the of mirror eye

* Zoffy: Besame La Mucho (4 mb)
* Gopal with Tsuyama Atsushi: Gandaki Wari G.P. (6.5 mb)
* Tsuyama Atsushi: No More Red Nightmare (3.5 mb)
From AMT Family Compilation : “Do Whatever You Want, Don’t Do Whatever You Don’t Want!!” : Earworm Records : Worm79

[Note: This is the second in a three part series on the phenomenon that is the Acid Mothers Temple “Soul Collective"]

Of the various members of the “Soul Collective”, my favorite has got to be Tsuyama Atsushi. He plays “monster bass” in the Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO but is also an incredible guitarist and singer. He is even an accomplished throat singer. Since an early age, Tsuyama Atsushi has travelled far and wide in search of different folk and indigenous musics, absorbed them and spit them back out in his own style. And on top of that, it seems like he’s got a wicked funny sense of humor.

These tracks are from an incredible 3 cd compilation entitled “Do Whatever You Want, Don’t Do Whatever You Don’t Want!!”. This is probably the best overview of the “Soul Collective” that you can find. Curated and notated by head honcho, Kawabata Makoto, the compilation is a great mix of hard psychedelic and the folk psychedelic that I’m so very fond of, with the first disk being a 60 minute version of Pink Lady Lemonade by the Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO. So, we’ve got:

Zoffy: Zoffy is an acoustic duo deeply infused with B-class humor, consisting of myself and Tsuyama. Sometimes on stage Tsuyama announces that “we play the very very famous song!” and we break into a cover of some rock classic. The rest of the time we improvise in the various trad styles that we both love to death. Whther these improvisations are entirely serious is up to you to decide.

Gopal with Tsuyama Atsushi: This is an amazing historical recording of the Nepalese psychedelic artists Gopal. The recording was made on cassette by Tsuyama at a jam session in Nepal when he was bumming his way around the world.

Tsuyama Atsushi: His activities extend in all directions - fake European trad sessions where he displays his acoustic guitar chops under made-up nonsense languages….He has a greater love for the good old rock of the sixties and seventies than anyone I have ever met, and his obsessive knowlege of European traditional music is legendary in Japan. He bummed his way around the world from the mid seventies to the mid eighties, mastering throat singing and a multitude of instruments. He also holds a forest ranger qualification, and during the summer months he sets music aside to go and live in his own lodge perched on top of a 3000m mountain.

(from the liner notes)

So there you have it. The second installment into the various activities of the “Soul Collective”.

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If you haven’t read the comments from the first post in this series, you should. Some readers have contributed some great suggestions concerning other albums to check out.