In C

Studio album by

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

Released

October 2001^[1]

Genre

Psychedelic rock, acid rock

Label

Eclipse Records, Squealer

Producer

Kawabata Makoto

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. chronology

New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple
(2001)

In C
(2001)

41st Century Splendid Man
(2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Pitchfork Media	(8.2/10)^[3]

In C is an album by Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., released in 2001 by Eclipse Records as a vinyl record and in 2002 by Squealer Music on CD. The Squealer release contains a bonus track.^[4] The title track is a performance of the Terry Riley piece of the same name.^[5]

A follow-up album, titled In 0 to ∞, was released in 2010.

Reception

In C made Pitchfork Media's "Top 50 Albums of 2002," at #45.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In C"	Terry Riley	20:31
2.	"In E"	Kawabata, Tsuyama, Ichiraku, Higashi	16:30
3.	"In D" (CD Bonus Track)	Kawabata	19:47

Personnel

Personnel as listed on Acid Mothers website.^[7]

Cotton Casino - voice
Tsuyama Atsushi - monster bass, voice
Higashi Hiroshi - electric guitar, synthesizer
Ichiraku Yoshimitsu - drums
Kawabata Makoto - electric guitars, violin, zuruna, synthesizer, tambura, sruthi box

Additional personnel

Terukina Noriko - vibraphone, glockenspiel

Technical personnel

Kawabata Makoto - Production and Engineering
Sachiko@ELF design - Artwork
Willam Lazorchak - Artwork
Ishida Yoko - Cover Photo
Yoshida Tatsuya - Stonehenge Photo

References

^ "In C LP". acidmothers.com. 28 December 2002. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Semprebon, Rolf. Terry Riley: In C Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Richard-San, Mark (25 July 2002). "Acid Mothers Temple In C". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Acid Mothers Temple Page "Acid Mothers Temple Page". Squealer Music. Retrieved 8 May 2012. ((cite web)): Check |url= value (help)
^ "Eclipse Records Catalog". Eclipse Records. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Leone, Dominique (1 January 2003). "45: Acid Mothers Temple In C". Top 50 Albums of 2002. Pitchfork Media. p. 1. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "In C CD". acidmothers.com. 28 December 2002. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

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Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. cassettes	Acid Mother's Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1996) Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 1 (1997) Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 2 (1997)
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. studio albums	Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1997) Pataphisical Freak Out MU!! (1999) Wild Gals A Go-Go (1999) Troubadours from Another Heavenly World (2000) La Nòvia (2000) Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!!) (2001) New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple (2001) In C (2001) 41st Century Splendid Man (2002) Univers Zen ou de zéro à zéro (2002) Electric Heavyland (2002) St. Captain Freak Out & the Magic Bamboo Request (2002) Magical Power from Mars (2003) Hypnotic Liquid Machine from the Golden Utopia (2004) Mantra of Love (2004) The Penultimate Galactic Bordello Also the World You Made (2004) Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs? (2004) Minstrel in the Galaxy (2004) Close Encounters of the Mutants (2004) Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky? (2006) Myth of the Love Electrique (2006) Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars (2007) Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (2007) Acid Motherly Love (2007) Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness (2008) Glorify Astrological Martyrdom (2008) Cometary Orbital Drive (2008) Interstellar Guru and Zero (2009) Lord of the Underground: Vishnu and the Magic Elixir (2009) Are We Experimental? (2009) Dark Side of the Black Moon: What Planet Are We On? (2009) In 0 to ∞ (2010) Pink Lady Lemonade ~ You're From Inner Space (2011) The Ripper at the Heaven's Gates of Dark (2011) Son of a Bitches Brew (2012) IAO Chant from the Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out (2012) Cometary Orbital Drive to 2199 (2013) In Search of the Lost Divine Arc (2013) Astrorgasm from the Inner Space (2014) Benzaiten (2015) Wake to a New Dawn of Another Astro Era (2016) Those Who Came Never Before (2017) Wandering the Outer Space (2017) Either the Fragmented Body or the Reconstituted Soul (2018) Electric Dream Ecstasy (2018) Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part 1 (2018) Paralyzed Brain (2018) Sacred and Inviolable Phase Shift (2018) Reverse of Rebirth in Universe (2018) How Was the Decisive Moment Recorded? (2019) Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part Two (2019) Pink Lady Lemonade (Double Sweet Sucker Punch) (2020) Reverse of Rebirth Reprise (2020) Chosen Star Child's Confession (2020) Voices from Ghostwood (2020) Zero Diver or Puroto Guru (2021) Demi-Demonaic Daemoog (2022)
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. compilation albums	The Early Acid Mothers Temple Recordings 1995-1997 (2007)
Acid Mothers Gong	Acid Motherhood (2004) Acid Mothers Gong Live Tokyo (2006)
Acid Mothers Afrirampo	We Are Acid Mothers Afrirampo! (2005)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno	Just Another Band from the Cosmic Inferno (2005) IAO Chant from the Cosmic Inferno (2005) Starless and Bible Black Sabbath (2006) Ominous From The Cosmic Inferno (2007)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues	Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues featuring the Sun Love and the Heavy Metal Thunder (2006)
Acid Mothers Guru Guru	Psychedelic Navigator (2007)
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