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Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Boy And The Tree
Format:	2xLP	Catalog Number:	BAY25 V
Price:	$12.00	Label:	Leaf
Release Date:	10/28/02
***The sixth album from Japanese ambient specialist and one of the world's top electronic artists SUSUMU YOKOTA. A beautiful blend of playful melodies and atmospherics delivered with a fine sense of dynamics, tones, rhythms and textural sounds. Licensed by Leaf from Yokota's own Skintone label.

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Boy And The Tree
Format:	CD	Catalog Number:	BAY25CD
Price:	$12.00	Label:	Leaf
Release Date:	10/28/02
***The sixth album from Japanese ambient specialist and one of the world's top electronic artists SUSUMU YOKOTA. A beautiful blend of playful melodies and atmospherics delivered with a fine sense of dynamics, tones, rhythms and textural sounds. Licensed by Leaf from Yokota's own Skintone label.

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Grinning Cat
Format:	2xLP	Catalog Number:	BAY17LP
Price:	$9.50	Label:	Leaf
Release Date:	6/25/01
***A surreal and psychedelic blend of electronic-based environments and characters based on Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland stories from Japanese mischief maker SUSUMU YOKOTA. Deep and slow house tempos blended with handclaps, windchimes, heartbeats, guitars, and piano that work for both the dancefloor and the chill-out room.

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Grinning Cat
Format:	CD	Catalog Number:	BAY17CD
Price:	$12.00	Label:	Leaf
Release Date:	6/25/01
***A surreal and psychedelic blend of electronic-based environments and characters based on Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland stories from Japanese mischief maker SUSUMU YOKOTA. Deep and slow house tempos blended with handclaps, windchimes, heartbeats, guitars, and piano that work for both the dancefloor and the chill-out room.

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Will
Format:	2xLP	Catalog Number:	BAY20V
Price:	$16.50	Label:	Leaf
Release Date:	9/17/01
***A vinyl-only sister album to the recent Grinning Cat from Japanese electronic flirtation king SUSUMU YOKOTA, and one of the most dance-oriented albums he's done to date. A crackly and feet-twitching blend of downtempo beats and smooth four-on-the-floor grooves, punctuated with fairy-tale tones, children's voices, horns, keyboards, and effects. Limited edition pressing of 2,000 copies.

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Image 1983-1998
Format:	CD	Catalog Number:	BAY 9CD
Price:	$9.50	Label:	Leaf
Release Date:	5/17/04
***Acoustic instrumental and vocal pieces from Yokota's Skintone label for release outside Japan. Five tracks from 1983-4, the remainder 1997-8.

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Image 1983-1998
Format:	LP	Catalog Number:	BAY 9V
Price:	$6.75	Label:	Leaf
Release Date:	5/17/04
***Acoustic instrumental and vocal pieces from Yokota's Skintone label for release outside Japan. Five tracks from 1983-4, the remainder 1997-8.

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Magic Thread
Format:	CD	Catalog Number:	BAY 11CD
Price:	$9.50	Label:	Leaf
Release Date:	5/17/04
***Electronic music possessed of plaintive melodies and haunting, minimalist dynamics.

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Mix Ep
Format:	12"	Catalog Number:	DOCK 23
Price:	$8.25	Label:	Leaf
Release Date:	5/17/04
***Deep house mixes of four acoustic ambient tracks.

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Sakura
Format:	CD	Catalog Number:	BAY13CD
Price:	$12.00	Label:	Leaf
Release Date:	5/17/04

LO RECORDINGS

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Lo Compilation
Format:	2xCD	Catalog Number:	LCD59
Price:	$13.00	Label:	Lo Recordings
Release Date:	10/23/06
*Originally available only in Japan via Susumu Yokota**'s own Skintone label, Lo was so knocked out by this unique take on their back catalogue that they decided to give it a worldwide release. Mixed in Yokota's unique free-flowing style and featuring exclusive tracks by Yokota and others, this album is sure to find favor with Yokota and Lo fans alike. The album's deceptively simple title conceals a devilishly complex and ambitious feat: an absolutely unique trawl through the Lo back catalogue which spans its dizzying breadth to create a delightfully intriguing aural collage. The first CD features mostly vocal tracks beginning with The Chap's beguiling "Auto Where To," Toob's "Here Enuff" and Yokota's own "Your Shining Darkness." The disc also features tracks from Europa 51, Cursor Miner, Alexandroid, Luke Vibert, King Of Woolworths, Red Snapper, Theodore, Motohiro Nakashima and Rothko. The second CD focuses on Lo's more uptempo, electronic output starting with a previously unreleased mix of "Lock Don" by Georges Vert. We also get tracks from Four Tet, Jackson, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Mr G, Pier Bucci, and Milky Globe, plus several unreleased tracks from Yokota himself.

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Symbol
Format:	CD	Catalog Number:	LCD45CD
Price:	$13.00	Label:	Lo Recordings
Release Date:	7/11/05
***Susumu Yokota should need no introduction. The composer's musical innovations know no stylistic boundaries, and his work in the field of electronic music in particular has helped reshape the genre and made fans of Thom Yorke, Philip Glass and Brian Eno. Symbol is reckoned by Yokota to be his masterpiece. It's an extraordinary work that fuses classical strains with ambient, world-beat and electronic music in a breathtaking kaleidoscope of sound. Repeated listens draw the listener deep into his world, and reveal the true scope of Yokota's achievement. Featuring the incredible voice of avant garde composer/vocalist Meredith Monk, Symbol includes pieces by Debussy, Mahler, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and even Beethoven, interwoven with synth washes and electronic filigree, reimagined in the fecund imagination of Yokota. No one else would have even attempted such a daring task and only Yokota could have succeeded. This is a truly stunning work. New album from Japan's leading electronic composer Features legendary vocalist, composer and filmaker Meredith Monk For fans of Ruichi Sakamoto, Robert Wyatt and Nobukazu Takemura "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 30-second MP3 excerpts: Long Long Silk Bridge Purple Rose Minuet Traveler In The Wonderland Song Of The Sleeping Forest The Plateau Which The Zephyr Of Flora Occupies Fairy Dance Of Twinkle And Shadow Flaming Love And Destiny The Dying Black Swan Blue Sky And Yellow Sunflower Capriccio And The Innovative Composer Capriccio And The Innovative Composer Capriccio And The Innovative Composer Capriccio And The Innovative Composer

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Wonder Waltz
Format:	CD	Catalog Number:	LO577
Price:	$13.00	Label:	Lo Recordings
Release Date:	6/5/06
*Another year, another superb album from Susumu Yokota. With Yokota, it's never just another album though, is it? As an artist continually stretching the boundaries, Yokota is always up to something new, and Wonder Waltz is no exception. Inspired by his recent collaboration with vocalist Caroline Ross*, Yokota invited four distinct musicians to record what may be his most unusual album yet. Alongside Ross, Wonder Waltz* features Moravian violinist and singer Iva Bittova (a regular performer with Bang On A Can), Japanese singer and fashion icon Hahimi Karie, and French DJ Alex From Tokyo, who, conversely, is now famous in Japan. If this were a film it would be directed by Ingmar Bergman or Ang Lee-- The Seventh Seal meets Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon-- a phantasmagoria of unusual sounds, textures, spectral voices and deep beats. From these disparate elements Yokota creates a deep web of sound that encompasses everything from dub, folk, techno, gamelan, guitar raga, classical and avant garde. Elegant and experimental --BBC Collective Evocative and beguiling --Alternative Press On a different spiritual plane --NME Fantastic sounds to immerse yourself in --DJ A masterpiece --Phosphor Sublime --The Times 30-second MP3 excerpts: 1000 Wing Beats Per Second My Energy Capital Of Daisy Siva Dance Pegasus 150 Don't Go Sleep Merrygoround Robed Heart Strma A Uzka Eternity Is The Beginning Of The End L'etranger Rainbow Dust Your Shining Darkness Holy Ground

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Love Or Die
Format:	CD	Catalog Number:	LCD066CD
Price:	$13.00	Label:	Lo Recordings
Release Date:	3/17/08
***Susumu Yokota is one of the very few consistently engaging electronic artists to emerge in the last ten years-- always restless, always changing, and yet always himself. *Love Or Die* sees him return to a more distinctly "ambient" sound, similar to that found on his classic albums like Sakura and Grinning Cat-- and yet there are new variations and surprising juxtapositions, such as the drum and bass-meets-Windham Hill textures of "The Scream of a Sage..." or the Joe Meek breakbeat of "The Loneliness of Anarchic Beauty..." The long Zen-like titles seem to indicate that whatever the musical terrain, at the core of Yokota's music lies a deep and profound sense of purpose and focus. "Yet another work of deep, phantasmagoric magic... Yokota proceeds to provoke and astound in equal measure... from sublime ambient textures to polyrhythmic, poly-ethnic hybrids. Refined, delicate and endlessly intriguing, this one of Yokota's most engaging projects for a long while." --Clash Magazine 30-second MP3 excerpts: For The Other Self Who Is Far Away That I Can Not Reach A Slowly Fainting Memory Of Love And Respect And Hatred The Lonelines Of Anarchic Beauty Achieved By My Ego A Heart-Warming And Beautiful Flower Will Eventually Wither Away Become Dirt The Sin Of Almighty God, Respected And Believed By The Masses That Persons Hearsay Protects My Free Spirit The Things That I Need To Do For Just One's Love The Scream Of A Sage Who Lost Freedom And Love Taken For Granted Before A Song Produced While Floating Alone On Christmas Day The Now Forgotten Gods Of Rocky Mountain Residing In The Back Of The North Woods The Sacred Ceremony Conceived By Chance Frim An Evil Lie The Destiny If The Little Bird Trapped Inside A Small Cage For Life

Artist:	YOKOTA, SUSUMU	Title:	Skintone Collection
Format:	CD	Catalog Number:	LCD063CD
Price:	$13.00	Label:	Lo Recordings
Release Date:	1/7/08
*Compiled by Ben Eshmade from The Chiller Cabinet, Skintone Collection demonstrates perfectly why Susumu Yokota** is held in such high regard by so many. The album features tracks from all Yokota's "ambient" releases, including Magic Thread, Sakura, and Grinning Cat. Yokota's fanbase is broad; his admirers include Thom Yorke, Philip Glass, Brian Eno, and Bjork. His music was recently featured in the Denzel Washington film Deja Vu. Career highlights include a live appearance with Philip Glass in Sydney. Also well known in Europe for his house music releases on Harthouse, Sublime, and Exceptional, Yokota is highly regarded in Japan as a visual artist. This album precedes the new Yokota album, Love Or Die, which contains even more moments of ambient melody. "Sublime." --The Times "Evocative and beguiling." --Alternative Press "Spine-tinglingly beautiful." --Wax "Beauty incarnate." --7 "Superlative." --Mojo 30-second MP3 excerpts: Kodomotachi (Sakura) Amanogawa (Images 1983-1988) Card Nation (Grinning Cat) Illusion River (Will) Live Echo (The Boy And The Tree) Purple Rose Minuet (Symbol) Sentiero (Distant Sounds Of Summer) Saku (Sakura) Kawano Hotorino Kinoshitade (Images 1983-1998) King Dragonfly (Grinning Cat) Iconic Air (Laputa) Holy Ground (Wonder Waltz) A Heart Warming And Beautiful Flower Will Eventually Wither Away And Become Dirt (Love Or Die) Hagoromo (Sakura)

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