Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic inferno - Hotter
Than Inferno-Live In Sapporo, 2008
(Vivo Records) Catalog no: 2008038CD
From Aural Innovations May 2009 update
Recorded live on June 29, 2008 at the Counter Action - in Sapporo, Japan.
CD art work done by Tobi Kaori. Pretty much your typical live Acid Mothers Temple
concert performance. This 73 minute disc has two tracks - the noisy tripped
out "Master Of The Cosmic Inferno" (26:30) in which after about twelve
head-spinning minutes, the more space rock-like somewhat-hypnotic "Heart
Of Earth" takes over. Features Pikachu (according to the CD's liner notes)
providing some hot female vocals. Sounds great. Next up is "Pink Lady Lemonade"
(45:50) with bassist Tabata Mitsuru on vocals, then after twenty minutes, we
hear "Doobie Wonder Land" (you have to love that song title) that
employs some whirlwind electronics with Kawabata Makoto's trademark R-I-P-P-I-N-G
guitar work. Then 'Live In Sapporo' comes to a close, they play a "Pink
Lady Lemonade" reprise. Well done. I've seen AMT play live - twice now
and I wanted to mention their usual gigs consist of three actual songs, lasting
about fifteen minutes each, then (depending on how much time they have until
curfew) the second an maybe third song leads right into another tune out of
their (seemingly) endless repertoire. As 'Live In Sapporo' may not be for the
Acid Mothers novice, it's every bit as out-standing as the Acid Mothers Gong
- 'Live In Nagoya' - also on the Vivo label. Get it now, before it becomes out-of-print.
Check out the band web site at: http://www.acidmotherstemple.com
Check out the band record label site at: http://www.vivo.pl
Reviewed by Mike Reed