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artist : Susumu Yokota
album : Sound of Sky
year : 2002
label : Exceptional
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : EXLPCD 0202
url : www.exceptionalrecords.co.uk
quality : CD lame VBR 3.90.3 --alt-preset standard
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01.Sea Blue 01:08
02.Nothing Time 06:50
03.Three Ripple 05:54
04.Crash Marble 05:25
05.Wind Wave 01:06
06.Sky Blue 06:33
07.King of Darkness 06:05
08.Form an Idea 04:38
09.Right to Be Free 05:38
10.Make Peace 05:52
11.Sky and Diamond 06:10
11 tracks | 55:19 mins | 77,9 MB
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"Susumu Yokota is one of those artists who cannot be pinned down to
one genre or style. Last year he released different projects that
expertly covered experimental electronica, deep house and a garage
album all to great critical acclaim from respective specialist and
mainstream press. On this, his second album for Exceptional, he is
focusing on deep, jazz orientated house music, along the lines of
Joe Clausell and Osunlade. 'Nothing Time' is a tribute to those
days without responsibilities and pressures, relax and soak up the
vibes of this glorious breakbeat based house track. 'Three Ripple'
ups the rhythmic ante with a greater emphasis on the kick, accented
by rising keyboard wails. Susumu's musicality is clearly apparent
on 'Crash Marble', where he manipulates a blues groove into crunchy
house beats, similar to St Germain, but with a bit more dirt. The
gorgeous ambient interlude of 'Wind Wave' is based around a heavily
effected and treated keyboard line. The album's title track melds a
fat kick and a bassline with jazzy keys, and an infectious chant.
The addition of sax on top is the final coup de grace. 'King of
Darkness' must be an ironic title -- it probably won't work for the
'Dark Drums' fans out there. The main motif is a lilting piano
supported by a house rhythm section. 'Form and Idea' lets the
listener relax back and observe the gestation of a musical theme,
imitating the excitement of the arrival of a novel thought and the
peaceful delight of a problem solved. 'Right to be Free' is a low
slung groove helping an understated vocal come through. It marries
a righteous take on house with some of the production sensibilities
of the Cologne sound. Expect to hear 'Make Peace' on deep
dancefloors near you soon, it has a truly cavernous kick drum.
The album closes with the downtempo breaks of 'Sky and Diamond' --
its deep reverb winds the proceeds off perfectly. Yet again Susumu
Yokota has demonstrated his mastery of another musical genre but
kept his trademark respect for space and depth through fine
attention to production details like his sensual use of reverb."
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