SOUNDTRACK: KAWABATA MAKOTO [河端一]-I’m in Your Inner Most (2001).
Recently, Kawabata Makoto [河端一], mastermind behind Acid Mothers Temple, revealed a new bandcamp site for some newer releases.
This is Kawabata Makoto’s minimal music works by his own ensemble reissued in 2002 with a bonus track.
This album is in fact two parts of the same song (technically). And they’re the first of his solo works to predominantly feature organ. It also features artwork by Kawabata Sachiko
“I’m In Your Inner Most Part.1″ (19.11) starts with a repeated organ riff and (the inevitable) high-pitched feedback sounds. This one also has the voice of Audrey Ginestet repeating one word (drift? drip? something in French?). Every few measure a new item is added and repeated–mostly organ notes in a pattern or a scale. The last five minutes or so feels like a two note siren as the high notes soar around the top.”
I’m In Your Inner Most Part.2″ (20.24) opens with that repeated word. This piece feels a biot more like an improv with organ and the tambura rotating through.
Kawabata Makoto is credited with electric organ, electric harpsichord, violin, tambura, percussion, electronics and electric guitar on this release.
The bonus track is called “Osculation (remix version)” (15.32). I can’t tell exactly what it is remixing as it sounds like parts of both songs are melded together. There is a lot of church organ sounds and repeating motifs. But around 11 minutes a grinding noise comes into the song and start to take over until the end is just all noise.
Like most of Kawabata’s solo album, this one feels improvised and off the cuff. The inclusion of the organ however, makes this one solitary in his vast catalog.
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