From Pietro Sent Wed, Jan 26th 2000, 23:41
From Pietro Sent Wed, Jan 26th 2000, 23:41
Some stuff from Leaf brought to you by Dutch-East-India.. >SUSUMU YOKOTA >Magic Thread >BAY11CD / BAY11V (limited double LP) >UPC: 1753-32679-2 > >"This is the sort of music you put on while you're doing the washing up >only to find it has taken control of your very soul" Ben Thompson, Mojo, on >'Image 1983-1998' > >Though probably better known for his funked-up techno and house (and jazz, >disco, drum & bass, etc), Susumu Yokota received fulsome praise for the >Image 1983-1998 album released by The Leaf Label in September 1999. March >2000 sees the first release outside Japan of the now ridiculously scarce >Magic Thread album. The album was actually released in Japan before Image, >in a limited edition of just 500 copies on CD - the very first release on >Yokota's own Skintone label. > >Magic Thread has a more electronic feel to it than Image, but is still >possessed of the plaintive melodies and haunting minimalist dynamics that >made Image such an unexpected treat. > >After Ken Ishii, Yokota was the first techno artist to release music in >Europe (1992's Frankfurt-Tokyo Connection on Harthouse). Since then he has >enjoyed a prolific career as both a DJ and recording artist, working under >a host of pseudonyms, including 246, Ringo, Prism and Stevia. With his star >currently very much in the ascendant in his native Japan and continental >Europe, Yokota has begun to make an impression in the UK with his two most >recent albums on Sublime, 1998 and 1999. He has sold in excess of 90,000 >records worldwide. > >Due to popular demand, we are pleased to announce that the release of this >album will be complemented by the belated release of his last Skintone >album, Image 1983-1998, on limited edition 180g vinyl (BAY 9V, UPC >0666017005812. If you missed out last time round and you'd like to review >both releases at the same time, please get in touch and we'll get you a >copy of Image. We also have very limited quantities of a 'late-night' mix >CDR that Yokota has recorded for radio broadcast, featuring the likes of >Young Marble Giants, Penguin Caf Orchestra, Harold Budd and Aphex Twin. Let >us know if you could use one of these. > >Yokota's next release on Leaf will be a 4-track EP of deep house remixes >(more in keeping with his more familiar work on Sublime) of tracks taken >from Image, Magic Thread, and the third album in the Skintone series, >Sakura, which will also be released through Leaf later this year. He will >also contribute to the forthcoming Invisible Soundtracks : Macro 3, and is >to release his first ever mix album on Skintone, using only music from The >Leaf Label. We wait with baited breath... > >CD: LP: > >1. A1. Weave >2. A2. Reflux >3. A3. Unravel >4. B1. Circular >5. B2. Spool >6. C1. Potential >7. B3. Fiber >8. C2. Metabolic >9. D1. Stitch >10. D2. Blend >11. D3. Melt > > >Reviews of Image 1983-1998: > >"sexy and funny...Image's micro mood engineering is pure phantasmal pop, a >compelling tour of musical dustworlds. It makes you itch to hear whatever >ivory dice Yokota rolls out next" Ian Penman, The Wire > >"the Japanese dream forger has proved that minimalism in all spheres has a >transfixing meeting point. Captivating" Kevin Martin, Top > >"sublime" The Times > >"evocative and beguiling" Alternative Press > >"spine-tinglingly beautiful moments" Wax > >"wonderfully imaginative" Sleazenation > >"beauty incarnate" 7 ___________________________________________ p i e t r o d a s a c c o a u d i o - n i m b u s c j a m 91.5 fm saturdays from midnight - 2am EST 9745 lynngrove cr, windsor, ontario, n8r 1b8, canada g r o o v e s m a g a z i n e www.groovesmag.com