Kawabata Makoto

Kawabata Makoto is a Japanese musician and founding member of the band Acid Mothers Temple. He was part of one line-up of Gong when Acid Mothers Temple and Gong briefly fused into one group.

Band history
Kawabata is chiefly famous for his leadership of Acid Mothers Temple and its variants; however, he has also played in many other bands since the start of his career in the late 1970s. Some of these bands are:


 * Baroque Bordello
 * Toho Sara
 * Erochika
 * Tsurubami
 * Musica Transonic
 * Mainliner
 * Mothers of Invasion
 * Nishinihon
 * Floating Flower

Solo discography
In addition to the many records recorded with bands, Kawabata Makoto has an extensive solo discography. Major releases are:


 * The 'Private Tapes' series (1999–2004)
 * Inui.1 (2000)
 * Inui.2 (2000)
 * I'm in Your Inner Most (2001)
 * Hosanna Mantra (2007)
 * Inui.4 (2007)
 * We're one-sided lovers each other's (2013- Bam Balam.records)

Musical philosophy
In 2000, Kawabata wrote "Music, for me, is neither something that I create, nor a form of self-expression. All kinds of sounds exist everywhere around us, and my performances solely consist of picking up these sounds, like a radio tuner, and playing them so that people can hear them."

"When I was a kid, I really loved Ritchie Blackmore – not so much the guitar style, just I liked his look, atmosphere, on the stage. Always, he stood on this side [right], also the stratocaster, and black clothes, and very aggressive [playing]. I really loved this image, so I wear just black. Also – easy to co-ordinate!"