Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO

CD version. La Nòvia is a traditional Occitan song, and in 2000 Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. made a forty-minute piece out of it, first issued on LP by Eclipse Records. This edition has been remastered by Lasse Marhaug.

The group here is Makoto Kawabata on electric guitar, violin, bouzouki, bowed peacock harp and synthesizer (he also engineered and produced), Atsushi Tsuyama on bass, vocals, acoustic guitar and recorder, Cotton Casino on vocals, Hiroshi Higashi on electric guitar and Hajime Koizumi on drums and percussion. In the label's words the piece is mystical and meditative, with peaks in a roaring, rocking cacophony. The original sleeve carried a dedication in French, kept on the back cover of this edition, to the music, nature and beauty of Occitania and to women.

The LP is limited to 200 copies, with a printed insert, and holds the title piece alone, split over the two sides as on the first pressing. The CD adds Bois-Tu De La Bière? and Bon Voyage Au LSD, plus La Nòvia (Crystal Mountain 2026 version), a new recording made for this release.