Tsurubami's vaguely amorphous existence -- unsurprising given how members Emi Nobuko, Higashi Hiroshi, and Kawabata Makoto are known for many other efforts, the latter two for Acid Mothers Temple in particular -- seems to suit the flowing, soaring, psychedelic zone of this album well. Consisting of two lengthy improvisations, Gekkyukekkaichi was a bit of companion to the similarly recorded and released Tsukuyomi Ni from earlier that year, and both show that for the musicians it's...   [ read more ]

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Tsurubami may very well be the most blissfully unrestrained blast of hallucinatory fire to ever spiral forth from the Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective. Certainly the inspiration behind Tsurubami ranks it among the most philosophical and deeply spiritual. Gekkyukekkaichi is the latest clarion call for Tusrubami, a densely churning, deeply immersing whirlpool of sound, spun from a total state of ecstatic improvisation.

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'Mellow Out' was the pinnacle of achievement for guitar driven brain crushing madness from the Japanese trio consisting of Asahito Nanjo (High Rise), Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple) and Hajime Koizumi. Originally released on CD back in 1996 on the Charnel label, the pressing quickly disappeared and has been unavailable ever since making it one of the most sort after masterpiece's of the Japanese underground.

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