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The original cassette tape was released only a few copies on Kawabata's R.E.P. (Revolutionary Extrication Project) in 1981, then re-issued on a 10 CDR box set entitled “Makoto Kawabata early works 1978-1981” in 2000. (Afterward, this 10 CDR box was changed to the 11 CDR + 1CD box.)

As I played with my band Baroque Bordello, i also kept on experimenting with solo recordings. As the group broke new ground as "awakened pop", my solo work proceeded by a continual process of trial and error towards the unaffordable and undeniable idea of an "absolute music".

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released March 5, 2021

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Kawabata Makoto : effect pedals

music by Kawabata Makoto
recorded at R.E.P. Studio, April 1981

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Kawabata Makoto Japan

Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Leader of Acid Mothers Temple.
While he's best known for his earsplitting, guitar heroics with AMT, he's also the founder of his own school of ecstatic guitar drone using bowing and glissando techniques.
His first started releasing works for electronics and homemade instruments in 1978. Since then his activities have been almost too wideranging to grasp:
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