kawabata makoto - rainbow of love [blackest rainbow vinyl 2009]

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tracklist:
01 - you are from rainbow over the sea
02 - waiting for you till the end of the rainbow

A fine start to the new year with a new one from the ever-prolific Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers Temple fame and Hawaiian shirt manufacturer’s sponsorship. I think you can usually tell the quality of an AMT-related release from the artwork and this one looks well classy with its grey on white totemic graphic, if it’s something that looks like it was tossed off on a ten year-old version of Photoshop by a stoned gypsy who’s never seen a computer before then you’re usually in trouble. Despite the fact that Rainbow of Love sounds like it should be a combination of two of the best AMT LPs (Mantra of Love and Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars) it’s actually a serene and lovely ambient drone affair with nary a hint of widdly guitar excess, dropped in favour of mournful cosmic strings that sound like whales tuning up. If there’s a planet out there that’s made of a Heian period Japan where time runs in backwards slow motion they probably make music like this. On Blackest Rainbow, on Blackest Rainbow, where they music for us all to listen to, do do do doooooo.

What the label says:

BR is extremely pleased to announce this one… Brand new solo record from one of the most prolific Japanese recording artists around right now. Most people will know Kawabata Makoto as the guitar wielding shredder from Acid Mother Temple. This brand new solo recording is a two piece epic of some of the most beautiful tones I’ve heard in a while. Side A’s ‘You Are From The Rainbow Over The Sea’ is an piece of bowed beauty, taking you to a higher plain of consciousness. The B Side’s ‘Waiting For You Till The End Of The Rainbow’ is just as cosmic as its predecessor with cascading waterfalls of tones washing over you again and again… kinda reminds me of some of the Inui series, which is probably some of my favourite material from Makoto. Edition of only 265 copies in screen printed white sleeves with artwork by my man Darryl Norsen.
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