Kikagaku Moyo Mammatus Cloud & Stone Garden New Reissued Vinyl Review

October 15, 2020

Kikagaku Moyo Mammatus Cloud & Stone Garden New Reissued Vinyl Review

Super excited about this package from Guruguru Brain! Their albums Mammatus clouds from 2014 and The Ep Stone Garden originally released in 2017, the originals a very rare collectors items. These are the first reissues of these rare albums with new colored vinyl and inner sleeves with new full color artwork. Mammatus Cloud with a gold silk-screened cover art, is an early album from Kikakgaku Moyo of Japan. This album is a live set with no overdubs from January of 2014. The music is meditative, experimental and improvisational. The new inner sleeve with collages made entirely of band photos on acid blotter paper background.

Side A is a 27 minute song POND and Side B has just 2 tracks one clocking in at 17 minutes. These are the longest songs Kikagaku Moyo has released and the music a very magical and special. The burgundy and cream vinyl looks great and has a decent press.

GuruGuru brain is the label started by Kikagaku Moyo and thus these records come from the band originally founded in Japan they now live in the Netherlands. Stone Garden is an EP from 2017 with collage artwork on the cover, the album spins at 45 RPM. This album is another experimental album from the band and shows much variety in the interesting and wonderful music contained with-in its grooves. The sleeve has new artwork and features images of the band and their gear ith a few Soviet era black and white cutouts.

The Vinyl is green and pink and it looks beautiful. The opener is a ripping song with a unique mix and then the rest of the album is fairly chill. The music is beautiful, unique and interesting. They have an excellent mix of world instruments and song writing styles.