Wonder Waltz

Another year, another superb album from Susumu Yokota but with Yokota it is never just another album. Always stretching the boundaries, trying something new and Wonder Waltz is no exception. Inspired by his recent collaboration with singer Caroline Ross, Yokota has recorded with 4 different vocalists to create perhaps his most unusual album.

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 and 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.

As well as the clear bell like tones of Caroline Ross the album features the curious east European sound of well known violinist and singer Iva Bittova from Moravia who performs and records regularly with Bang On A Can. The delicate breathy voice of Hahimi Karie , a famous Japanese singer and fashion icon now resident in France and the gallic charm of Alex from Tokyo who conversely is a French DJ, famous in Japan.

‘elegant and experimental…gorgeous’ BBCi Collective ‘Beautiful female vocals combined with classical elements and sweet electronics…a masterpiece’ Phosphor ‘sublime’ The Times ‘evocative and beguiling’ Alternative Press ‘properly ethereal…exists on a different spiritual plane to most of his contemporaries’ NME ‘Fantastic sounds to immerse yourself in completely" DJ

Susumu Yokota - Wonder Waltz (LCD57)

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1.		Susumu Yokota & Caroline Ross - 1000 Wing Beats per Second	4m 52s
2.		Susumu Yokota & Kahimi Karie - My Energy	5m 3s
3.		Susumu Yokota - Capital Daisy	4m 25s
4.		Susumu Yokota & Iva Bittova - Siva Dance	4m 55s
5.		Susumu Yokota & Iva Bittova - Pegasus 150	3m 41s
6.		Susumu Yokota & Kahimi Karie - Don't Go To Sleep	4m 31s
7.		Susumu Yokota - Merrygoround	1m 58s
8.		Susumu Yokota & Caroline Ross - Robed Heart	3m 4s
9.		Susumu Yokota & Iva Bittova - Strma a Uzka	3m 33s
10.		Susumu Yokota & Kahimi Karie - Eternity Is The Beginning of The End	5m 15s
11.		Susumu Yokota & Alex From Tokyo - L'etranger	4m 1s
12.		Susumu Yokota & Iva Bittova - Rainbow Dust	5m 50s
13.		Susumu Yokota & Caroline Ross - Your Shining Darkness	4m 48s
14.		Susumu Yokota - Holy Ground	4m 5s

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