Acid Mothers Sunday Vol 30: Kawabata Makoto - Jisetsu (AMCD-019)

It is a slow, sconed day today at the compound and this ulta minimal Kawabata Makoto release from 10 years ago is really hitting the spot, so why not celebrate Acid Mothers Sunday Halloween a day early? It certainly is a dark one.

Jisetsu is solo Kawabata playing suruthibox, "an Indian drone machine" according to the AMT website. A single, 40+ minute drone, this one is as barely there as it gets, but still a rewarding listen when in the right vibe/mood/imbalance. A low throb that goes back and forth with pulses and delay and variating highs and lows. Not sure if the Drone-on readers poll was still around in 2000, but this one shoulda placed high for sure.

According to the same data sheet "is this what's left once you rip all musical form away from Toho Sara!?" and that seems as good a place to start/end with this one. Released on CDr in an numbered edition of 100 on AMT's label with the catalog number AMTCD-019 as part of the Acid Mothers Temple Gold Disc Series. Mellow Out!

Kawabata Makoto - Jisetsu (AMTCD-019)

Acid Mothers Sunday Vol 10: Toho Sara

Toho Sara featured Nanjo from High Rise and Kawabata from Acid Mothers Temple (and both of them were in Mainliner). They mostly played acoustic and ethnic instruments to create a mighty drone. Toho Sara had a few CDs out on PSF and Fractile in the mid 90s. Anyway, this release comes to us from Nanjo's La Musica label. A cassette release with the catalog number LA-023. This one is a scraping, droning, wheezing session cut up into 4 songs. Here is the description from the La Musica Catalog:

023. TOHO SARA / Kami no miya
A departure from the norm with members of Group Musica guesting with the Toho Sara regulars. The collaboration between Group Musica, who aim for a mysterious fuion of contemporary classical and improvised music, and Toho Sara is totally unforced and natural, resulting in a new microcosm of sound. The unique melodies of ethnic and Western instruments blend in avant-garde fashion, forming new waves and musical imaes.

So there you go... enjoy!

Toho Sara - Kami No Miya (LA-023)