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***A collaboration with Too Pure and Lo Recordings artists Rothko, Distant Sounds of Summer is Susumu Yokotais most accessible album to date. The record features the stunning voice of Caroline Ross over looping beats, resonant bass and wide-open spaces, creating an epic widescreen tour de force that simmers with subtle beauty. The resonant echoes of twanging tones resemble a deep-sea Ry Cooder soundtrack, while Rossis pure and fragile vocal tones add a classic English folk touch. At times, the broken beats and world music ambience fuse to form a supernatural kind of funk like Mad Libis most space-bound moments. Yokotais masterful production guides the music into a tangible whole that is wholly enveloping, a startling and wonderful new world of sound. |
