Acid Mothers Temple

Formed in 1995 by Makoto Kawabata, the group released its debut album in 1997 on PSF Records (Japan), and it was selected as one of the year's best albums in the The Wire magazine (UK). As of 2017, the group has released around 80 albums. Every year since 1998, they have toured extensively in the US and Europe, and more recently have started performing around Asia and in Japan too. The group has performed in collaboration with many musicians including psychedelic originators Gong and Guru Guru, Simeon (Silver Apples), Nik Turner (Hawkwind), and the Occitanian trad sinder Rosina de Peira. Japanese collaborators have included Afrirampo, Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Maso Yamazaki (Masonna), Seiichi Yamamoto (Boredoms), Jun Kuriyama (The Ox), and many others. The current touring line-up is Kawabata Makoto: guitar, speed guru Higashi Hiroshi: synthesizer, fishin? god Jyonson Tsu: voice, guitar, bouzouki, midnight whistler Satoshima Nani: drums, another dimension Sawano Shozo: bass, hex man with Cotton Casino: voice, synthesizer Price includes a 50p venue levy