Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: Susumu Yokota Title: Boy & Tree Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Skintone Release Date: 3/9/2004 Album Type: Import Genre: Dance & Electronic Styles: House, Techno Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
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 | Susumu Yokota Boy & Tree Genre: Dance & Electronic
The Boy & The Tree is Yokota?s eleventh album in eight years. The man is not only one of the most prolific musicians of his generation, but also without a doubt one of the most imaginative. He has equally made his mark... more » |
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Album Description The Boy & The Tree is Yokota?s eleventh album in eight years. The man is not only one of the most prolific musicians of his generation, but also without a doubt one of the most imaginative. He has equally made his mark playing techno, ambient, jazz and electronica, always taking his audience by surprise while building a surprisingly consistent piece of work, making him one of the most respected composers around. Yokota?s follow up to last year?s blissful Ginning Cat and similarly excellent Will is yet another fascinating recording. Jalapeno. 2004. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsChill-out music for an oriental garden Phaede | Cabin John, Maryland USA | 07/12/2003 (4 out of 5 stars) "Traditional oriental and middle eastern instruments and sounds are treated with modern loop-based technology with beautiful and haunting results The Boy and The Tree. Susumu Yokota's musical approach seems to lie somewhere between Phillip Glass and DJ Shadow. Cinematic spookiness starts the CD off in "The Colour of Pomegranates". Gamelan sounds induce a meditative mood in "Live Echo" and "Plateau on Plateau". I found the song "Fairy Link" to unexpectedly be reminiscent of some of Orbital's early work (Halcyon and On in particular). Sounds of the far east met the spaghetti-western ambient guitar of Labradford in "Grass, Tree, and Stone". I felt like I was walking through an oriental garden in "Secret Garden" and "Rose Necklace" and watching the sun rise somewhere in the Middle East in "Beans". The remainder of this wonderful CD maintained a meditative mood with just enough quiet rhythms to keep this 21st century guy awake and nodding appreciatively through to the last tones of the Phillip Glass-inspired "Blood and Snow". All in all this is a very fresh and innovative CD worthy of immediate purchase. Enjoy your walk in Susumu's gardens!" Perfection Bazarov | Amsterdam, Holland | 12/08/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "Sakura, Grinning Cat, Distant Sounds of Summer, Wonder Waltz, they all contain out-of-this-world music, but they're also marred by uninspired, repetitive fillers and, most annoying, stupid drum machine breaks. This album, The Boy and the Tree, is sheer perfection. A flawless, 55 minute amalgam of lovely little tunes and even lovelier pieces of, well, sound. Ideal for dreaming away by (with no drum machines to shock you out of your slumber), but it also lives up to a concentrated listen. A not-to-be-missed disc for lovers of Eno, Hans Joachim Roedelius, and Tim Story." Further adventures in lushness Jay M | Dublin, Ireland | 02/07/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "Nobody thought he could top 'Sakura' and I don't think he has with this. But he has at least equalled it in terms of quality and listening pleasure.Again he proceeds to combine beautiful, sweet ambient sounds to just immerse you totally in his sound. It's like voices and sounds that you recall from your past, like looking back hazily through time. I don't know how he manages to do it, but there is something magical about the music he makes.From what other have said to me about Susumu Yokota's music, it seems to transcend all boundaries, his music can mean many things to many different people.For all those who like electronica, then this has to be an album you must consider buying. Again the cover design is just delightful."
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