Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. Biography

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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.


Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (and subsequent offshoots) is a Japanese psychedelic band founded in 1995 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple soul-collective. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with 4 core members and frequent vocal guests.

The band have a reputation for phenomenal live shows[1] and releasing frequent albums on a number of international record labels, as well as the Acid Mothers Temple family record label which was established in 1998 to document the activities of the whole collective.

In 2004 long-time vocalist and synthesizer player Cotton Casino left the group to concentrate on her own group and imminent motherhood.

In 2005 a new group Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno formed, starting their first European tour in June.

There seems to be a bit of confusion in regard to the name of the bands. Kawabata Makoto explains,
"Though we shall henceforth be Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno, the new group will also be known in short as Acid Mothers Temple and this will no doubt sow confusion in the minds of many. But the true manifestations of Acid Mothers Temple are many?Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno, Acid Mothers Temple SWR. The future may see yet other groups bearing similar names. But each and all of them will be true manifestations of Acid Mothers Temple."


Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.'s last release before a year long hiatus in 2005 was the live bootleg Goodbye John Peel: Live in London 2004. In 2006 they returned with the album Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky? as well as a tour of the US. They toured the UK in October/November 2006 and their subsequent US tour featured their newest member, vocalist Kitagawa Hao, who decided to leave the band after the tour.

Current Activities and Side Projects

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. are back again in 2007 with a tour of America beginning April 13. As of this year the band is:
  • Tsuyama Atsushi ? bass guitar, vocals
  • Higashi Hiroshi ? synthesizer, guitar, vocals
  • Shimura Koji ? drums
  • Kawabata Makoto ? guitar, vocals


Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno are not currently touring. Members include:
  • Kawabata Makoto ? guitar
  • Higashi Hiroshi ? synthesizer, guitar
  • Tabata Mitsuru ? bass guitar, vocals (Zeni Geva, Leningrad Blues Machine, ex-Boredoms)
  • Shimura Koji ? drums (Miminokoto, ex-High Rise, ex-Mainliner, ex-White Heaven)
  • Okano Futoshi ? drums (ex-Ghost, ex-Subvert Blaze)


Acid Mothers Afrirampo is a collaboration between the Acid Mothers Temple and Afrirampo. Members include:
  • Oni ? vocals, electric guitar, digital guitar, soprano recorder, drums
  • Pika ? vocals, drums, percussion, toys, balloon
  • Tsuyama Atsushi ? vocals, bass guitar, drums, digital guitar, acoustic guitar, soprano recorder, kantele
  • Higashi Hiroshi ? electronics
  • Kawabata Makoto ? electric guitar, violin, hurdygurdy, glockenspiel, percussion, electronics, voice


Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues is a new Acid Mothers Temple band featuring ex-Melting Paraiso member Magic Aum Gigi.
  • Magic Aum Gigi ? electric guitar
  • Tsuchy ? electric guitar
  • Mai Mai ? drums


Acid Mothers Temple SWR is a permanent group. This is the same lineup as for Seikazoku, but Acid Mothers Temple SWR are an entirely different group.
  • Yoshida Tatsuya
  • Tsuyama Atsushi
  • Kawabata Makoto


Acid Guru's Temple is a group consisting of Kawabata Makoto and Tsuyama Atsushi from AMT & The Melting Paraiso UFO as well as Mani Neumeier from Guru Guru. Following the first gig the band changed their name to Acid Mothers Guru Guru, as advised by Neumeier.

Acid Mothers Gong is a band combining the lineup of the classic '70s psychedelic band Gong with members of Acid Mothers Temple.
  • Daevid Allen ? vocals, guitar
  • Gilli Smyth ? vocals
  • Josh Pollock ? guitar, megaphone
  • Yoshida Tatsuya ? drums, vocals
  • Tsuyami Atsushi ? bass guitar, vocals
  • Higashi Hiroshi ? synthesizer
  • Kawabata Makoto ? guitar


Acid Mothers Temple and The Incredible Strange Band (a parody/reference to The Incredible String Band) is a brand new band that very little is known about at this time. According to the Acid Mothers Temple official website the band is currently recording.
  • Tsuyama Atsushi ? guitar, vocal
  • Tsuyama Akiko ? vocal
  • Suhara Keizo ? bass
  • Aiko ? drums
  • Kawabata Makoto ? electric sitar, violin, hurdy-gurdy


Discography

Listed alphabetically by band/unit

Acid Mothers Afrirampo

  • We Are Acid Mothers Afrirampo! (2005)


Acid Mothers Gong

  • Acid Motherhood (2004)
  • Live in Nagoya (2006)
  • Acid Mothers Gong Live Tokyo (2006)
  • Acid Mothers Gong Live at the Melkweg Amsterdam November 2006 as Part of the Gong Unconvention


Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno

  • "Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno European Tour 2005" Cosmic Funeral Route 666 (2005)
  • Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno (2005)
  • Anthem of the Space (2005)
  • Demons from Nipples (2005)
  • IAO CHANT from the Cosmic Inferno (2005)
  • Triger in Triger out (2005)
  • Starless and Bible Black Sabbath (2006)
  • Ominous from the Cosmic Inferno (2006)
  • 2006 Summer Live!! (DVD, 2006)
  • Uncle Hardcore Meat (DVD, 2007)


Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

  • Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1997)
  • Pataphisical Freak Out MU!! (1999)
  • Wild Gals a Go-Go (1999)
  • Live in Occident (2000)
  • Troubadours from Another Heavenly World (2000)
  • La Nňvia (2000)
  • Absolutely Freak Out "Zap Your Mind!" (2001)
  • New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple (2001)
  • Born to Be Wild in the USA 2000 (2002)
  • In C (2002)
  • Do Whatever You Want, Don't Do Whatever You Don't Want!! (2002)
  • Electric Heavyland (2002)
  • Live in Japan (2002)
  • Univers Zen ou de Zéro ŕ Zéro (2002)
  • St. Captain Freak Out & the Magic Bamboo Request (2002)
  • Acid Mothers Temple on Tour in US (2002)
  • Magical Power from Mars (2003)
  • Last Concert in Tokyo (2003)
  • The Day Before the Sky Fell in America Sept 10, 2001 (2003)
  • A Thousand Shades of Grey (2003, split with Escapade)
  • Hypnotic Liquid Machine from the Golden Utopia (2004)
  • Mantra of Love (2004)
  • Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs? (2004)
  • The Penultimate Galactic Bordello Also the World You Made (2004)
  • Minstrel in the Galaxy (2004)
  • Close Encounters Of The Mutants (2004)
  • Live in London 2004 (2005)
  • Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky? (2006)
  • Power House of the Holy (2006)
  • Myth of the Love Electrique (2006)
  • Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars (May 29, 2007)
  • Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (June 2007)
  • Acid Motherly Love (November 2007)


Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues

  • Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder (2006)
  • The Soul of a Mountain Wolf (2007)


Acid Mothers Temple SWR

  • Acid Mothers Temple SWR (2005)
  • Stones, Women, & Records (2007)


Kawabata Makoto & The Mothers of Invasion

  • Hot Rattlesnakes (2002)




Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
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