Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
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After performing with bands such 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 "extreme trip music" by editing and dubbing previous recordings, being influenced by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krautrock and '70s progressive hard rock. Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (Underground Freak Out) was founded in 1996 and is just one part of Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective's activities. This "soul collective" is 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's original intent was not to create an ongoing touring and recording band, but to give unknown musicians a chance to record and release albums that would reach a wider audience. Indeed, the group's self-titled debut album was essentially a Kawabata solo project. He performed jam sessions 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. Buoyed by a well-deserved reputation as a superb live band, the group continued to tour and record. Until today they've released around 50 "official" albums, always expanding their range of influences. These official releases contain only part of the story, however. Both Makoto and AMT also released countless singles and compilation tracks available in very limited editions, have reissued catalog albums on different labels than the original releases appeared upon, and have cut live recordings for sale only at shows, making finding their complete set of recordings virtually impossible.