IAO Chant from the Cosmic Inferno

Acid Mothers Temple

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 20, 2005)
• Original Release Date: September 20, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ace Fu Records
• ASIN: B000AULWT8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #202,671 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Pitchfork

"...Kawabata is a guitar god."

Product Description

Japan's prolific Acid Mothers Temple led by Makoto Kawabata return with a fifty-five miniute one track tribute to Pierre Moerlen of Gong (1952-2005).

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars aauummm, November 11, 2005

By	Warren W. Nelson (Mooresville, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If any band deserves the mantle of most uncompromising psychedelic band, I can't think of anyone that comes close to these guys. This is actually a cover of Gong's 'Master Builder' from their masterpiece 'You' album, done as a memorial to Pierre Moerlin recently passed away, the great Gong percussionist. This whole cd encompasses that one song given the overwhelming AMT treatment but actually going through a series of changes and developments making it one of the most compelling works this band has done. About mid-way through begins a plateau of sonic, trance-inducing complexity that is shere ecstacy, lasting for over ten minutes; and then following a return to the chorus/chant resumes the pulverizing sonic improvisation that turns the air into liquid and deconstructs reality as we know it. I was lucky enough to catch these guys performing and they closed the show with this set and I believe Kawabata Makoto truely made innanimate objects bleed with torture; one of the most devastating performances I have ever seen!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Burning snow? Is that what they're chanting?, March 27, 2006

By	John L Murphy "Fionnchú" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Well, the repeated riffs and the vocal tag--burning in snow, is sounds like to me--make this a pleasure to hear. It's not as thickly recorded a sound as their other releases as the Cosmic Inferno, and I was happily surprised to hear how well it works as an extended musical effort. It ebbs and flows as you'd expect, but never settles into one groove for too long. Pre-75 Hawkwind comparisons are in order, but also the hints of Eastern music that chime in the more rarified hints behind the giant hooks--as in the closing seconds of this album. I don't bestow five stars very often for even my favorite music, but I must bow to these Japanese incarnations of mantra madness and admit their mastery of making one song flow so eloquently, so powerfully, and so enjoyably. Don't let their appearance, their comparative obscurity (they deserve far greater exposure and acclaim) or their relentless devotion to towering sonic constructions dissuade you: at their core, as shown with affection here, AMT + CI remember the sheer rush that good music grants us lucky all.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Acid Mothers Temple&The Cosmic Inferno-'IAO Chant From The Cosmic Inferno' (Ace Fu Records), April 4, 2006

By	Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Holy cow!This has got to be one of the better Acid Mothers Temple releases I've ever heard,and that's saying something.'IAO Chant...' is AMT's homage/tribute to the late drummer of Gong,Pierre Moerlen;1952-2005.Don't assume just becuase you get one track here,just one track-"OM Riff From The Cosmic Inferno"(51:25)that this CD is in any way a let down.Because it most certainly is not.This lengthy piece is simply SO purely psychedelic,it makes my brain hurt.So glad the guys didn't merely repeat that classic "OM Riff" over and over.As it turns out,the epic develops into SOME creatively superb shapes,sound passages and segments.You'll see what I mean.Highly recommended + a true keeper.