A legendary meeting of the minds that got its long overdue release 2023. If you haven’t heard that this collaboration has been cooking, here’s the story. Simeon Coxe and Makoto Kawabata recorded this back in 2009, after Simeon reached out and invited the collaboration. They laid […]
Inui 1 is the first solo album by Makoto Kawabata (of Acid Mothers Temple fame.) It set the precedent for a solo discog of long form ambient, introspective works and the 4 volumes of Inui remain some of his finest records to this day. A huge […]
Two enigmatic musicians from two sides of the Pacific come together for an amazing tape on Perpetual Doom. The songs are (mostly) courtesy Portland outsider/insider musician Lee Bagget, also known as that mean guitar that’s the secret to folk project Little Wings. There’s a few by/featuring […]
A bootleg in spirit, this live improvisation between Japanese jam legends Kikagaku Moyo and the USAs Ryley Walker (& band) will take you on a trip. Drag City’s own Cooper Craine (Bitching Baja’s, Cave) leveraged his extensive experience in the field to cut and polish a […]
Fifth album by this japanese folk artist, approaching the experimental sound of the first couple of records without being too unapproachable, perfect mix of “out there” soundscapes and generally vibey moments, with a pleasing nocturnal vibe.
5/10/23 – The Rochester date of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO’s Meta Reboot Spring Tour 2023, played at the Bug Jar in Rochester, NY. Recorded with a Zoom H2N whilst tripping on 10 tabs of acid. I was front and center, the recording […]
The solo debut by Ghost (Japan) bandleader Masaki Batoh is a great record and I was very happy to find one in the used bins. It opens with excellent covers of Can and Cream before moving through the sparse folk and droning ambient that would become […]
Drinking The Lemonade is an ongoing exploration of Acid Mothers Temples most iconic song- Pink Lady Lemonade. This is post #1 in the series, Levitation Sessions (2021) From it’s birth in the 1996/7 demos to the present day, it’s been performed and recorded countless times. There’s […]
An immensely talented improvisational keyboardist and drummer, I first came across Takedas work through seeing footage of her playing with Keiji Haino, Yoshida Tatsuya, and Richard Pinhas. She has several full improv sessions with Tatsuya available on his bandcamp, and a host of playing credits including […]
A high energy set from the more or less current lineup, recorded live at the 17th Acid Mothers Temple Festival in 2018. CD and digital versions have 4 tracks, the popular vinyl release (also widely shared digitally) has only the 2 longest- Blue Velvet Blues, and […]