Mainliner, High Rise & Acid Mothers Temple

There's an excellent comp that PSF put out called Tokyo Flashback that features many of those bands (and other great ones like Overhang Party) and a good place to start for newbies.

Also, stop what you are doing right now and go download some Fushitsusha.

b-b-but what I'm doing now is tryind to DL some Fushitsusha! :p

Dominique, you will need to stem your constant flow of reccommendations for psych/drone/kraut stuff on ILM - I need time to catch up! ;)

Are you talking about Allegorical Misunderstanding, null? That might be one of my favorite Fushitsusha records because it's so different. It's like a calmer DNA record or something, really evocative and moody. I am also very into all the live drum-loops Haino is doing as a duo now, the shows in NYC in October were fantastic...

Also: re. High Rise and Mainliner. I saw a "double bill." Of course the bands had several members in common. At the begining of the first set some dudes were yelling "High Rise! High Rise!" Nanjo (I think it was him), from the stage, replied "No. Not High Rise! Mainliner!"

Much as I love Haino, I think Kaneko is the more original guitarist. Absolutely no one plays like he does.

I think that AMT have their moments but suffer from the "no quality control" syndrome. Plus I've been ticked off since yesterday when I saw that they've now gathered up all three volumes of the 'Magical Power From Mars' EPs (I shelled out $13 each for all 3) and added an exclusive fourth track and now sell the complete damn thing on one shiny disc for $14 now. I'll get over it, I guess.

('Electric Heavy Land' is a fabulous AMT release, as is 'Absolutely Freak Out'.)

I think if you like Blue cheer you would probably like it (but its still different, there is some improvisation to mainliner: i.e. there are two sub-20 min tracks, one short track on this rec, its only over half hour in total).

I'd say you wouldn't (prob bcz I reckon that there is lack of detail, I'll listen to it some more and expand on this if i can) but I'd also say is that if you ever see a copy of 'imaginative plain' (which sounds pretty good from what I read) or 'mellow out' and its cheap then you should try and have a go.

I'm listening to Mainliner's "Imaginative Plain" right now and it's fantastic. Full-throttle, 110% in the red, high-octane guitar craziness that just makes you grin from ear to ear.

Above, CT mentions Jutok Kaneko's solo album, which I'm very tempted to check out. Does anyone have any thoughts on Kosokuya? I have the "Live Gyakuryu Kokuu" LP (recorded live in 1991, I think), which I found rather underwhelming. I was wondering if I was alone in this. Or maybe that's not the best album to start with?

I got the reissue of Mainliner's Mainliner Sonic on Collapsar the other week and just got round to blasting it now - wowzers!

Wall of red-hot fuzz...

New Mainliner album! Revelation Space, out late April on Riot Season. They're now being billed as Makoto Kawabata's Mainliner, apparently because Asahito Nanjo is out of the band - it's now Taigen Kawabe on bass/vocals and Koji Shimura on drums. Five tracks, some short and blasty and others long, abstract but heavy/noisy as fuck. First time through I don't love it but it's not like they've gone all the way out into AMT-style space-jam tedium. They're still monsters of rawk. Definitely worth a listen, and there are rumors of a tour!

Anyone heard the remastered High Rise II vinyl? Wondering how it sounds.

was curious about that reissue

and not directly related, but given that Overhang Party are mentioned earlier in the thread, can I please share this weighty Pink Fairies 'Raceway' cover I came across this week, courtesy of the dude from that band...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOcSIH3-9B8

Jamming it now and it sounds phenomenal, though I've only previously heard it on mp3. Liners say it was mixed and mastered from original tapes by Asahito Nanjo. 2 more names are listed for additional mastering so I'm sure it's as good as possible.

The reissue looks and sounds awesome. A lovely artifact. Never heard all the glockenspiels and marimbas on "Cotton Top" so clearly before (JK). Guess I'll still hang on to the cd for the 2 extra tracks, though.

Yeah it sounds fantastic. Download that comes with the LP has the extra tracks I think? Will have to check to make sure.

p sure i know the guy behind this and i am sure he is making sure it's done right

yeah the Black Editions version of Tokyo Flashback sounds fantastic

check out edition with bonus cassette!

https://www.discogs.com/High-Rise-High-Rise-II/release/11428772

Well well well

https://riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dual-myths

oh hell yes

Now that's some good news for a Friday afternoon!

Listening to this now and it's amazing. They've toned down the in-the-redness (at least when Kawabata's not soloing), and added breathy, reverbed-out shoegaze vocals, and it's basically sounding like a Japanese psych-rock version of Primal Scream's XTRMNTR, of all things, unbelievably heavy and blown-out but more disciplined and focused than they've ever been before. Might well make my year-end list.

You're not wrong, it's great! I would've figured my Mainliner days were long over but this sounds great and the vocals add another layer to it. And Kawabata sounds fucking possessed.

yes this is amazing

Got this in the mail today, & can already tell it's gonna be my 'Spring is here, Earth's waking up' zone out jamz for a few months. Really killer. Mix is very nice.

Shit, yes, this is incredible. I had high hopes already, but this exceeded all of them.

Meantime as for AMT, this was an agreeable ramble

https://reverberationappreciation.bandcamp.com/album/levitation-sessions-8

mainliner record is fucking awesome dang

yo...

https://kawabata-makoto.bandcamp.com/album/kawabata-makoto-works-1978-2021-digest-edition

I wrote a long piece about Mainliner since Kawabata's put a ton of rare/previously unreleased material up on Bandcamp.