Symbol
Susumu Yokota
| Formats | Tracks | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12" Vinyl Album | 13 tracks | £18.00 | |
| Download Album (Skintone Series) (MP3) | 14 tracks | £7.99 | |
| Download Album (Skintone Series) (WAV) | 14 tracks | £7.99 | |
| Download individual tracks | From £0.99 | ||
Description
Susumu Yokota - Symbol
Originally released in 2004, the 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 Yokotaโs inimitable style to create what Pitchfork described as an "ecstasy albumโ
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.
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 Yokotaโs inimitable style to create what Pitchfork described as an "ecstasy albumโ
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.
Reviews
...๐ ๐ก๐ช๐จ๐, ๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฉ-๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐๐๐๐-๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ฎ. - Pitchfork๐๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ข. - Loud & Quiet
...๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ฎ. - Norman Records
'๐๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค๐ก' ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก, ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐-๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ช๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ...๐ช๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐. - Vinyl Factory
๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐โ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ-๐ค๐-๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐ก๐ก๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ก โ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก. - Juno Daily
๐๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ช ๐๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐'๐จ ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐๐. - Djolo
๐ผ๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฃ ๐พ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ , ๐๐ง๐ค๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ซ, ๐ฟ๐๐๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ. ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ/๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ข. - South Records
..๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐. - Minerva Records
๐๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ช ๐๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐'๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ช๐ซ๐ง๐... - All Music
...๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐. - Pop Matters
...๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ง๐. - Exclaim!
...๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐-๐ค๐-๐-๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ข. - Sputnik Music
Tracklisting
12" Vinyl Album (LO190LP)
- long long silk bridge
- purple rose minuet
- traveler in the wonderland
- Song of the sleeping forest
- the plateau which the zephyr of flora occupies
- fairy dance of twinkle and shadow
- flaming love and destiny
- the dying black swan
- blue sky and yellow flower
- capriccio and the innovative composer
- I close the door upon myself
- symbol of life, love and aesthetics
- music from the lake surface
Download Album (Skintone Series) (LO190DA)
- Long Long Silk Bridge
- Purple Rose Minuet
- Traveler In The Wonderland
- Song Of The Sleeping Forest
- The Plateau Which The Zephyr Of Flora Occupies
- Fairy Dance Of Twinkle And Shadow
- Flaming Love And Destiny
- The Dying Black Swan
- Blue Sky And Yellow Sunflower
- Capriccio And The Innovative Composor
- I Close The Door Upon Myself
- Symbol Of Life, Love, And Aesthetics
- Music From The Lake Surface
- Symbol Of Love (Ocean Moon Remix)