My housemate mentioned he was going to see a Japanese psychedelic rock band at Bottom of the Hill last night. I'd never heard of that genre, but my interest was perked, so Dav and I joined them for the Acid Mothers Temple show.
It was like when I heard Reggae for the first time. I hadn't known what it was, but it instantly made sense to me.
I was mesmerrized by the Acid Mothers Temple. They would start a song so gently with an addictive toe-tapping beat. And I'd relax and allow myself to get sucked in. Then ever so gradually, they would increase the volume, add an extra chord, and eventually get to the point where I realized it was way too loud. But by then my brain was already tangled in the grip of the music. I felt my hands and legs matching the base beat, but inside my head, the psychedelic dream noises were taking me farther away. I even felt as if my body and head were pulling apart...each following different aspects of the music. And if I really let myself go - ie. stopped worrying how I was going to go deaf and allowed each note painfully hit my eardrum - then I could almost feel the music massage my brain.
I'm sure this sounds all wild. But I'm just trying to explain what the music felt like. I was blown away.
I guess I'm moving on from Reggae to psychedelic rock. I want more!
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