Cloud Hidden
Susumu Yokota
| Formats | Tracks | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12" Vinyl Album | 10 tracks | £15.00 | Out of stock |
| CD Album | 10 tracks | £8.00 | Out of stock |
| Download Album (MP3) | 10 tracks | £7.99 | |
| Download Album (WAV) | 10 tracks | £7.99 | |
| Download individual tracks | From £0.99 | ||
Description
Susumu Yokota - Cloud Hidden
I asked the boy beneath the pines,
He said ‘The masters gone alone
Herb-picking somewhere on the mount
Cloud-hidden, whereabouts unknown
Searching For The Hermit In Vain Chia Tao (777-841)
2019 marked the 5th anniversary of Susumu Yokota’s departure from this world and yet he is very much still here. His music always had a timeless quality and this new release is a perfect example.
It was conceived following the discovery of a DAT tape by Mark Beazley containing unreleased tracks and early sketch versions of tracks that formed ‘The Boy and the Tree’. Mark had worked with Yokota on the Rothko/Yokota collaboration EP ‘Rivers Edge’ but had no recollection of why or when he was sent the tape.
Mark sent the tracks to Jon Tye who ‘decided to do my best to honour the spirit and legacy of Yokota’s work by completing the tracks in a way which I thought he would approve’.
‘I only met Susumu once but communicated with him many times and always felt a strong connection with him and his music, it all came together swiftly and flowed from start to finish without thought or question. I hope what I have created is a fitting tribute. It was a privilege to enter the world of Susumu Yokota and spend time with his spirit’.
‘Many of the titles and the quotation were taken from the book ‘Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown’ by Alan Watts, which Jon Tye was reading at the time the tracks were mixed’
He said ‘The masters gone alone
Herb-picking somewhere on the mount
Cloud-hidden, whereabouts unknown
Searching For The Hermit In Vain Chia Tao (777-841)
2019 marked the 5th anniversary of Susumu Yokota’s departure from this world and yet he is very much still here. His music always had a timeless quality and this new release is a perfect example.
It was conceived following the discovery of a DAT tape by Mark Beazley containing unreleased tracks and early sketch versions of tracks that formed ‘The Boy and the Tree’. Mark had worked with Yokota on the Rothko/Yokota collaboration EP ‘Rivers Edge’ but had no recollection of why or when he was sent the tape.
Mark sent the tracks to Jon Tye who ‘decided to do my best to honour the spirit and legacy of Yokota’s work by completing the tracks in a way which I thought he would approve’.
‘I only met Susumu once but communicated with him many times and always felt a strong connection with him and his music, it all came together swiftly and flowed from start to finish without thought or question. I hope what I have created is a fitting tribute. It was a privilege to enter the world of Susumu Yokota and spend time with his spirit’.
‘Many of the titles and the quotation were taken from the book ‘Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown’ by Alan Watts, which Jon Tye was reading at the time the tracks were mixed’
Reviews
𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢’𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙃𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙫𝙚, 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙨. - The Tape Deck...𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙮. - All Music
...𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙔𝙤𝙠𝙤𝙩𝙖’𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚. - Tank Magazine
...𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙔𝙤𝙠𝙤𝙩𝙖'𝙨 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚. - Norman Records
Tracklisting
12" Vinyl Album (LO166LP)
- Spectrum of Love
- Implications of Karma
- The Reality of Reincarnation
- Ama and the Mountain
- The Future Of Ecstasy
- The Seven Secret Sayings of God
- Flowing with the Tao
- Incantation of the Stars
- The Art of Contemplation
- Direct Transmission
CD Album (LO166CD)
- Spectrum of Love
- Implications of Karma
- The Reality of Reincarnation
- Ama and the Mountain
- The Future Of Ecstasy
- The Seven Secret Sayings of God
- Flowing with the Tao
- Incantation of the Stars
- The Art of Contemplation
- Direct Transmission