Not Temple, but Afrirampo! Oni : voice, electric guitar, degital guitar, soprano recorder, drums, Pika : voice, drums, percussion, toys, balloon, Tsuyama Atsushi : voice, bass, drums, degital guitar, acoustic guitar, soprano recorder, kantele, Higashi...

"Acid Mothers Guru Guru features Mani Neumeier from the legendary and influential German Krautrock group Guru Guru as well as Kawabata Makoto and Atsushi Tsuyama from Japan's holy Acid Mothers Temple. The result is a fiery fantasy filled, loud/soft...

Gotta LOVE that title! "While this album is certainly a tribute record it doesn't consist of straight-up Sabbath worship in the simple sense of covers. The band sounds as if they are simultaneously paying respect to other Sabbath-influenced projects su...

"The "Cosmic Inferno" manifestation of Acid Mothers Temple was initially formed in 2005, in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the planetary sonic event that is Acid Mothers Temple. As leader Kawabata Makoto explains: "Though we shall henceforth be..

"Complete version of the 2005 gig played by Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno in Zagreb. The gig was filmed with three cameras by the genius Croatian film artist Niko Potocnjak, who also edited the double DVD History of Acid Mothers Temple...

"The second Acid Mothers lbum released by Riot Season, following the relatively laidback Minstrel In The Galaxy in 2004. Musically sitting somewhere between their 1997 self titled debut album (PSF) and the classic 'out-there' double album Absolutely...

"Brand new full length album from the Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO featuring their recent addition, female vocalist Kitagawa Hao. Recorded over a period of four months at The Acid Mothers Temple this is a very clean sounding...

"Acid Mother's Temple's Glorify Astrological Martyrdom is sure to appeal to the myriad AMT fans who have made Crystal Rainbow Pyramid a new fan favorite. Professionally recorded mega riffage for a super defined clean sound. Kawabata and company deliver...

Complete document of the last gig that AMT played in Tokyo in February 1999. The gig was also Tsuyama's first with us after officially joining the group, and it took place about a month before the release of 2nd album Pataphisical Freak Out MU!!. For t...

"Acid Mothers Temple and Important Records have decided to release the complete Magical Power From Mars in its entirety with the addition of the fourth and final track 'Aladdin Kane.' Magical Power From Mars comes housed with completely new front and...

This is released in an edition of 1,000 copies. "Limited edition 2006 US Tour CD featuring recordings from 2004. 'Dark Stars in the Dazzling Sky' (aka Dark Star Blues) was recorded at Spaceland on June 6, 2004 -- a great show. And the other track is...

Nice to see worthy NYC-based improvising band Escapade make it into the 'big-time' with this split release with renowned stoners Acid Mothers Temple. "Architecture is frozen music' is one of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer's best-known quote...

"The first AMT&TCI studio recordings since the addition of Pikachu, drummer and vocalist with Osaka grenade-girl duo Afrirampo. The popular AMT standard "Pink Lady Lemonade" showcases a 21st century acid rock update on the 60s San Francisco...

Charming Japanese hype-sheet follows. Basically, this is a recent live CD release available only from Japan in excellent sound (unlike their previous live albums) and featuring a unique personnel for this performance. "Live recording made in Japan from...

"Acid Mothers Temple SWR, the ultimate power trio of Yoshida Tatsuya from Ruins, and Tsuyama Atsushi and Kawabata Makoto from AMT, present their shocking second album! The album references psychedelic and progressive rock, jazz and contemporary...

Another exciting unit out of the infamous Osaka underground rock scene. Close friends with the Boredoms and Acid Mothers Temple, Afrirampo is a bizarre duo of two twenty year old girls who sing and play guitar and drums like no one else. Scantily clad ...

One of the earlier of the second generation of Japanese progressive/symphonic bands, originally forming in the late 1970's, this was their fifth album and was originally released in 1991, and is available for the first time in many years, courtesy of P...

Akaten is the inadvertently formed band of Yoshida Tatsuya, from Ruins, and Tsuyama Atsushi, from Omoide-Hatoba. The fifth album of Akaten provides much better sound quality by introducing hard disk recording. It's everyday life-based experimental acou...

This release is by a Japanese duo that Alain of Soleil Zeuhl discovered. Yoshiyuki plays keyboards/synths/programming and Yoshihiro Yamaji plays guitar and bass. All of the drums are programmed, but they do a very good job of it, and this excellent deb...

"The Echo From The Purple Dawn is a brand new full length from C.C.C.C. member Hiroshi Hasegawa's solo project Astro. Using a battery of oscillators, ring modulators and field recordings Hasegawa has created an engaging and versitile album that...

The second album, originally released by King Records in 1990, by this Japanese progressive group who bear a number of comparisons to Mike Oldfield. Instruments used included synths, computer programming, electric and acoustic guitar, bass, drums and ...

''Ayuo (whose name translates as Fish-Light) is one of the most enigmatic figures in Japan, as unique a figure as Moondog, Sun Ra or Haino Keiji, with whom he occasionally collaborates. Ayuo's music is a delicate balance of world music traditions, new ...

1998 album by this very King Crimson-influenced quartet (guitar/vocals, keyboards, bass and drums).

"Attention! Fans of King Crimson in their "Red" period, these Japanese heir is even more powerful, thanks to this virtuosity, his emotional...

Bondage Fruit, led by guitarist Kido Natsuki, who also plays in Korekyojinn, were part of the Japanese Zeuhl...

Like Soft Machine, the band doomed to have a number after their name for each album! Bondage Fruit, led by guitarist Kido Natsuki, who also plays in Bondage Fruit, led by guitarist Kido Natsuki...