Mainliner | Mellow Out | Album

Mainliner’s debut album, Mellow Out (1996), is widely considered a definitive masterpiece of the Japanese underground noise-rock scene. Contrary to its title, the record is anything but "mellow," described by critics as a "pure distortion meltdown" and "brain-crushing madness". The production is famously "in the red," pushing speakers to their limits with feedback-drenched, high-volume intensity. It blends the relentless, repetitive motorik pulse of Krautrock with the aggressive, improvisational energy of Acid Rock and Noise Rock.

Artist Website: facebook.com/mainlinerjapan

Related Artists: Makoto Kawabata, Acid Mothers Temple, High Rise

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