece of outsider folk that allows you brace yourself for the epic closing track 'Vishnu And The Magic Elixir.' The final cut takes it's time to deliver its message and sees the band in familiar territory. Here they play with some of their more playful influences, such as Frank Zappa and Incredible String Band, and blend them with their patented spaced out electronics that have graced many of their records."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Pink Lady Lemonade - You're From Inner Space
Label:	ALIEN8 RECORDINGS (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	ALIEN 090CD

"Anyone who has ever witnessed Acid Mothers Temple live has more than likely heard them perform 'Pink Lady Lemonade.' It's a staple of their live sets and has been released in various forms over the years on of now out of print releases. It is offered here for the first time in a single CD edition. While 'Pink Lady Lemonade' is a single piece of epic proportions, it comes off more like a very cohesive full-length recording, as the tune is broken down into four separate movements. The record's first movement runs for about 30 minutes and introduces the album's central motif, a mesmerizing and repetitive guitar riff. The track eventually dissolves into a particular jazzy section that has the band frantically freaking out somewhere between ragtime and Sun Ra. This jazz-inspired section ends rather abruptly after just under six minutes, yet it's enough to radically alter the previous vibe and prepare oneself for the third movement. The third segment marks the return of main riff being played in a very gentle manner with slight processing on Kawabata Makoto's guitar and additional synth action from Higashi Hiroshi being panned in and out of the mix. The results are very intriguing and verge into psychoacoustic territory. The effect of the layered sounds is reminiscent of that experienced when listening to the music of contemporary classical composer Luigi Nono, whose compositions created something entirely new out of manipulating taped recordings of vocalists and orchestras. Pink Lady Lemonade maintains the same heavy spiritual qualities that so much of the Acid Mothers output does, but the hippy elements are kept a little further at bay and instead replaced with an artier drone component. The effect of the cascading drone alongside the full band playing is both refreshing and strange, almost as if you were listening to two different pieces of music being performed simultaneously."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Pink Lady Lemonade - You're From Inner Space
Label:	ALIEN8 RECORDINGS (CANADA)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	ALIEN 090LP

Gatefold 2LP version, limited edition of 500 copies on pink/black vinyl with download code. "Anyone who has ever witnessed Acid Mothers Temple live has more than likely heard them perform 'Pink Lady Lemonade.' It's a staple of their live sets and has been released in various forms over the years on of now out of print releases. While 'Pink Lady Lemonade' is a single piece of epic proportions, it comes off more like a very cohesive full-length recording, as the tune is broken down into four separate movements. The record's first movement runs for about 30 minutes and introduces the album's central motif, a mesmerizing and repetitive guitar riff. The track eventually dissolves into a particular jazzy section that has the band frantically freaking out somewhere between ragtime and Sun Ra. This jazz-inspired section ends rather abruptly after just under six minutes, yet it's enough to radically alter the previous vibe and prepare oneself for the third movement. The third segment marks the return of main riff being played in a very gentle manner with slight processing on Kawabata Makoto's guitar and additional synth action from Higashi Hiroshi being panned in and out of the mix. The results are very intriguing and verge into psychoacoustic territory. The effect of the layered sounds is reminiscent of that experienced when listening to the music of contemporary classical composer Luigi Nono, whose compositions created something entirely new out of manipulating taped recordings of vocalists and orchestras. Pink Lady Lemonade maintains the same heavy spiritual qualities that so much of the Acid Mothers output does, but the hippy elements are kept a little further at bay and instead replaced with an artier drone component. The effect of the cascading drone alongside the full band playing is both refreshing and strange, almost as if you were listening to two different pieces of music being performed simultaneously."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars
Label:	IMPORTANT RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	IMPREC 146CD

"Brand new full length album from the Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO featuring their recent addition, female vocalist Kitagawa Hao. Recorded over a period of four months at The Acid Mothers Temple this is a very clean sounding and polished AMT. Frontman Kawabata Makoto admitted, only half joking, that this has the 'cleanest sound in AMT history!' More controlled than many of their speaker destroying fuzz blasted speed guru jams, Crystal Rainbow Pyramid is focused on mystic ambient passages leading into Kawabata's head-heavy echo-riffs. Crystal Rainbow Pyramid is clearly one of the new classic AMT recordings. Prepare to have your mind blown slowly with evolving heavyweight jams and climactic peaks of exquisite ecstasy."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Glorify Astrological Martyrdom
Label:	IMPORTANT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	IMPREC 226LP

"Limited edition of 1000 copies. Acid Mothers Temple's Glorify Astrological Martyrdom is sure to appeal to the myriad AMT fans who have made Crystal Rainbow Pyramid a new fan favorite. Professionally recorded mega riffage for a super defined clean sound. Kawabata and company deliver this focused rock explosion full of hyper repetitive heavy hooks and freaked out pitched up vocals. Cover art by Seldon Hunt."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	In O To Infinity
Label:	IMPORTANT RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	IMPREC 297CD

"Acid Mothers Temple follow up their classic cover of Terry Riley's 'In C.' This is also the first Acid Mothers Temple record in a long time to feature the voice of Cotton Casino. Beginning with their cover of Terry Riley's 'In C,' AMT went on to create 'In E' and 'In D,' as well as their collaboration with Ultrasound on 'In G.' Now they return to the concept, with four new tracks -- 'In A,' 'In Z,' 'In 0' and 'In 8.' As far as music is concerned, a scale could be anything. The names of the scales from A to G are no more than conventions, decided on through human logic. However, beginnings and endings, nothingness and the infinite are not conventions or human creations. Rather they are part of the cosmos and they can be applied to all things that exist. On these pieces they follow their belief in this truth, journeying from beginning to end, from end to beginning, from nothingness to the infinite, and from the infinite to nothingness..."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Are We Experimental?
Label:	PROPHASE MUSIC
Format:	CD
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	PM 003CD

"Japan's Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO return from the cosmos with this brand new album, Are We Experimental? The world's premier psychedelic warriors have blasted out an album that distills their weird world into 11 tracks of sonic mayhem. Hawkwind style guitar overload meets ethnic folk music from around the globe as a UFO crashes in the midst of it all. Are We Experimental? (a la Jimi Hendrix) is one of the easiest AMT albums for a new fan to digest. All of the songs clock in under 8 minutes (this, from a band known for 30+ minute jams!) and feature all of the realms of sound AMT utilize regularly as well as new influences and techniques for the old heads. Prog rock meets Sun Ra style freedom mixed in with space noises and absolutely leveling guitar riffs. Plus a whole bunch of submerged weirdness and 'acid folk' that can only come from Acid Mothers Temple. God and Hair, indeed."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Are We Experimental?
Label:	PROPHASE MUSIC
Format:	2LP
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	PM 4885LP

"Limited to 500 ultra-cool multi-colored double vinyl gatefold. The world's premier psychedelic warriors have blasted out an album that distills their weird world into 11 tracks of sonic mayhem. Hawkwind-style guitar overload meets ethnic folk music from around the globe as a UFO crashes in the midst of it all. Are We Experimental? (a la Jimi Hendrix) is one of the easiest AMT albums for a new fan to digest. All of the songs clock in under 8 minutes (this, from a band known for 30+ minute jams!) and feature all of the realms of sound AMT utilize regularly as well as new influences and techniques for the old heads. Prog rock meets Sun Ra style freedom mixed in with space noises and absolutely leveling guitar riffs. Plus a whole bunch of submerged weirdness and 'acid folk' that can only come from Acid Mothers Temple. God and Hair, indeed."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:
Label:	PSF (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	PSF 093CD

"First release for the 'freak-out trip' group led by Makoto Kawabata, long-haired guitar monster of Musica Transonic, Mainliner, Toho Sara etc. notoriety. Kawabata has been around for a long time, but mostly involved with his own projects far from the Tokyo and Osaka limelight, and so far his only releases have been on cassettes sold at gigs. Some of the other members may be familiar too -- Koizumi is ex-Mainliner, Yasuda is ex-Toho Sara, Casino is from Mardi Gras Blue Heaven. Musically this record is going to moisten a few gussets around the globe. Deep-space synth-float signalling, cosmic voices, drugged trickery, and whirlpools of churning percussion topped with Kawabata`s trademark speed psycho guitar, all recorded with at speaker-destroying fuzz level. Track titles like 'Zen Feedbacker', 'Amphetamine A GoGo', 'Satori LSD', and the 20 minute 'Speed Guru' should tell the cognoscenti all they need to know. 'Recorded under the influence of the teachings of the Acid Mothers Temple, and of internalized psychedelic states.'"

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Troubadours From Another Heavenly World
Label:	PSF (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	PSF 123CD

"Third PSF album from the Nagoya-based (but always heavenly-bound) Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., led by Japan's current king of the long-hairs and mystic rock-guitar guru Makoto Kawabata (also of Musica Transonic, Mainliner, Toho Sara). Their previous releases were delirious communal Gong/Hawkwind patchouli collisions, colorful as a Life with the Hippie Jetsons cartoon, but with an acid punch that proved their music was beyond any idea of pastiche or irony. A couple of extensive American and European tours have gained the Acid Mothers an unbeatable cachet on the contempo-trip scene. Kawabata's international reputation has been cemented with solo and group releases on his own ATM label, SIWA, Eclipse, Swordfish, Detector, Elsie & Jack, Last Visible Dog, etc. For their latest flight though, the Acid Mothers have stepped back off the delirium pedal, and bumped up the luminous folk-mysticism faders. To be sure, the space synths, guitar supernovas, and stoned cosmic mumble are still present. It's just that now they're deployed to entirely different effect -- this is no longer the soundtrack to your first highschool acid 'n' beer party, it's more like a solitary roadtrip seeking enlightenment, a hermit's cell halfway up Magic Mountain, the cosmic butterfly gently enfolding its pan-dimensional wings over your bruised psyche. It's a slowly hypnotic, deeply meditational platter of god-honest real-time wonder." -- Alan Cummings

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!)
Label:	RESONANT/STATIC CARAVAN (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STATIC 004CD

2010 repress, originally released in 2002. Double CD reissue of the deleted LP (originally released 2/01), with 3 bonus tracks (approx 44 extra minutes). "Who are Acid Mothers Temple? A freak-out group for the 21st century, founded in 1996 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple soul-collective. Led by Kawabata Makoto (Musica Transonic. Toho Sara, etc.) a 100% genuine cult band that are on a mission to give you massive frontal lobe damage. Imagine spending an acid tinged weekend up a Japanese mountain with only a battered tape player for company. The sounds emanate as and when they wish, it might be a snatch of ear shredding guitar noise, an ambient electronic pulse, traditional folk or the sweet sound of a handmaiden warbling ..whatever you hear it's never boring and you never guess what's coming next. Take two labels: Resonant (Do Make Say Think, Tarentel, Jessica Bailiff, Kepler) and Static Caravan (E-Vax, Isan, Magnetophone, Sonna, Tarentel, Sybarite), a love of Japanese underground music, and what do you get? A brand new 124 minute trip through the coolest weird and wonderful sounds from the AMT mothership."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Never Ending Space Ritual - History of Acid Mothers Temple
Label:	SWORDFISH (UK)
Format:	2DVD
Price:	$38.00
Catalog #:	SFAMT 001DVD

...& The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.. "Disc 1 tracks the band through the first decade from 1998 to 2007, through rare footage featuring guest appearances from members of Guru Guru, Afrirampo, Ruins and others. Disc 2 features a historic performance of La Novia featuring Occitan Queen of Songrosina De Peira, many takes of other AMT classics, and an in-depth interview with Kawabata Makoto. Other AMT offshoots - Acid Mothers Gong, AMTSWR and AMTGuru Guru are also featured." Booklet includes photographs and a band chronology. NTSC Region 0.

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