Acid Mothers Temple May 2 2012 Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia (photos)

This show was recorded, so I am sure it will show up on the Archive soon!

Always amazing! Catch Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

on the rest of their 2012 North American Tour here: 

 May. 05 Chapel Hill NC @ Local 506 http://www.local506.com/ 

May. 06 West Columbia SC @ New Brookland Tavern http://newbrooklandtavern.com/ 

May. 07 Atlanta GA @ Drunken Unicorn http://thedrunkenunicorn.com/ 

May. 08 Birmingham AL @ Bottletree http://www.thebottletree.com/ 

May. 09 New Orleans LA @ One Eyed Jacks http://www.oneeyedjacks.net/ 

May. 10 Houston TX @ Fitzgerald's http://fitzlivemusic.com/ 

May. 11 San Antonio TX @ The Korova http://www.facebook.com/thekorova 

May. 12 Austin TX @ The Mohawk http://mohawkaustin.com/

Asahito Nanjo - M (LA-045)

Another recently digitized cassette, this one is a solo album from the La Musica man, the High Rise heavy, the Mainliner main man, Asahito Nanjo! This one is labeled as LA-045 and here is the description from the La Musica catalog:

045. ASAHITO NANJO / M A compilation of secret projects recorded over a period of twenty years. Deeply personal music that achieves a strange balance between beat folk baladry and off-key mumbling. Suggestive self-celebratory music conceived as a confirmation of existence.

That said, the sleeve seems to indicate that this was recorded live in one sitting, but the pieces were written in the 80s. "Recorded live in 89" and the players are:

Nanjo Asahito - Guitar, vocals
Matsucka Takashi - Piano, electronics

Some very beautiful and quiet Nanjo stuff, not the overload of Mainliner, etc. A total confirmation of existance!



Asahito Nanjo - M (LA-045) FLAC
                       - MP3

Note: All of the music is on both, but track 3 was a burn error and is not included.

Harry Pussy April 24 1997 Balcony, Philadelphia PA

Finally got around to digitizing some cassettes and this one, 25 minutes of live Harry Pussy, while pretty grimey it is better than I recall it sounding at the time. I don't remember much of this show, I know the Hale Bopp Noise Ensemble opened up and I think the No Neck Blues Band played, too, but not positive on that. I am not sure if I recorded this inside of a messenger bag or if the sound guy (Art maybe?) let me set up Eric or Art's handheld deal by the soundboard. Regardless, it was recorded at the Balcony in Philly.

 Anyways, I was and still am a huge mark for Harry Pussy and they were so over the top awesome to see. 

Thanks to Acid Punks for giving the audio a bit of a cleansing, too! Divided into two parts, first of which is 4 minutes or so, second is 20 minutes.

FLAC format: Harry Pussy April 24 1997 Balcony, Philadelphia PA

Acid Mothers Sunday Vol 39: Kawabata Makoto and Kengo Iuchi Live April 4 1999 Nagoya Tokuzo

Dug out some CDrs from old trades while doing some spring cleaning and discovered this 30 minute duo performance from Acid Mothers Temple main man Kawabata Makoto and Japanese "noise folk" artist Kengo Iuchi from 1999. Noisy and thick and sometimes bleak.

Not sure where I got this or the lineage, but this one is in FLAC format. Enjoy!

Kawabata Makoto & Kengo Iuchi Live April 4 1999 Nagoya

Left Hand Monkey Wrench: A Burnt Psych Tribute to the Grateful Dead (Prophase Music)

Prophase Music is stoked to announce the release of the long rumored, eagerly awaited Left Hand Monkey Wrench: A Burnt Psych Tribute to the Grateful Dead.

Five plus years in the making, this 3LP and 2CD collect some of the world’s best underground psychedelic artists paying respect to the original acid band. From well known names to downright obscurities, each song resonates with the sort of individualised psychedelia the Dead brought to their own cover songs.

Pressed on red, white and blue vinyl with artwork from Birds of Maya’s Jason Killinger and curated by Nice Pooper Fanzine, Left Hand Monkey Wrench is uh, tripped out! Coming in 2012!

Philly/NYC instrumental trio the Notekillers turn in a blazing guitar heavy take on one of the Dead’s early originals with “Cream Puff War.”

Georgia by way of Philly mod rockers Photon Band twist “He’s Gone” into a bouncy sunny psych jam

Genre defying Aleister X walks out of the club and down “Shakedown Street.”

Iowa’s Mondo Drag visit the vaults for a watery perfect take on “Rosemary”

The lush Lehigh Valley organic sound of We Have Heaven swells and envelopes “China Cat Sunflower”

Chicago psych punks Plastic Crimewave Sound meet up with the ultimate paint peeling improv guitar hippie, Djin Aquarian of the Father Yod "thing" for “Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)”

Mellow down with the tri state area easiness of Twin Atlas as they make “The Wheel” all blurry.

Raunch the hell out with Philadelphia’s Birds of Maya on their ultra jam of the ultra Bobby “The Music Never Stopped”

Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain/Comets on Fire) crafts a slowed down epic out of “Til the Morning Comes”

Washington DC/Saturn’s Dark Sea Dream bleed “Fire on the Mountain” to the very essence of the riff and things turn utterly beautiful.

Japan’s psych heroes Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno make the sun come up in the West with a long, gorgeous take on “Eyes of the World”

Like a Fox hail from Philadelphia and turn “Cosmic Charlie” into a sound soaked shift changing blast from the noise pop future.

And what Grateful Dead tribute album would be complete with out a drum break? Kohoutek’s Nathan Bowles & Scott Verastro blast out and off with a “Drums” that will keep you twirling.

Croatia’s Seven that Spells rockets off with a precision take on “The Eleven”

Pouring High Water, a mysterious project from Japan turns in a slow motion drone epic with “Franklin’s Tower”

From NYC, La Otracina take “The Other One” into a tripped out metal prog war!

Things finish up with a smiling, life affirming take on “Ripple” from Baltimore’s Mopar Mountain Daredevils

Coming soon... stay tuned...

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. "Last Tour in US & Canada 2012"

Wooo hooo!Acid Mothers Temple Spring 2012 USA and Canada Tour dates... Not sure what the "last tour" part means, but I am super stoked that Tabata is now a full time member of the Melting Paraiso and will be playing guitar on this tour!!


ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. "Last Tour in US & Canada 2012"

Apr. 06 Dallas TX @ The Prophet Bar http://theprophetbar.com/home/
Apr. 07 Kansas City MO @ The Riot Room http://www.theriotroom.com/
Apr. 08 Denver CO @ Larimer Lounge http://www.theriotroom.com/
Apr. 09 Salt Lake City UT @ Urban Lounge http://www.theurbanloungeslc.com/
Apr. 11 Tucson AZ @ Club Congress http://www.hotelcongress.com/club/
Apr. 12 San Diego CA @ Soda Bar http://www.sodabarmusic.com/
Apr. 13 Los Angeles CA @ Echo http://www.attheecho.com/
Apr. 14 San Francisco @ Bottom Of The Hill http://www.bottomofthehill.com/
Apr. 16 Portland OR @ Holocene http://www.holocene.org/
Apr. 17 Seattle WA @ The Tractor Tavern http://www.tractortavern.com/
Apr. 18 Vancouver BC @ The media Club http://www.themediaclub.ca/
Apr. 21 Minneapolis MN @ 7th Street Entry http://first-avenue.com/taxonomy/term/14
Apr. 22 Madison WI @ The Frequency http://madisonfrequency.com/
Apr. 23 Chicago IL @ Empty Bottle http://www.emptybottle.com/home.php
Apr. 24 Cleveland Heights OH @ Grog Shop http://www.grogshop.gs/
Apr. 25 Detroit MI @ Magic Stick http://majesticdetroit.com/magic-stick/
Apr. 26 Toronto ON @ The Garrison http://www.garrisontoronto.com/
Apr. 27 Montreal QC @ Il Motore http://www.ilmotore.ca/
Apr. 28 Allston MA @ Great Scott http://www.greatscottboston.com/
Apr. 30 Brooklyn NY @ Knitting Factory http://bk.knittingfactory.com/
May. 01 New York NY @ Mercury Lounge http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/
May. 02 Philadelphia PA @ Johnny Brenda's http://www.johnnybrendas.com/
May. 03 Baltimore MD @ Ottobar http://theottobar.com/
May. 04 Washington DC @ Red Palace http://redpalacedc.com/
May. 05 Chapel Hill NC @ Local 506 http://www.local506.com/
May. 06 West Columbia SC @ New Brookland Tavern http://newbrooklandtavern.com/
May. 07 Atlanta GA @ Drunken Unicorn http://thedrunkenunicorn.com/
May. 08 Birmingham AL @ Bottletree http://www.thebottletree.com/
May. 09 New Orleans LA @ One Eyed Jacks http://www.oneeyedjacks.net/
May. 10 Houston TX @ Fitzgerald's http://fitzlivemusic.com/
May. 11 San Antonio TX @ The Korova http://www.facebook.com/thekorova
May. 12 Austin TX @ The Mohawk http://mohawkaustin.com/

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. are
Tsuyama Atsushi : bass, voice, cosmic joker
Higashi Hiroshi : synthesizers, dancin'king
Shimura Koji : drums latino cool
Tabata Mitsuru : guitar, guitar synthesizer, maratab
Kawabata Makoto : guitar, speed guru
with
Justin "God" Waters : god

Upcoming Awesomeness: ANTiSEEN, Limecell, Bad Vibes at the M Room Dec 10 2011

Yep, the mighty ANTiSEEN make their way back to Hostile City USA in less than a week! The M Room with Limecell, the Bad Vibes, Scareho and Eat the Turnbuckle.