The shifting dimensions of Masana Temples, fourth album from psychedelic explorers Kikagaku Moyo,are informed by various experiences the band had with traveling through life together, ranging from the months spent on tour to making a pilgrimage to Lisbon to record the album with jazz musician Bruno Pernadas. The band sought out Pernadas both out of admiration for his music and in an intentional move to work with a producer who came from a wildly different background.

This Tokyo psychedelic band draw together folk, acid rock, free music and tight motorik pop to create a heady brew that merges eastern and western sounds. This is a fine record for fans of Can, Stereolab or Nagisa Ni Te...

By Adam