Comments on: Taking Acid - First Dose

By: Jeremy B.

Jeremy B. — Thu, 12 May 2005 18:01:51 +0000

I was a little disappointed by their version of “In C,” if only because they deviate pretty quickly from Terry Riley’s rules for performance of the piece; instead using it as just the launching pad for yet another space-rock jam. Granted, AMT brings the space-rock better than just about anybody else, but I was really hoping for a more faithful adherence to Riley’s modules.

My favorite record from Kawabata is his collaboration with Richard Youngs, a truly odd (and very beautiful) hybrid music…

By: dark

dark — Wed, 11 May 2005 20:02:51 +0000

yeah, su, Absolutely Freak Out is top-notch. “Incipient Light of the Echoes” is probably my personal fave, outside of the In C record. They’re pretty monumental live, too. I believe they’re coming back stateside sometime this summer.

By: j

Tue, 10 May 2005 22:10:24 +0000

i recommend the album “the new geocentric world of the acid mothers temple” it has a good mix of their various styles of music, so i’ll have at least one track that people can get in to right away. also recommended is “wild girls a-go-go” which is tripped out to the extreme.

the new album, officially by “acid mothers temple SWR” is a marvelous spontaneous jam-session/freak-out with the guitar bass and drums. it has the advantage of being clear and well produced.

there are several acid mothers temple live shows on archive.org which are very recommended. Check particularly the live la novia.

By: Loki

Loki — Tue, 10 May 2005 20:18:40 +0000

always loved the Hello Good Child track…for me, the Acid Mothers are always best when they slow things down or go acoustic…the heavier stuff is better live but on record it turns to sludge…

By: su

su — Tue, 10 May 2005 18:51:27 +0000

AMT is second only to the Boredoms (btw, whose new export re-pressings on vice-recordings.com are to die for!). i’ve loved AMT for the longest time, and briefly met mr. Kawabata once.

i tend to prefer the heavier/prog side of AMT, as well as their long Occitan pieces. unfortunately, i am not so into the drone pieces although a lot of people seem to love that stuff. definitely, the catalog is daunting and you can never tell what you’re getting into from the cover alone. for beginners, i would recommend my faves:

* Pataphisical Freak Out MU!! (their “breakthru” release, has overdriven garage rock plus a few softer, groovier garage numbers)

* La Nòvia (basically two long Occitan pieces, if i remember correctly. totally prog! one catchy riff to infinity!)

* Absolutely Freak Out “Zap Your mind!” (naked women on the cover seals the deal, don’t it? this one has lots of sweet psychedelic sound experiments.)

* Electric Heavyland (what the title says! there are excerpts here: http://www.alien8recordings.com/aliencd34.php3)

* In C (their most critically acclaimed drone album)

ooh, also, it would’ve been a darned shame that Cotton left the band except that her solo album “We Love Cotton” is amazing! melodic synth/vocal work that’s eerie and freakysexy!

shit, i should’ve just posted this on my own blog, huh? ha ha, i’m so out of it. i’m out.

By: J

Tue, 10 May 2005 12:03:23 +0000

This piece is very close to some Holy Modal Rounders &/or late Stampfel & Weber work. I know from your earlier High Rise post that these records were in Japan; more influentiual there than in US, I guess.
I enjoy your work here; a very high percentage of enjoyable music. Thanks.