Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Demons From Nipples. CD. (Vivo - VIVO2005015) 2005 brings us yet another incarnation of the quite frankly hatstand Japanese space-rock collective Acid Mothers Temple, this time with the name suffixed by 'Cosmic Inferno'- 2 long, trancey, guitar-driven trance rock tracks spread over 52 minutes. Like, totally out there, maaaaaaaaaaaaaan. What did you expect, harmony vocal power pop?

Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - IAO Chant From The Cosmic Inferno. CD. (Ace Fu - ACF34) The rulers of Japanoise are back. They freak out improvisationally, entwining psychedelia with prog, hard rock, krautrock, avant-rock in the spirit of diverse greats as Stockhausen, Shaeffer, Amon Duul, Purple etc. Led by speed guru Makoto Kawabata, this is the latest incarnation of the mindfuck collective. The group's full-length IAO release is a fifty-five minute one-track epic tribute to the late Pierre Moerlen of Gong (1952-2005).

Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Anthem Of The Space. CD. (Ektro - EKTRO035) Second of this now-legendary Japanese band's Finnish releases (through Circle's Ektro label) Super kraut-influenced trancelike loops of freakout one-chord throbbing cosmic vibes, as heavy as a ten ton truck but swirling like the densest mushroom mists you ever experienced. Lineup on this release is Tabata Mitsuru (Zeni Geva) Higashi Hiroshi, Shimura Koji, Okano Futoshi, Kawabata Makoto. In case you hadn't cottoned onto this wonderful band already, here's some reference points: Hawkwind, Gong, the Velvets, Can, Faust, Neu, The Residents, King Crimson, Zappa, Beefheart, Sabbath, Magma, Stereolab, Nurse With Wound and anything that generally flucks with one's brain. Perfect Freak Emporium music then.

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