AMT SWR新譜「Yes, No & Perhaps」
Acid Mothers Templeの名を冠するユニット数あれど、最狂最凶ユニットと称されるは、吉田氏、津山さん、而して私なるトリオ「Acid MOthers Temple SWR」なり。「SWR」とは「Stone」「Woman」「Record」のイニシャルとは、今更なれば云わずもがな。
過去2枚のスタジオ録音アルバム、山本精一氏をゲストに迎えしライヴ盤、山本精一氏と梅津和時氏をゲストに迎えしライヴ盤、計4枚のフルアルバムがリリースされれば、この度、久々なる久々なるフルアルバム「Yes, No & Perhaps（邦題：石を持ってレコードを割り、女をやきもきさせる30の方法 ）」が、来たる10月8日、磨崖仏LTDよりリリースされる次第。本作は、事実上の3rdアルバムなれど、ベーシックはライヴ録音にして、そこへオーバーダブ施し編集せし代物なれば、その手法は些かZappaの如しなれど、その余りにカオスな内容もまた然りか。
磨崖仏LTDのSoundcloudに、サンプル音源たるべく、収録される全11曲計58分を、僅か8分強に編集せしダイジェスト版がアップされれば、こちらより試聴頂けるものなり。
「日本のややこしい音楽シーンきっての手練曲者戯け者3人が、ここに禁断の音塊群を解き放つ！計り知れない多種多様な音楽が、無作為無秩序無節操無法則無定理のようでいてそうでなく、確実な意思を以て怒濤の如く噴出放出放射発射、と同時にその刹那、焼滅摩滅し壊劫へと消える、そんな到底2つの耳では聴き切れない、超高速超高密度な多次元同時多発脱法危険音楽！だからこそ聴き終わったらアホになる危険性と、禁断症状を生じる中毒性あり。脳幹に直撃する精神破壊音、覚悟して聴くべし！」
YES, NO & PERHAPS (石を持ってレコードを割り、女をやきもきさせる30の方法)
/ ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE SWR
01. Theme of SWR [Yes, No & Perhaps] (SWRのテーマ)
02. Black waffle with Jolokia Souse
03. Loquacious… then unexpectedly silent... ~Nagi Nagi number attended number of love (饒舌… それは思いのほか無口… ～ ナギナギナンバーは恋の出席番号)
04. The adventures of Margo Roby-Yong (マルゴロビーヨンの大冒険)
05. Jumping from side to side around the 88 temples of the Shikoku pilgrimage (反復横跳びしながらの四国88カ所巡り)
06. Sworn enemies of the progressive rock freak approach! Let's make it 3 Chords, 8 Beat (プログレマニアの天敵接近中！今すぐスリーコード、エイトビートに展開だ。)
07. Seven beats, slowly slowly slowly
08. The life of the Lion Tamarin who was invited to the palace (宮廷に招かれたライオンタマリンの一生)
09. Raundaboutmidnightlightningvolt & nut
10. Lay down the cornerstone of victory (勝利をもたらせるコーナーストーンを置いとくれ)
11. 30 ways to smash your records with a rock and give women the jitters (石を持ってレコードを割り、女をやきもきさせる30の方法)
斯くしてこの新譜を携え、我々3名は「Japanese New Music Festival European Tour 2014」へ出立せんとするものなり。因みに国内に於けるレコ発イベント及びJNMF凱旋公演の予定なんぞ皆無、悪しからず。
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「JAPANESE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL in Europe 2014」
The Japanese New Music Festival is a showcase tour in which the trio of Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Atsushi Tsuyama (Acid Mothers Temple), and Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple) perform as multiple different units. The tour will return to Europe this autumn, with our three heroes performing as 8 separate groups. The groups mix and deconstruct all kinds of music from psychedelic rock, prog, jazz, classical to contemporary composition, experimental, and ethnic music. Their sound is unashamedly uncategorizable, with undercurrents of Frank Zappa and his belief that humour was an essential part of music. Each of the members brings a rich wealth of musical learning, knowledge and experience. The line-up for this year's tour will be: Ruins Alone, Acid Mothers Temple SWR, Akaten, Zoffy, Zubi Zuva X, Psyche Bugyo, Atsushi Tsuyama Solo, Makoto Kawabata Solo.
● RUINS ALONE (Yoshida Tatsuya solo)
Yoshida is one of the most innovative drummer/composer/improviser in Japan's new music scene. The pioneer of Drum & Bass duo RUINS was founded by Yoshida in '85. Tunes are complicated and mysterious, and songs are sung in the language of their own invention. It's high-tension, wild, heavy, speedy, acute, and powerful tremendous ensemble never sounds like they are only two players. Now RUINS had no bassist and currently he has been playing as RUINS ALONE playing RUINS songs with sampling bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJZeJqwisg
● ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE SWR (Kawabata + Tsuyama + Yoshida)
Acid Mothers Temple have rapidly become acclaimed as the greatest, the most extreme trip psychedelic group in the world. Releases have appeared on labels around the world at an amazing pace, and the magnificence of their live performances is already being whispered of as legendary. SWR is the AMT Family's most powerful battle-formation yet. Featuring Tsuyama and Kawabata from the original AMT and Yoshida from Ruins their crushingly acute freakout sound will pulverize the world's legions of wannabe psych groups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BEt5ZUQq8A
● AKATEN (Tsuyama + Yoshida)
Formed in 1995 with the motto of "irresponsibleness" and "perfunctoriness." They easily free themselves from the spell of the traditional seriousness of the art. Using daily commodities like scissors, toothbrush, zipper, camera, and plastic bottle as percussions, and shouting their brand names over and over as the "songs," the show is performed under the concept of low cost and maximum sound effect. AKATEN is the experimental convenience store punk band that provides the sound images of cheap and simple daily lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWW6n1hX-mA
● ZUBI ZUVA X (Yoshida + Tsuyama + Kawabata)
Eccentric poly-rhythmic a cappella ensemble. It covers from Gregorian chant to ethnic music, to do-wop to hardcore screaming, heavily using irregular rhythms and polyrhythm. All sorts of ideas and aberrant musicality overturn the image of a cappella. Their totally meaningless lyrics and desperate performances throw the audiences into the abyss of the laughter and admiration. It makes the concept of "singing ability" nonsense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jF3xBM2RxM
● ZOFFY (Tsuyama + Kawabata)
Formed in 1998. Zoffy's music hints both at the members' deep musical knowledge via their improvised performances of troubadour music and European trad, and also at their deep love for rock via their destructivist covers of classic rock songs, that no longer sounds like anything but ZOFFY. The group believes that humor is essential in music, and their unprecedented performances stray far from the beaten track. Is this the Ultima Thule that rock music has long been aiming for?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw6mmmVZNW8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YR3Deik4ik
● PSYCHE BUGYO (Tsuyama + Yoshida + Kawabata)
Tsuyama Atsushi's blend of two of his favourite things: Japanese samurai and ninja costume dramas, and British rock (mid 60s to mid 70s). The lyrics deal with themes from these dramas with typical Tsuyama humour, while the music is hardcore, authentic British rock tropes from the golden age - an ultimate, ultra-personal rock fusion of east and west! Special line-up for this tour including Tatsuya Yoshida on drums and Makoto Kawabata on bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cj7f-x-0UI
● TSUYAMA ATSUSHI (solo)
Tsuyama Atsushi is best known for his monster bass in Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., but he also has amazing technique of guitar and vocal. He has travelled around the world and accumulated the traditional styles of guitars/vocals in Europe and Asia. He adds his own interpretations and lyrical sense to create a beautiful but odd "fake traditional" musical world. Recently he developed a new figure called "prog.rock > blues-ization plan". He dismantles the masterpiece of progressive rock, and restructure it as an impromptu blues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTcsOMBLcHU
● KAWABATA MAKOTO (solo)
Kawabata Makoto is best known for his speed-demon noise-fuzz guitar in Acid Mothers Temple, but he is also widely active as an unparalleled drone guitarist. Drawing upon a huge reservoir of original techniques including metal glissando and bow-work that can summon up the sound of a string ensemble or orchestra, his work in this area cannot be simply categorized as minimal, drone or experimental. You'll find it hard to believe that a single guitar can create sonic worlds of such meditative and elegant depth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jrDORvMIcA
Oct.
08th (wed) @ Tampere / KLUBI http://www.klubi.net
09th (thu)
10th (fri) @ Oslo / BLAA http://www.blaaoslo.no
11th (sat) @ Gothenburg / KOLONI/OCEANEN http://oceanen.com
12th (sun) @ Copenhagen / JAZZHOUSE http://www.jazzhouse.dk
13th (mon) @ Amsterdam / OCCII http://occii.org
14th (tue) @ Brussels / MAGASIN 4 http://www.magasin4.be
15th (wed) @ Paris / INSTANT CHAVIRES http://www.instantschavires.com
16th (thu) @ London / CAFE OTO http://www.cafeoto.co.uk
17th (fri) @ Madrid / EL SOL http://www.elsolmad.com/portada/home.php
18th (sat) @ Barcelona / ALMO2BAR https://www.facebook.com/pages/Almo2bar/207607919249999
19th (sun) @ Tarzo / CANTINA CENTI http://cantinacenci.wordpress.com
21st (tue) @ Torino / BLAH BLAH https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLAH-BLAH/146077352118547
22nd (wed) @ Milano / MACAO http://www.macaomilano.org
24th (fri) @ Bologna / LOCOMOTIV CLUB http://www.locomotivclub.it
25th (sat) @ Rome TBC
26th (sun) @ Istanbul / KARGA BAR http://www.kargabar.org
過去2枚のスタジオ録音アルバム、山本精一氏をゲストに迎えしライヴ盤、山本精一氏と梅津和時氏をゲストに迎えしライヴ盤、計4枚のフルアルバムがリリースされれば、この度、久々なる久々なるフルアルバム「Yes, No & Perhaps（邦題：石を持ってレコードを割り、女をやきもきさせる30の方法 ）」が、来たる10月8日、磨崖仏LTDよりリリースされる次第。本作は、事実上の3rdアルバムなれど、ベーシックはライヴ録音にして、そこへオーバーダブ施し編集せし代物なれば、その手法は些かZappaの如しなれど、その余りにカオスな内容もまた然りか。
磨崖仏LTDのSoundcloudに、サンプル音源たるべく、収録される全11曲計58分を、僅か8分強に編集せしダイジェスト版がアップされれば、こちらより試聴頂けるものなり。
「日本のややこしい音楽シーンきっての手練曲者戯け者3人が、ここに禁断の音塊群を解き放つ！計り知れない多種多様な音楽が、無作為無秩序無節操無法則無定理のようでいてそうでなく、確実な意思を以て怒濤の如く噴出放出放射発射、と同時にその刹那、焼滅摩滅し壊劫へと消える、そんな到底2つの耳では聴き切れない、超高速超高密度な多次元同時多発脱法危険音楽！だからこそ聴き終わったらアホになる危険性と、禁断症状を生じる中毒性あり。脳幹に直撃する精神破壊音、覚悟して聴くべし！」
YES, NO & PERHAPS (石を持ってレコードを割り、女をやきもきさせる30の方法)
/ ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE SWR
01. Theme of SWR [Yes, No & Perhaps] (SWRのテーマ)
02. Black waffle with Jolokia Souse
03. Loquacious… then unexpectedly silent... ~Nagi Nagi number attended number of love (饒舌… それは思いのほか無口… ～ ナギナギナンバーは恋の出席番号)
04. The adventures of Margo Roby-Yong (マルゴロビーヨンの大冒険)
05. Jumping from side to side around the 88 temples of the Shikoku pilgrimage (反復横跳びしながらの四国88カ所巡り)
06. Sworn enemies of the progressive rock freak approach! Let's make it 3 Chords, 8 Beat (プログレマニアの天敵接近中！今すぐスリーコード、エイトビートに展開だ。)
07. Seven beats, slowly slowly slowly
08. The life of the Lion Tamarin who was invited to the palace (宮廷に招かれたライオンタマリンの一生)
09. Raundaboutmidnightlightningvolt & nut
10. Lay down the cornerstone of victory (勝利をもたらせるコーナーストーンを置いとくれ)
11. 30 ways to smash your records with a rock and give women the jitters (石を持ってレコードを割り、女をやきもきさせる30の方法)
斯くしてこの新譜を携え、我々3名は「Japanese New Music Festival European Tour 2014」へ出立せんとするものなり。因みに国内に於けるレコ発イベント及びJNMF凱旋公演の予定なんぞ皆無、悪しからず。
＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
「JAPANESE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL in Europe 2014」
The Japanese New Music Festival is a showcase tour in which the trio of Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Atsushi Tsuyama (Acid Mothers Temple), and Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple) perform as multiple different units. The tour will return to Europe this autumn, with our three heroes performing as 8 separate groups. The groups mix and deconstruct all kinds of music from psychedelic rock, prog, jazz, classical to contemporary composition, experimental, and ethnic music. Their sound is unashamedly uncategorizable, with undercurrents of Frank Zappa and his belief that humour was an essential part of music. Each of the members brings a rich wealth of musical learning, knowledge and experience. The line-up for this year's tour will be: Ruins Alone, Acid Mothers Temple SWR, Akaten, Zoffy, Zubi Zuva X, Psyche Bugyo, Atsushi Tsuyama Solo, Makoto Kawabata Solo.
● RUINS ALONE (Yoshida Tatsuya solo)
Yoshida is one of the most innovative drummer/composer/improviser in Japan's new music scene. The pioneer of Drum & Bass duo RUINS was founded by Yoshida in '85. Tunes are complicated and mysterious, and songs are sung in the language of their own invention. It's high-tension, wild, heavy, speedy, acute, and powerful tremendous ensemble never sounds like they are only two players. Now RUINS had no bassist and currently he has been playing as RUINS ALONE playing RUINS songs with sampling bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJZeJqwisg
● ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE SWR (Kawabata + Tsuyama + Yoshida)
Acid Mothers Temple have rapidly become acclaimed as the greatest, the most extreme trip psychedelic group in the world. Releases have appeared on labels around the world at an amazing pace, and the magnificence of their live performances is already being whispered of as legendary. SWR is the AMT Family's most powerful battle-formation yet. Featuring Tsuyama and Kawabata from the original AMT and Yoshida from Ruins their crushingly acute freakout sound will pulverize the world's legions of wannabe psych groups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BEt5ZUQq8A
● AKATEN (Tsuyama + Yoshida)
Formed in 1995 with the motto of "irresponsibleness" and "perfunctoriness." They easily free themselves from the spell of the traditional seriousness of the art. Using daily commodities like scissors, toothbrush, zipper, camera, and plastic bottle as percussions, and shouting their brand names over and over as the "songs," the show is performed under the concept of low cost and maximum sound effect. AKATEN is the experimental convenience store punk band that provides the sound images of cheap and simple daily lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWW6n1hX-mA
● ZUBI ZUVA X (Yoshida + Tsuyama + Kawabata)
Eccentric poly-rhythmic a cappella ensemble. It covers from Gregorian chant to ethnic music, to do-wop to hardcore screaming, heavily using irregular rhythms and polyrhythm. All sorts of ideas and aberrant musicality overturn the image of a cappella. Their totally meaningless lyrics and desperate performances throw the audiences into the abyss of the laughter and admiration. It makes the concept of "singing ability" nonsense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jF3xBM2RxM
● ZOFFY (Tsuyama + Kawabata)
Formed in 1998. Zoffy's music hints both at the members' deep musical knowledge via their improvised performances of troubadour music and European trad, and also at their deep love for rock via their destructivist covers of classic rock songs, that no longer sounds like anything but ZOFFY. The group believes that humor is essential in music, and their unprecedented performances stray far from the beaten track. Is this the Ultima Thule that rock music has long been aiming for?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw6mmmVZNW8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YR3Deik4ik
● PSYCHE BUGYO (Tsuyama + Yoshida + Kawabata)
Tsuyama Atsushi's blend of two of his favourite things: Japanese samurai and ninja costume dramas, and British rock (mid 60s to mid 70s). The lyrics deal with themes from these dramas with typical Tsuyama humour, while the music is hardcore, authentic British rock tropes from the golden age - an ultimate, ultra-personal rock fusion of east and west! Special line-up for this tour including Tatsuya Yoshida on drums and Makoto Kawabata on bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cj7f-x-0UI
● TSUYAMA ATSUSHI (solo)
Tsuyama Atsushi is best known for his monster bass in Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., but he also has amazing technique of guitar and vocal. He has travelled around the world and accumulated the traditional styles of guitars/vocals in Europe and Asia. He adds his own interpretations and lyrical sense to create a beautiful but odd "fake traditional" musical world. Recently he developed a new figure called "prog.rock > blues-ization plan". He dismantles the masterpiece of progressive rock, and restructure it as an impromptu blues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTcsOMBLcHU
● KAWABATA MAKOTO (solo)
Kawabata Makoto is best known for his speed-demon noise-fuzz guitar in Acid Mothers Temple, but he is also widely active as an unparalleled drone guitarist. Drawing upon a huge reservoir of original techniques including metal glissando and bow-work that can summon up the sound of a string ensemble or orchestra, his work in this area cannot be simply categorized as minimal, drone or experimental. You'll find it hard to believe that a single guitar can create sonic worlds of such meditative and elegant depth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jrDORvMIcA
Oct.
08th (wed) @ Tampere / KLUBI http://www.klubi.net
09th (thu)
10th (fri) @ Oslo / BLAA http://www.blaaoslo.no
11th (sat) @ Gothenburg / KOLONI/OCEANEN http://oceanen.com
12th (sun) @ Copenhagen / JAZZHOUSE http://www.jazzhouse.dk
13th (mon) @ Amsterdam / OCCII http://occii.org
14th (tue) @ Brussels / MAGASIN 4 http://www.magasin4.be
15th (wed) @ Paris / INSTANT CHAVIRES http://www.instantschavires.com
16th (thu) @ London / CAFE OTO http://www.cafeoto.co.uk
17th (fri) @ Madrid / EL SOL http://www.elsolmad.com/portada/home.php
18th (sat) @ Barcelona / ALMO2BAR https://www.facebook.com/pages/Almo2bar/207607919249999
19th (sun) @ Tarzo / CANTINA CENTI http://cantinacenci.wordpress.com
21st (tue) @ Torino / BLAH BLAH https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLAH-BLAH/146077352118547
22nd (wed) @ Milano / MACAO http://www.macaomilano.org
24th (fri) @ Bologna / LOCOMOTIV CLUB http://www.locomotivclub.it
25th (sat) @ Rome TBC
26th (sun) @ Istanbul / KARGA BAR http://www.kargabar.org