Description
Tracklist
1 Cosmic Introduction
2 Minstrel In The Galaxy
3 St. Bel Canta
Repress of 300 copies on black vinyl. 2004’s ‘Minstrel In The Galaxy’ was the first Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO studio recording since the departure of vocalist/synth goddess Cotton Casino. To replace Cotton’s space whispers, AMT recruited Japanese duo Afrirampo to contribute vocals to this album and they fill the void with ease. Musically you can forget the mind-melting guitar psychouts of previous AMT albums, this is the sound of a much darker AMT in comedown mode. Drones, acoustic guitars, misplaced voices and a beautiful 42 minute centre-piece title track all combine to make this their finest experimental studio work since the acclaimed ‘Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!)’ double album. The decision to make it CD only at the time was down to the epic title track being almost 42 minutes in length. Fast forward fifteen years and new technologies and we have the first ever vinyl release of this classic album, with a new mix edited especially for vinyl by main man Makoto Kawabata.
