Yokota, Susumu & Rothko / Distant Sounds Of Summer

Lo Recordings

formats available

CD
$13.00
LCD 56
666017123721
Street Date:
October 25th, 2005
Ship Date:
October 17th, 2005

A collaboration with Too Pure and Lo Recordings artists Rothko, Distant Sounds of Summer is Susumu Yokota’s 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 Ross’s 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 Lib’s most space-bound moments. Yokota’s masterful production guides the music into a tangible whole that is wholly enveloping, a startling and wonderful new world of sound.