Reiko Ike Songs

I just got a very special surprise in my email today. Kawabata Mokoto from the Osaka, Japan based experimental music group Acid Mothers Temple sent me a confirmation email that his exclusive remix of rare Reiko Ike songs will be included as a bonus audio CD entitled Reiko Ike Sings! in the Pinky Violence Collection Box Set. This will now be a five disc collection housed in a pink vinyl digi-book which includes a 24 page booklet written by Chris D. (author of Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film). The booklet is an unremovable part of the packaging, written exclusively for this box set. The design is already complete, and it is guarantee to educate and entice. Stay tuned for more details on this extremely limited edition box set.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Acid Mothers Temple & U.F.O. Paraiso or any of the other side projects in which Kawabata Makoto is involved, I can only tell you that one of the single greatest concerts I've ever attended was a Mothers show at the Knitting Factory's Alter Knit Lounge in 2002. It was the magic meeting of early Pink Floyd with the caustic frenzy of Atari Teenage Riot, but with a post millennial groove that could only come from Osaka. I'll be seeing them live again on October 1st at UCLA's Royce Hall. Check out their website (www.acidmothers.com), as they may be playing near you on their latest North American tour.