Symbol (Vinyl Edition), by Susumu Yokota

Symbol (Vinyl Edition)

by Susumu Yokota

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rainyt magical, whimsical and beautiful Favorite track: Song of the Sleeping Forest.

mnlsoverdrive A lush celebration of life from the perspective of one of the most creative beings on electronic music. Favorite track: Blue Sky and Yellow Sunflower.

Lunar_Shadows This album is a love letter to those with an ear for enduring classical pieces. Its real impact lies in how beats and samples breathe fresh life into what you are already familiar with. All that is 'old' is 'new' again in this collection. Love this album. Favorite track: Flaming Love and Destiny.

Markooo stunning stuff, no brainer. loving all of these recent re-issues of his work, absolutely amazing perennial productions Favorite track: Long Long Silk Bridge.

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Special limited edition Clear 12" Vinyl edition. Beautifully packaged sleeve with liner notes by Ben Eshmade and Tsutomu Noda.

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1.	Long Long Silk Bridge 02:59	buy track
2.	Purple Rose Minuet 03:33	buy track
3.	Traveler in the Wonderland 04:00	buy track
4.	Song of the Sleeping Forest 03:49	buy track
5.	the Plateau Which the Zephyr of Flora Occupies 02:25	buy track
6.	Fairy Dance of Twinkle and Shadow 04:17	buy track
7.	Flaming Love and Destiny 04:54	buy track
8.	the Dying Black Swan 02:20	buy track
9.	Blue Sky and Yellow Sunflower 03:14	buy track
10.	Capriccio and the Innovative Composor 02:02	buy track
11.	I Close the Door Upon Myself 02:24	buy track
12.	Symbol of Life, Love, and Aesthetics 03:54	buy track
13.	Music From the Lake Surface 03:12	buy track
14.	Symbol of Love (Ocean Moon Remix) 05:19	buy track

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SUSUMU YOKOTA
‘Symbol’ (Vinyl Edition)
LO190 - Lo Recordings - 8th April 2022

The Susumu Yokota masterpiece is on vinyl for the first time.

“A lush, ornate, and elegant celebration of the oft-maligned pleasure of pure surface-level beauty” - Pitchfork

London independent imprint Lo Recordings are excited to announce that they will release a vinyl version of the ‘Symbol’ album by the late Japanese electronic pioneer Susumu Yokota on the 8th of April 2022.

Originally released in 2004, this special limited edition reissue comes in a newly designed and beautifully packaged gatefold sleeve with liner notes by Ben Eshmade and Tsutomu Noda.

The prolific Yokota rightly saw this album as his masterwork. An incredible kaleidoscopic patchwork of samples from classical recordings by the likes of John Cage, Meredith Monk, Prokofiev, Debussy, Ravel and Tchaikovsky are brought together and lovingly transformed in Yokota’s inimitable style to create what Pitchfork described as an "ecstasy album”.

Each track is a firework of temporality, as ideas collide and briefly hold together in the fragile moment before decaying and decomposing. Sampling, the re-imagining of music, is very much the instrument of Yokota. Within the restricted seconds of a digital sample you hear a recording from a certain time, you hear the room, you hear the dust on the cello bow, and you can just about sense what the musician was feeling that day.

Vinyl LP Track Listing:
01. ‘ Long Long Silk Bridge’
02. ‘Purple Rose Minuet’
03. ‘Traveler In The Wonderland’
04. ‘Song Of The Sleeping Forest’
05. ‘The Plateau Which The Zephyr Of Flora Occupies’
06. ‘Fairy Dance Of Twinkle And Shadow’
07. ‘Flaming Love And Destiny’
08. ‘The Dying Black Swan’
09. ‘Blue Sky And Yellow Sunflower’
10. ‘Capriccio And The Innovative Composer’
11. ‘I Close The Door Upon Myself’
12. ‘Symbol Of Life, Love And Aesthetics’
13. ‘Music From The Lake Surface’

Website: lorecordings.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lorecordingss

For press enquiries contact: andy@somefriendly.co.uk

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released April 8, 2022

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Susumu Yokota Tokyo, Japan

A prolific, prodigiously talented artist, Susumu Yokota was responsible for over thirty albums between 1993 and 2012, exploring the worlds of acid techno, trance, ambient, downtempo and beyond.

After a period of ill health, Yokota passed away in March 2015 at the age of 54.

This Bandcamp collects his Skintone releases, through The Leaf Label and Lo Recordings. ... more

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