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

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:	41st Century Splendid Man Returns
Label:	ESSENCE MUSIC (BRAZIL)
Format:	CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	ESS 010CD

"We are proud to say welcome to the Japanese psychedelic retro freak ensemble on our roster -- with two releases (see also Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno) -- and finally make available on CD one of the most captivatingly beautiful recordings from The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. line-up! Motorik Krautrock rhythms work side-by-side with interstellar signals, ghostly female voices and analog synths. Bursts of damaged psych brilliance and free guitars open and seal the album, healing the aural wounds for/from the mammoth droney, mysterious and transcendental ambient experience of the title track, built with the aid of a non-traditional array of instruments, like sarangi, sitar, zurna and Tibetan trumpet. Definitely not of this world. This is one of the many incarnations of the band, a combo also featuring, at the time of the recordings, the beautiful vocals of Cotton Casino and the appearance of Tatsuya Yoshida from Ruins as one of the special guests. As always, monster guitarist and mastermind Kawabata Makoto leads the troupe to ensure a safer trip. Originally released as an extremely limited 12" picture vinyl on Tumult Records, this extended CD edition features two extra tracks, new artwork -- including a stunning psychedelic painting by Jason Killinger -- and comes in our deluxe, custom old school miniature LP gatefold packaging!"

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Univers Zen Ou De Z�ro � Z�ro
Label:	FRACTAL (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	FRAC 020CD

"With 6 years of existence and already a rich discography, Acid Mothers Temple presents today their new studio album, and which is in fact the 6th of the band (after the three first on PSF, New geocentric world of AMT and Absolutely Freak-out -- all others are considered by Makoto Kawabata himself, as AMT's special concept releases). Univers Zen ou de Z�ro � Z�ro is a full recording, with the 'whole world' of AMT...from spirit to love, freak-out psychedelia, cosmic folk, blues, humour... a great introduction for all new listeners, and maybe, for all fans, another magic mushroom treasure! Indeed, musically, it is probably one of their best achievements, including the demented opening track 'Electric Love Machine' (or how we see 40 years of acid rock!). But impossible to avoid the two magnum opus (of more than 20 min. each) forming the cornerstone of the album, and also the first studio version of the emblematic 'God bless AMT' and more... plenty of freaky guitars, space electronics, monster bass etc.. and super revolution in Cotton super Casino's vocals: in almost all tracks, she sings ala Mady Gula Blue Heaven style, delicate, beauty, dreams. Special guest in this album, the great guitarist Hiroshi Narazaki (ex Les Rallizes D�nud�s, Zuno Keisatsu, Port Cuss). Archangels thunderbird brings the New Rock from the cosmos..."

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:
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:	Minstrel In the Galaxy
Label:	RIOT SEASON (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	REPOSE 007CD

"Minstrel In The Galaxy is the first Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO studio recording since the departure of vocalist/synth goddess Cotton Casino earlier this year. To replace Cotton's space whispers, AMT have recruited Japanese duo Afrirampo (who recently toured Europe with Sonic Youth) to contribute vocals to this album and they fill the void with ease. Musically you can forget the mind-melting guitar psychouts of previous AMT albums, this is the sound of a much darker AMT in comedown mode. Drones, acoustic guitars, misplaced voices and a beautiful 41 minute centre-piece title track all combine to make this their finest experimental studio work since the acclaimed Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!) double album. There's still enough of the original AMT sound going on here to keep the hardcore fans happy but also enough twists to bring in a whole new audience too."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Myth of the Love Electrique
Label:	RIOT SEASON (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	REPOSE 012CD

"Myth Of The Love Electrique is the second Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. album released by Riot Season, following the relatively laid back Minstrel In The Galaxy in 2004. Musically sitting somewhere between their 1997 self-titled debut album and the classic 'out-there' double album Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!!), Myth Of The Love Electrique explores the many shades of the AMT sound, managing to be both wild and beautiful at the same time. From the 'in the red' guitar driven album opener 'The Man From Giacobinid Meteor Comet,' to some quieter acoustic passages during 'Five Dimensional Nightmare,' to the total meltdown felt halfway through the 20 minute 'Love Electrique,' Myth Of The Love Electrique fully explores the whole AMT sound for the first time in years. Live favourite 'Pink Lady Lemonade (May I Drink You Once Again?)', a staple of any AMT live show, is included here on an AMT album for the first time in its normal length, complete with added space whispers from new AMT girl Kitagawa Hao, who fills the now departed Cotton Casino's tiny shoes elegantly."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	Acid Motherly Love
Label:	RIOT SEASON (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	REPOSE 016CD

"The second Acid Mothers lbum released by Riot Season, following the relatively laidback Minstrel In The Galaxy in 2004. Musically sitting somewhere between their 1997 self titled debut album (PSF) and the classic 'out-there' double album Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!!) (Staticresonance), Myth Of The Love Electrique explores the many shades of the AMT sound, managing to be both wild and beautiful at the same time. From the 'in the red' guitar driven album opener 'The Man From Giacobinid Meteor Comet', to some quieter acoustic passages during 'Five Dimensional Nightmare', to the total meltdown felt halfway through the 20 minute 'Love Electrique'. Myth Of The Love Electrique fully explores the whole AMT sound for the first time in years. Live favourite 'Pink Lady Lemonade (May I Drink You Once Again?)', a staple of any AMT live show, is included here on an AMT album for the first time in its normal length, complete with added space whispers from new AMT girl Kitagawa Hao, who fills the now departed Cotton Casino's tiny shoes elegantly."

Artist:	ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O.
Title:	New Geocentric World Of Acid Mothers Temple
Label:	SQUEALER
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SQLR 034CD

"The Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. hail from Nagoya in the central region of Japan, but they may as well be from the moon. A self-described 'freak-out group for the 21st century', the band was founded in 1996 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple soul-collective, led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto (from Musica Transonic and Toho Sara). New Geocentric World continues the development shown on their previous albums for the pioneering Japanese label P.S.F., with intense music veering between blitzkrieg maelstroms of electricity and gently lilting garden psychedelia. This is their fourth official album, following three full length releases on P.S.F. The band has also been active on other fronts, with the recent double LP Live in Occident a documentary of their 1999 world tour, and the La Novia LP a foray into Japanese folk. '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.'" --Alan Cummings

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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