Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo

Acid Mothers Temple | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ace Fu Records
• ASIN: B000QUTRYY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #293,090 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Windham Hill this ain't, August 17, 2008

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John L Murphy "Fionnchú" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (Audio CD)

More of the same, not that that's necessarily a bad thing for those of us who like AMT, even if I am not able to keep up with let alone afford the neverending array of albums they release incessantly. It starts out soft, as you'd expect from their typical patterns, trading off a more traditional chant with a grunting, gutteral vocal. It builds momentum, crests into a noisier battle of instruments, and then detours a bit into a sax riff-- which I found predictable-- then a female vocal interlude.After the climactic uproar, it takes you down, to end with a happy-go-lucky singalong of the a capella chant in non-typical fashion.

The consistency of AMT may be for some their strength and for others their weakness. They deliver solid, demanding, and alternately carefree and dense musical backdrops. The foreground? You might use this if you're the type of listener wanting an adventurous alternative to the New Age section, under which genre iTunes had classified this CD when I uploaded it!

Perhaps it's meditation mood setting for the post-punk, neo-psychedelic era. Based on a Buddhist mantra, it does conjure up visions of hungry ghosts, fierce deities, and epic battles as well as harmony, peace, and fulfillment. All the emotions, in this hour-long suite, may be included.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost in the drone?, April 13, 2008

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danmmr (Bay Area, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (Audio CD)

OK -- this isn't really drone music (see Andrew Chalk for a wonderful drone experience) but the music here takes parts of the drone aesthetic and creates a nice psychedelic ride. One long track that is exploratory and somehow relaxing. It just works. AMT release a lot of music and not all of it is worth buying. However, this one is and is one of their must haves. For fans of real psych rock.

5.0 out of 5 stars Acid mothers Temple - 'Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo' (Ace Fu Records), November 20, 2010

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (Audio CD)

Out-FREAKING-standing! First glance at this CD cover and title could possibly lure any (even long time fans, like myself) of Acid mothers Temple away - assuming that the music here would be just too weird. Think again, much like their tribute to the cosmic pioneer band Gong 'Iao Chant' (see my review) this one track - clocking in at 65:15 is a must-have piece to listen to as frequent as you like. The CD's title comes from a Japanese religion - Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism that is said to be 750 years old. Noticed that this single track effort does include nine 'parts' that it's broken into. AMT has recruited a new female vocalist for this record - Kitagawo Hao. After about ten minutes 'Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo' changes tempo - as I'm sure that I hear a flute, sax, glockenspiel, tamboura, sarangui, synthesizer and alto recorder being put to good use. Keep in mind to have patience - this lengthy track does progress but does so gradually. Highly recommended.