称为「魂之共同体」以结他手河端一为中心的Acid Mothers Temple，是一个迷幻公社，是一个地下音乐厂牌，也是一支庞大的迷幻太空摇滚乐团，以及一个以声响展现的大宇宙曼荼罗。
 
Acid Mothers Temple，我国之生物文化历史学家中译为「酸母寺」，乃公元後，後人类纪以前其中一个最扑溯迷离的古文明建筑。相对於西藏拉萨布达拉宫 (Potala) 的确实存在，Acid Mothers Temple的神秘性就正如阿兰特斯提 (Atlantis)，现存虽有无数文献古籍记载，但至今仍无法确定其真正遗址及其真实性。甚至有超心理学者 (Transpersonal Psychologist) 认为，所谓「酸母寺」只不过是部分小数次文化族群面对末世纪来临而产生的集体无意识投射 (Unconscious Projection)。
据文献记载，Acid Mothers Temple位於旧日本，介乎大阪与东京之间的名古屋山区地带。据说Acid Mothers Temple乃融会西藏佛教之曼荼罗 (Mandala) 的神秘几何设计建筑而成，并配合以演变自炼金术 (Alchemy) 的环境声学设计，造成一个通往大宇宙意识界的神秘通道。为这个古老传说所吸引，自後人类纪以後便有过不少深海探索队前往旧日本的陆沉海域进行搜索，意图揭开这门古宗教科学之谜。
 
然而亦有声响考古学者认为，「酸母寺」并非一个实存过的庙宇建筑。此派学者指出，所谓Acid Mothers Temple，是来自东京古都一群隐遁於名古屋效野地带的迷幻音乐宗教使徒。生物文化历史学派与声响考古学派对於Acid Mothers Temple作为一个实存性建筑物之争议，至今仍然莫衷一是。
 
姑勿论「酸母寺」是否真有其物，但从现存的声象记录猜测，迷幻公社∕共同体Acid Mothers Temple与「酸母寺」传说有不可分割的神秘连系。无论「酸母寺」是一个真实的历史建筑还是一个纯粹原属於精神意识的外向投射，Acid Mothers Temple公社的音乐构建，却一一对应传说中「酸母寺」的曼荼罗式设计。
 
自称作「魂之共同体」(Soul Collective) 的Acid Mothers Temple成员约共三十人，其中包括音乐家、艺术家、舞蹈家及农夫等来自不同界别的志同道合者。不但是一个嬉皮士式的公社共同体，Acid Mothers Temple也是一个专门出产迷幻音乐的地下厂牌。以家庭式CD-R生产，Acid Mothers Temple的每款出品均限量出版一百张，而每张均有手写编号。而这些音乐创作，全出自共同体成员所组成的创作单位，如Uchu、Zoffy、Father Moo & The Black Sheep、Floating Flowers、Tsurubami等。声响考古学派认为，Acid Mothers Temple的音乐，是一种大宇宙结构的试图再创。纵而观之，所构建出的是一个声响化的曼荼罗设计。
 
占据这个声象曼茶罗的中心而又同时包容著整个神秘几何设计的，是由共同体领导人河端一 (Makoto Kawabata) 与众成员组成的大型太空乐团Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.。据声象考古学会出版的「音乐宗教异人录」之记载，河端一原居名古屋，七十年代末踏足大阪乐圈，曾参加过Erochika及Headache等组合，到九十年代方加入由东京声响炼金术士南条麻人所领导的迷幻乐团Musica Transonic及东方沙罗。凭著一手迷幻而辛辣的酸性Wah-Wah结他，河端一随後进一步成为南条麻人好几个其他组合如Mainliner、狼之时间等之核心成员。
 
河端一於公元後1997年组成太空迷幻乐团Acid Mothers Temple所发表的首张同名专辑，是一张集合Space Rock、Acid Folk，六十年代Psych-Rock及九十年代噪音演奏，并在意识形态上深受Gong、Hawkwind、Sun Ra等影响之作品。此张同名专辑与其後於公元後1999年发表的第二张专辑Pataphisical Freak Out MU!!，均被古声象殖民学会所出版的「危险音乐索引」列为经典名盘。古声象殖民学会於书中指出，此两辑声象记录之危险性，全在於其声响对人体生理及精神意识之异化作用。
 
如果乐团首张同名著作是一次以噪音声学力度奋张的迷幻爆破，那Pataphisical Freak Out MU!!便是一次以渗透角度飞翔的迷幻历程。经过重型的太空噪音洗礼後，Acid Mothers Temple的曼荼罗世界绽放出是更具升华意味的迷幻图象分布，Space Rock、Psych-Rock与Acid Folk的奇异交缠聚合。再加上怪异派结他手笃山津及前地下乐团After Dinner女歌手Haco之介入，是次的声响变化及意识阔度明显更精细而疯狂。
Acid Takion及Your My Only Super Sunshine高速狂冲注满是河端一的迷幻Wah-Wah结他与13th Floor Elevators式怪异太空电子效果的交击对垒，感觉彷佛是一次High Rise加上Hawkwind的神怪太空奇遇。Golden Bat Blues Dead则是一次太空摇滚乐与蓝调怨曲结他的联游巡礼。同样的迷幻怨曲造型，在Blue Velvet Blues却演变成一个旋律化并具结构性的不失者，到最後又从这种灰野敬二式的歌德色素，繁衍出类似Jack Or Jive的悲凉宇宙咏唱。当中河端一的弹奏收放莫名地厉害，从混沌的嘶叫中绽放眩人的声响效果。
 
新增的Acid Folk元素也很叫人迷惑。夹杂在宇宙烈风中White Summer Of Love及Right About Rainbow I &II的太空Acid Folk飘浮，穿梭於原始太空电声中Astrological Overdrive的Acoustic Free-Rock演奏，沉浸在中世纪光影里Mr. Hardy Guidey Man的奇异绞旋音律效果，随清新和弦而来Third Eye Of The Whole World的Lo-Fi民歌造型，凡此种种都透露出一种纯粹又精细的疯狂。由Ghost伴奏Timothy Leary主唱13th Floor Elevator的作品，效果大概正会是这个模样。
 
听著Acid Mothers Temple的宇宙声响驰航，彷佛真的叫人相信，「酸母寺」的神秘曼荼罗建筑，是确实地存在过的一个历史遗。

A freak-out group for the 21st century founded in 1995 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple soul-collective. Led by Kawabata Makoto.

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a Japanese psychedelic band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians, but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with only a few core members and frequent guest vocalists.

The band has released albums frequently on a number of international record labels as well as the Acid Mothers Temple family record label, which was established in 1998 to document the activities of the whole collective.

Kawabata initially formed Acid Mothers Temple (originally "Acid Mother's Temple")[2] with the intention of creating "extreme trip music" by editing and dubbing previous recordings, being influenced by progressive rock, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and krautrock.[3] Kawabata, along with Koizumi Hajime, Suhara Keizo, and Cotton Casino formed the original Acid Mother's Temple lineup as a group; however, the first recordings released were Kawabata's own mixes and overdubs.[3] The band released two self-titled tapes on their eponymous label in 1997 before dropping the apostrophe from their name. They soon released their first self-titled album (see Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.).The group began to tour overseas in 1998.

The band continued to tour and record, adding to the lineup drummer Ichiraku Yoshimitsu and guitarist Higashi Hiroshi. Several non-Acid Mothers shootoff bands formed, including Floating Flower, Nishinihon, and Tsurbami,[4] while The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. played at sold-out shows and festivals all over North America, Japan, and Europe in the early 2000s. In 2002, the band released four albums and two EPs in a three-month span while touring the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, including South by Southwest in Austin, being selected as one of the top three groups performing.

Kawabata began his own solo offshoot, called Kawabata Makoto & the Mothers of Invasion, in an attempt to create music with a more jazz feel. In 2002, along with Tsuyama Atsushi and Ichiraku Yoshimitsu, the group released their only album under this name.

In 2003, an incarnation of the band called "Acid Mothers Temple mode HHH" was formed to tour Europe, consisting of Kawabata, Tsuyama, and Yoshida, a group who had played together as Seikazoku long before Acid Mothers Temple was formed. The same year, a collaboration of Acid Mothers Temple and Gong called "Acid Mothers Gong" performed at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Soon after, in 2004, long-time vocalist and synthesizer player Cotton Casino left the group to concentrate on her own group and family while Acid Mothers Gong continued to tour. The group again released four albums in a three-month period, while another collaboration between Acid Mothers Temple and Afrirampo, Acid Mothers Afrirampo, released an album as well. Meanwhile, Acid Mothers Temple mode HHH renamed itself to Acid Mothers Temple SWR and released its own album.

In 2005, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Acid Mothers Temple, a new group called Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno was formed, starting their first European tour in June, and consisting of Higashi Hiroshi, Tabata Mitsuru, Okano Futoshi, and Shimura Koji and releasing several albums. Acid Mothers Temple SWR continued to tour as well. Acid Mothers Temple & the Incredible Strange Band was formed in 2006 by Tsuyama Akiko, Suhara Keizo, Aiko, and Kawabata Makoto. Kitagawa Hao joined The Cosmic Inferno as vocalist, though he left the band after touring the United States in mid-2007. Tsuyama and Kawabata formed another offshoot in December 2006, Acid Gurus Temple, with Mani Neumeier of Guru Guru, which quickly changed its name to Acid Mothers Guru Guru.

The band has also hosted its own yearly festival in Japan, appropriately titled Acid Mothers Festival, since 2002, which has been attended by Yamazaki Maso of Masonna, Afrirampo, Yoshida Tatsuya, Mani Neumeier, Kuriyama Jun, Ohpia, and Seiichi Yamamoto of Boredoms.

With regards to the often-confusing array of names for the different bands, Kawabata has explained:
“ Though we shall henceforth be Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno, the new group will also be known in short as Acid Mothers Temple and this will no doubt sow confusion in the minds of many. But the true manifestations of Acid Mothers Temple are many—Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno, Acid Mothers Temple SWR. The future may see yet other groups bearing similar names. But each and all of them will be true manifestations of Acid Mothers Temple. ”

—Kawabata Makoto



The current live line-up of the group is:
Tsuyama Atsushi : bass, voice, acoustic guitar
Higashi Hirosh i: synthesizer, electric guitar, voice
Shimura Koji : drums
Kawabata Makoto : electric guitar, voice

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