Kawabata Makoto

Kawabata Makoto
Kawabata in performance in London in 2005
Background information
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genres	Psychedelic rock
Instruments	Guitar, Sitar, Vocals, Violin, Hurdy-Gurdy, Bass Guitar, Bouzouki
Years active	1978–present

Kawabata Makoto (河端 一) 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.

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

In addition to the many records recorded with bands, Kawabata Makoto has an extensive solo discography.^[1] 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)

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."^[2]

"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!"^[3]

• Kawabata Makoto at AllMusic