(November 2019) Episode 238 of the “opus project” is ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE and its various emanations.* In all my project, there is no greater gap between the love I have for a group and the revulsion that others have of it. I adore Beautiful Noise, and they are masters — feedback, distortion, psychedelic, freakouts, weirdness. AMT is a Japan-based collective of musicians with Makoto Kawabata at its center, producing prolifically (80 studio + 48 live albums). They humorously honor their inspirations (Zappa, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Terry Riley, etc.) with clever word-play album and song titles.** A-E-D-A-G-D
Favorite album: Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars
Favorite song: The Tales of Solar Sail ~ Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky
Best psychedelic: Crystal Rainbow Pyramid
Best acid rock: Cosmic Soul Death Disco
Best space rock: Pink Lady Lemonade
Best ambient: The Holly Mountain in the Counter Clock World
Best drone: In D
Compared to expectations: ↑
* Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno
Acid Maso Temple
Acid Mothers Afrirampo
Acid Mothers Gong
Acid Mothers Guru Guru
Acid Mothers Guru Guru Gong
Acid Mothers Kaidan
Acid Mothers Temple & Space Paranoid
Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues
Acid Mothers Temple SWR
Tsurubami
Yamamoto Seiichi & Acid Mothers Temple
** Top 20 punny AMT album/song titles
- Son of a Bitches Brew
- Starless and Bible Black Sabbath
- 41st Century Splendid Man
- Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!)
- The Ripper at the Heaven’s Gates of Dark
- Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs?
- Minstrel in the Galaxy
- Pataphysical Freak Out MU!!
- Ziggy Sitar Dust Raga
- Are We Experimental?
- Doobie Wonderland
- Babe, I’m Gonna Reave You
- Hardcore Uncle Meat
- Electric Heavyland
- In Search of the Lost Divine Arc
- Shine on You Crazy Dynamite
- Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno
- Maggot Head Cheese
- Born Free Stone Free
- Close Encounters of the Mutants
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