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LP Tracklisting :
A. Cosmic Introduction / St. Bel Canta /
Minstrel In The Galaxy Part One (17:11)
B. Minstrel In The Galaxy Part Two (19:53)
Way back in 2004, ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE
& THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. released the CD only album 'Minstrel
In The Galaxy' on Riot Season Records. The decision to make it CD only
at the time was down to the epic title track being almost 42 minutes
in length. Fast forward fifteen years and new technologies and we have
the first ever vinyl release of this classic album, with a new edited
especially for vinyl mix by main man Makoto Kawabata.
What we said back then ...
‘Minstrel In The Galaxy’ is the sound
of the newly slimmed down four-piece AMT recorded in their smoke
filled basement Studio in Nagoya during summer 2004. The sounds
captured on these three tracks are the first post-Cotton Casino AMT
workouts. The diminutive beer and cigarettes goddess has upped sticks
and moved to the USA to start a new life and plan her solo career.
We’ll miss her that’s for sure but we can’t worry about that
now, AMT have another ten albums to lay down before New Year.
The AMT line up for this album features
the core trio of Makoto Kawabata (Guitar), Atsushi Tsuyama (Monster
Bass), Hiroshi Higashi (Guitar & effects) and new permanent
drummer (and ex-Mainliner man) Hajime Koie (Drums). The free jazz
style drumming from Hajime has helped give AMT their sense of
improvisation back, most of their work is improvised and recorded live
to tape which gives that great loose feel they have that takes them
off on tangents and makes each new record that little bit different
from the last. And with this new studio album I think we can safely
say it’s something of a new direction.
They’re joined on this album by Japanese
underground queens AFRIRAMPO, who’ve just finished a tour with Sonic
Youth and look set for big things themselves in the near future.
Musically this album is a slight departure for AMT, anyone buying it
expecting a head-melting riff heavy record are going to be
disappointed.
To these ears ‘Minstrel In The Galaxy’
sounds darker and more stripped down that any previous AMT release.
The title track alone lasts a staggering 41 minutes, over the course
of which the band take our heads in a few gentle directions before
letting rip towards it’s crushing finale. For me it’s the gentle
openings that make me tick, I love the way it rolls for what seems
like ever just going round and round in your head. You almost expect
it to explode way before it does and that my friends is the art of
foreplay AMT style!
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