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Limited edition two color vinyl (BLUE and GREEN!) gatefold packaging! HOT!!

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SKU# PMLP9993
UPC: 760137999317
Street Date:11/03/09



Traditional Japanese folk instruments processed through the lens of Acid Mothers and LSD March instigators.

New psychic territorial landscapes the cosmic cartographer mapped yesterday before tomorrow.

Acid Mothers Temple main man Kawabata Makoto links up with LSD March guitarist Michishita Shinsuke to create another amazing platter of fantastic sounds and vibes. Maru Sankaku Shikaku (Circle Triangle Square) finds the duo moving on from the electric guitars of their previous duo releases to an all acoustic album featuring ethnic instruments from around the globe. Two side long pieces mesh drone music with an ebb and a flow usually found on soundtracks or the soundtrack in one's head. New psychic territorial landscapes the cosmic cartographer mapped yesterday before tomorrow. Limited to 500 copies on swirled colored vinyl in a gorgeous gatefold sleeve.


Track Listing:

• Spider's thread
• Rock of fate

Terrascopic Rumbles August 2010

Entitled “Maru, Mankaku, Shikaku (Circle, Triangle Square), the latest collobaration between Kawabata Makoto and Michishita Shinsuke, is a breathtaking soundscape consisting of two long and intense pieces. Played entirely on acoustic instruments, the tonal depths and range of sounds the musicians achieve are truly astonishing, whilst their ability to harmonise, improvise with each other is almost telepathic. Sounding like the wind chimes from God's own garden, “Rock of Fate” ushers you in with serene grace, the chimes soothing your mind, once inside however, the sunlight, heady perfumes of the flowers and the intensity overwhelm, the music building in tension, a rising drone that compels you to sit and empty your mind, allowing the sounds to flow through you, the music of the spheres awoken in your memory. As the piece moves on it becomes more spacious, opening up to allow a wider range of sounds, the buzzing of divine insects following secret rituals and pathways, until finally all is still, reality comes back and your are at peace. Turn the disc over and “Spiders Thread” continues in a similar vein, although this time there is a more abstract feel  to the piece, the sounds tumbling over each other as if caught in a tsunami of drone and experimentalism. Beautifully balanced, the music is ever changing, inviting the listener to swim along, lost in the joyous sounds, delighting in the ripples, eddies and swirls. Housed in a wonderful gatefold sleeve, with a fab picture of the musicians inside and pressed on lovely green vinyl, this is the complete package, track one down.