Kawabata Makoto

In this Japanese name, the surname is  Kawabata.

Kawabata Makoto

Kawabata in performance in London in 2005

Background information
Origin| Osaka, Japan
Genres| Psychedelic rock
Instruments| Guitar, Sitar, Vocals, Violin, Hurdy-Gurdy, Bass Guitar, Bouzouki
Years active| 1978–present

Musical artist

Kawabata Makoto (河端 一) is a Japanese musician and founding member of the band Acid Mothers Temple. He was part of one line-up of Gong when Acid Mothers Temple and Gong briefly fused into one group.

## Band history[edit]

Kawabata is chiefly famous for his leadership of Acid Mothers Temple and its variants; however, he has also played in many other bands since the start of his career in the late 1970s. Some of these bands are:

* Baroque Bordello
* Toho Sara
* Erochika
* Tsurubami
* Musica Transonic
* Mainliner
* Mothers of Invasion
* Nishinihon
* Floating Flower

## Solo discography[edit]

In addition to the many records recorded with bands, Kawabata Makoto has an extensive solo discography.[1] Major releases are:

* The 'Private Tapes' series (1999–2004)
* Inui.1 (2000)
* Inui.2 (2000)
* I'm in Your Inner Most (2001)
* Hosanna Mantra (2007)
* Inui.4 (2007)
* We're one-sided lovers each other's (2013- Bam Balam.records)

## Musical philosophy[edit]

In 2000, Kawabata wrote "Music, for me, is neither something that I create, nor a form of self-expression. All kinds of sounds exist everywhere around us, and my performances solely consist of picking up these sounds, like a radio tuner, and playing them so that people can hear them."[2]

"When I was a kid, I really loved Ritchie Blackmore – not so much the guitar style, just I liked his look, atmosphere, on the stage. Always, he stood on this side [right], also the stratocaster, and black clothes, and very aggressive [playing]. I really loved this image, so I wear just black. Also – easy to co-ordinate!"[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Kawabata Makoto Solo Discography on Acid Mothers Temple Website". Retrieved 2014-05-12.
2. ^ "Kawabata Makoto Profile on Acid Mothers Temple Website". Acid Mothers Temple. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
3. ^ 'Never Ending Space Ritual' DVD Interview

## External links[edit]

* Kawabata Makoto at AllMusic

Authority control databases

International|

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* Norway
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Acid Mothers Temple

* Aiko
* Ron Anderson
* Cotton Casino
* Audrey Ginestet
* Haco
* Higashi Hiroshi
* Ichiraku Yoshimitsu
* Jyonson Tsu
* Kawabata Makoto
* Kitagawa Hao
* Koizumi Hajime
* Magic Aum Gigi
* Mai Mai
* Mano Kazuhiko
* Mitsuru Tabata
* Mori Kimiho
* Mani Neumeier
* Nao
* Okano Futoshi
* Oni
* Ono Ryoko
* Pika
* Satoshima Nani
* Shimura Koji
* Suhara Keizo
* Tabata Mitsuru
* Taigen Kawabe (Sawano Shozo)
* Tsuyama Akiko
* Tsuyama Atsushi
* Tsuchy
* Uki Eiji
* Wolf (S/T)
* Yasuda Hisashi
* Yoshida Tatsuya

* Daevid Allen
* Gilli Smyth

Acid Mothers Temple
& the Melting Paraiso
U.F.O. cassettes|

* Acid Mother's Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1996)
* Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 1 (1997)
* Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 2 (1997)

Acid Mothers Temple
& the Melting Paraiso
U.F.O. studio albums|

* Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1997)
* Pataphisical Freak Out MU!! (1999)
* Wild Gals A Go-Go (1999)
* Troubadours from Another Heavenly World (2000)
* La Nòvia (2000)
* Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!)  (2001)
* New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple (2001)
* In C (2001)
* 41st Century Splendid Man (2002)
* Univers Zen ou de zéro à zéro (2002)
* Electric Heavyland (2002)
* St. Captain Freak Out & the Magic Bamboo Request (2002)
* Magical Power from Mars (2003)
* Hypnotic Liquid Machine from the Golden Utopia (2004)
* Mantra of Love (2004)
* The Penultimate Galactic Bordello Also the World You Made (2004)
* Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs? (2004)
* Minstrel in the Galaxy (2004)
* Close Encounters of the Mutants (2004)
* Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky? (2006)
* Myth of the Love Electrique (2006)
* Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars (2007)
* Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (2007)
* Acid Motherly Love (2007)
* Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness (2008)
* Glorify Astrological Martyrdom (2008)
* Cometary Orbital Drive (2008)
* Interstellar Guru and Zero (2009)
* Lord of the Underground: Vishnu and the Magic Elixir (2009)
* Are We Experimental? (2009)
* Dark Side of the Black Moon: What Planet Are We On? (2009)
* In 0 to ∞ (2010)
* Pink Lady Lemonade ~ You're From Inner Space  (2011)
* The Ripper at the Heaven's Gates of Dark (2011)
* Son of a Bitches Brew (2012)
* IAO Chant from the Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out (2012)
* Cometary Orbital Drive to 2199  (2013)
* In Search of the Lost Divine Arc (2013)
* Astrorgasm from the Inner Space (2014)
* Benzaiten (2015)
* Wake to a New Dawn of Another Astro Era (2016)
* Those Who Came Never Before (2017)
* Wandering the Outer Space (2017)
* Either the Fragmented Body or the Reconstituted Soul (2018)
* Electric Dream Ecstasy (2018)
* Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part 1 (2018)
* Paralyzed Brain (2018)
* Sacred and Inviolable Phase Shift (2018)
* Reverse of Rebirth in Universe (2018)
* How Was the Decisive Moment Recorded? (2019)
* Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part Two (2019)
* Pink Lady Lemonade (Double Sweet Sucker Punch) (2020)
* Reverse of Rebirth Reprise (2020)
* Chosen Star Child's Confession (2020)
* Voices from Ghostwood (2020)
* Zero Diver or Puroto Guru (2021)
* Demi-Demonaic Daemoog (2022)

Acid Mothers Temple
& the Melting Paraiso
U.F.O. compilation albums|

* The Early Acid Mothers Temple Recordings 1995-1997  (2007)

Acid Mothers Gong|

* Acid Motherhood (2004)
* Acid Mothers Gong Live Tokyo (2006)

Acid Mothers Afrirampo|

* We Are Acid Mothers Afrirampo! (2005)

Acid Mothers Temple &
The Cosmic Inferno|

* Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno (2005)
* IAO Chant from the Cosmic Inferno (2005)
* Starless and Bible Black Sabbath (2006)
* Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno (2007)

Acid Mothers Temple &
The Pink Ladies Blues|

* Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder (2006)

Acid Mothers Guru Guru|

* Psychedelic Navigator (2007)

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Mainliner

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* Tatsuya Yoshida

Studio albums|

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* Imaginative Plain

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Gong

* Fabio Golfetti
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* Daevid Allen
* Gilli Smyth
* Didier Malherbe
* Pip Pyle
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* Charles Hayward
* Tim Blake
* Francis Moze
* Steve Hillage
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* Pierre Moerlen
* Miquette Giraudy
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* Mireille Bauer
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* Graham Clark
* Theo Travis
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* Tsuyama Atsushi
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Daevid Allen's Gong|

* Magick Brother
* Camembert Electrique
* Continental Circus (Soundtrack)
* Flying Teapot
* Angel's Egg
* You
* Shapeshifter
* Zero to Infinity
* Acid Motherhood
* 2032
* I See You
* Rejoice! I'm Dead!
* The Universe Also Collapses
* Unending Ascending

"Shamal" Gong|

* Shamal

Pierre Moerlen's Gong|

* Gazeuse!
* Expresso II
* Downwind
* Time is the Key
* Leave It Open
* Pentanine

Planet Gong|

* Live Floating Anarchy 1977

Mother Gong|

* Fairy Tales
* The Owl and the Tree

Live albums|

* Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall
* Glastonbury Fayre
* Gong est Mort, Vive Gong
* Gong Live Etc
* 25th Birthday Party
* Live in Sherwood Forest '75
* Live 2 Infinitea
* Acid Mothers Gong Live Tokyo
* Gong Global Family - Live in Brazil 2007
* Pulsing Signals

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