kawabata makoto

Kawabata Makoto is the ringleader behind one of the most prolific purveyors of interdimensional face melting psychedelia, Acid Mothers Temple. They've been putting out records under different cosmic incarnations for about 12 years now and have well more than 70 releases under their collective hippie belts.

Makoto's been busy lately, releasing collaborations with like minded Croatian psych-prog weirdos, Seven that Spells and the manifestation of Syd Barret's film scoring ghost in the form of the Italian five piece, Jennifer Gentle. In keeping with the Acid Mothers aesthetic, Makoto has recently released a new solo effort entitled Rainbow of Love and is embarking on a US tour, the first stop of which happens to be in Riverside, California at the aptly name Pharaoh's Den Cultural Space Center (who are clearly Makoto's spiritual cousins). Rainbow of Love's format is in keeping with the Mother's penchant for unreasonably long tracks, consisting of two monstrous blisscapes, but unlike much of Acid Mother's analog delay twiddling, birds of paradise in outer space, full on aural assault, Rainbow is serenity made manifest. Layers of strings lull us peacefully, but never boringly, to meditative bliss carried on strains of Makoto's sarangi. Imagine Gavin Bryar's Sinking of the Titanic as scored by Arnold Dreyblatt and processed by Brian Eno while all three of them made love and were lifted to the heavens on DMT.

Also playing the Pharoah's Den are Bruce McKenzie (who it appears as though Kawabata will be performing with), Pegasissy (who I'll probably be playing with), the Antarcticans (postapocalypticrock from Los Angeles), Bill Wesley (the mad scientist from the Vaginals), and White Marsh (Kenn from KSPC). Seems like a lot for one night, but it can only be fantastic.

The Pharaoh's Den Cultural Space Center is located at 3579 University Ave, Riverside CA and the show starts at 8 pm.