Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. – “Reverse Of Rebirth In Universe”

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“In 2016, 21 years after Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. were founded in Osaka, Japan, there was a major shift in the line-up and ‘Next Generation’ was added to the band’s name. We now view the first 20 years of the bands career as chapter one in our story, and we are now turning the page to start chapter two. In 2018, it’s time to re-record our classics with this new line-up, we just opened the door to the next stage!” -Kawabata Makoto, 2018Twenty-four years into their existence, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. have circled the globe at least a few dozen times, released over 100 albums in their various guises and played thousands of shows. In recent years, they’ve experienced seismic line-up changes which has given them yet another new lease of life… or a rebirth if you will. Original members Kawabata Makoto (guitar, speed guru) and Higashi Hiroshi (synthesizer, noodle god) are now joined by Jyonson Tsu (vocal, midnight whistler), Satoshima Nani (drums, another dimension), and Wolf (bass, space & time) and as anyone that has seen the new line-up live will testify, things have gone even more cosmic… Reverse Of Rebirth In Universe sees the band return to their old label Riot Season for the first time since 2012’s.the songs themselves have been reworked and transformed far away from their original versions. New boy Jyonson Tsu’s quiet, almost whispered vocals bring a whole new aura to proceedings, despite the familiar riffs hidden in the depths below them. It’s so laidback in places it’s practically horizontal, with only occasional trademark piercing guitar squeals threatening to destroy the peace and calm. The whole of side two is taken up with the twenty minute epic “Black Summer Song”… and if this is an indicator to where the AMT mothership is heading going forwards we’re all in for another f***ed up and magical ride.