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    Posted: January 18 2008 at 16:41
I just discovered this short and magnificent clip from a concert of Acid Mothers Guru. who consist of Kawabata Makato (guitar) and Tsuyama Atsushi (bass) of Acid Mothers Temple and Mani Neumeier (drums) of Guru Guru. Great short clip! It also neatly explains why I don't need any Prog Metal Wink.

And here the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww3xi5mN4xg

I had erroneously posted the wrong link, but corrected it now.


Edited by BaldFriede - January 18 2008 at 19:15


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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2008 at 16:59
I haven't heard of this Acid Mothers Temple release. Hopefully it'll have a bit more direction than their other releases (I think that I'm not fond of in their music). I'll check the video out.


BTW, In case someones' interested, Acid Mothers Temple played a show with Damo Suzuki and the concert can be seen in its entirety here:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=43601&KW=acid+mothers+temple

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Points: 2888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2008 at 18:12
I had been meaning to pick up this disc sometime last year, though found myself a little skeptical, probably for the same reasons as Ruben.

Mani Neumeier recently made his first trip to Australia; played a concert with several aust experimental artist down in Melbourne.
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Points: 10387 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2008 at 18:28
Originally posted by Black Velvet Black Velvet wrote:

I had been meaning to pick up this disc sometime last year, though found myself a little skeptical, probably for the same reasons as Ruben.

Mani Neumeier recently made his first trip to Australia; played a concert with several aust experimental artist down in Melbourne.

I know; I posted the Guru Guru tour dates a few days ago.

what some people think of as "lacking direction" and dislike others consider to be "wild jamming" and love Wink


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Points: 2888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2008 at 18:34
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:


what some people think of as "lacking direction" and dislike others consider to be "wild jamming" and love Wink


I know what you mean, I would love to see these guys playing live, they would be a power house. Unfortunately I think a lot of their discs/studio material doesn't translate so well into a home listening environment. 
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Oops, I posted the wrong link. Here is the correct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww3xi5mN4xg
And yes, Powerhouse it definitely is.


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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by Black Velvet Black Velvet wrote:

I had been meaning to pick up this disc sometime last year, though found myself a little skeptical, probably for the same reasons as Ruben.

Mani Neumeier recently made his first trip to Australia; played a concert with several aust experimental artist down in Melbourne.

I know; I posted the Guru Guru tour dates a few days ago.

what some people think of as "lacking direction" and dislike others consider to be "wild jamming" and love Wink

Believe me that I love "wild jamming", but have you heard any of Acid Mothers Temple's  studio albums? Surely there are a handful of great releases in there, like IAO Chant From The Cosmic Inferno (a tribute to GonG's Master Builder), but aside from those the rest of their albums are nothing really special and more irritating than anything.

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Points: 10261 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2008 at 05:49
Originally posted by chamberry chamberry wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by Black Velvet Black Velvet wrote:

I had been meaning to pick up this disc sometime last year, though found myself a little skeptical, probably for the same reasons as Ruben.

Mani Neumeier recently made his first trip to Australia; played a concert with several aust experimental artist down in Melbourne.

I know; I posted the Guru Guru tour dates a few days ago.

what some people think of as "lacking direction" and dislike others consider to be "wild jamming" and love Wink

Believe me that I love "wild jamming", but have you heard any of Acid Mothers Temple's  studio albums? Surely there are a handful of great releases in there, like IAO Chant From The Cosmic Inferno (a tribute to GonG's Master Builder), but aside from those the rest of their albums are nothing really special and more irritating than anything.


They have good releases and not so good ones. Which reminds me of a lot of other artists.


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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2008 at 16:55
Mani is God Wink
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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2008 at 19:15
Originally posted by Black Velvet Black Velvet wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:


what some people think of as "lacking direction" and dislike others consider to be "wild jamming" and love Wink


I know what you mean, I would love to see these guys playing live, they would be a power house. Unfortunately I think a lot of their discs/studio material doesn't translate so well into a home listening environment. 
What sort of muisc would translate well into a home listening environment ?
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Points: 10387 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2008 at 19:33
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Mani is God Wink

Mani is definitely an excellent drummer who deserves to be better known. the energy with which he plays is incredible when you keep in mind he is already 67


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Points: 2888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2008 at 20:47
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Originally posted by Black Velvet Black Velvet wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:


what some people think of as "lacking direction" and dislike others consider to be "wild jamming" and love Wink


I know what you mean, I would love to see these guys playing live, they would be a power house. Unfortunately I think a lot of their discs/studio material doesn't translate so well into a home listening environment. 
What sort of muisc would translate well into a home listening environment ?


Something like Radu Malfatti's compositional works ;) It would be hard to pin point 'sorts' of music without making generalizations, so it's a pretty pointless exercise. To make a comparison I have no problems listening to Guru Guru (and numerous psych bands) in the home environment, so maybe it just comes down to my indifference towards AMT's work.
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Can you define home environment for me ?
I have to say it`s weird watching Mani playing with guys like this. I mean it`s like watching your grandfather  playing acid rock. We have guy similar to Mani here in Montréal although he plays more traditional jazz and occasionally some fusion. He does the soup can, hub cap and pie plate thing as well. I`ve met him a few times and he even autographed some artwork I did of him one year at the Montréal International Jazz Festival. His name is Guy Nadon and he`s a bit older than Mani, 74 this year I believe and he has the same spirit as Mani and will probably be playing until the day he dies as well.
I even considered trying to make it down to NYC to see Acid Mothers Guru last fall but I couldn`t fit it in unfortunately Cry.
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Points: 2888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2008 at 19:09
What I'm alluding to with the home environment (for me) is at home in front of my sound system, but most importantly without other distractions; able to focus entirely on the music. Under this closer scrutiny their albums provide little interest to me. 
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