Ace Fu Records
2006
Have You Seen The Other Side Of The Sky
About This Album
They're b-a-a-a-a-ck. After a lengthy hiatus in which Makoto Kawabata and mates formed the heavy duty rock-in-your-face unit Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno (partially to regroup after the departure of chief vocalist and synth-crazy Cotton Casino), Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. return with new vocalist Nao. Confused yet? The big difference between the two bands is that the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. version is a much more spaced-out psychedelic outfit. There are some changes such as the addition of saxophonist/flutist Ono Ryoko to the mix, adding the element of free jazz improvisation to the sonic equation. Kawabata is still chief guitar shaman in the outfit, of course, and its spiritual leader. The music on these five cuts is mind-boggling, freaked-out fun and beauty. The loopy intro ends up in the completely extrasensory guitar assault that is "Attack from Planet Hattifatteners," and it's obvious that the re-formation of this band is no fluke. What happens over the next two cuts is completely unexpected: both "Buy the Moon of Jupiter" and "Asimo's Naked Breakfast: Rice and Shrine" are acoustically based cuts, with flutes, breathing synthesizers, and beautifully folky vocals that would not have been out of place on either Nòvia or Mantra of Love.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3 and 4)

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