MAKOTO, KAWABATA - Astro Love & Infinite Kisses

"Kawabata Makoto emerges from a period of relative quiet with his first widely available solo release in several years, the blockbuster Krautrock-flavored Astro Love & Infinite Kisses. This lovely and impressionistic record showcases the other side of Makotos outrageous works with Acid Mothers Temple. Taking cues from classics of the genre like Tangerine Dreams Phaedra and Steve Hillages Rainbow Dome Musick, Dos Nurages" is the albums centerpiece, a 41-minute hypnotic epic, with echoplexd guitar anchoring a stream of expertly done glissando. The title track is a darker drone in the tradition of Kawabatas Inui series of releases for VHF. "Woman From Dream Island" closes the record with a thick buzz of tamboura overlaid with trippy backwards guitar, before giving way to a gentle, fingerpicked acoustic coda." - VHF.