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[idm] susumu yokota
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In a message dated 7/04/00 5:34:59 philip@askjeeves.com writes:
quoted 8 lines wow... this new susumu yokota (magic thread, on leaf) is really something.> wow... this new susumu yokota (magic thread, on leaf) is really something. > i'd always thought of him as a house producer, but this album, at least, is > really rich, creaking ambience with beats. maybe it's just the name, but i > do feel like i hear a specifically japanese quality in the sound -- that > kind of rippling, warbly timbre used by early ken ishii and current-day > reflections... > > beautiful.
Remember, that Susumu Yokota produced some amazing ambient electronic techno in the mid-90s as Ringo and Prism on the Sublime Label. Also EBI on Space Teddy. His Ringo album -Plantation has some of the finest 303 melodies in techno. Sounds like his new album sees him going full circle. A_Zed _________________________________________ Program Co-ordinator, Ambient Zone RTRFM 92.1 Sunday Electronic Listening [http://rtrfm.ii.net] Perth, W.Aust (WST) 23.00-01.00 Detroit (EST) 10.00-12.00 Frankfurt (CET) 16.00-18.00 London(GMT) 15.00-17.00 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org