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Cover photo: Makoto Kawabata Frontman and guitarist of The Acid Mothers Temple.
By: Antonio Pozo
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Text and photography: Antonio Pozo
THE ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE
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Text and photography: Antonio Pozo
What did they play…? Well, listen, they didn't even put a repertoire on stage. Did it matter? Everything indicated that not too much. What these stage animals delivered transcended all, absolutely all. Result: one of the best live shows ever to grace the Valencia rock club, where, fortunately, they did whatever they wanted. CUB was to blame. Responsibilities fall on them, Morgan and company.
“After performing with such bands as Toho Sara, Ohkami No Jikan, Musica Transonic, and Mainliner , Japanese guitarist Makoto Kawabata decided to continue his musical explorations by bringing together like-minded individuals to create trippy psychedelic freak-outs inspired by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krautrock, and '70s progressive hard rock. Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (Underground Freak were founded in 1996 as a "soul collective." It 's not a commune in the full sense since the members don't all live together , but it is based on communal values and has even been mistaken by some people for a religious cult .
Kawabata started the collective because he wanted to give unknown musicians a chance to record and release albums that would reach a wider audience; his original intent was not to create an ongoing touring and recording band. Indeed, the group's self -titled debut album , which was released on
Japan's PSF Records in November 1997, was essentially a Kawabata solo project . He performed jamsessions with several other musicians, then edited and overdubbed the tapes to create something akin to musique concrète. Kawabata must have been pleased with the results, because he assembled a group of musicians to tour overseas as Acid Mothers Temple in 1998.”
ALLMUSIC by Todd Kristel
Text and photography: Antonio Pozo
