Susumu Yokota - LO Compilation Mix (2006)

Date Released: October 17, 2006

Origin: Japan

Genre: House, ElectroFolk, Dub Techno, IDM

Label: Lo Recordings/State51

Site: www.susumuyokota.org

Tracklist Disc One:

1. Auto Where To - The Chap

2. Volumatic Spacer Device - The Chap

3. Younger People - The Chap

4. Your Shinning Darkness - Susumu yokota

5. Voyeurism - Europa 51

6. Here Enuff - Toob

7. Blasted Wook - Luke Vibert

8. Clawing It's Way Back - Toob

9. Errors In My Mind - Cursor Miner

10. My Lovemixdown - Alexandroid

11. Edinorg - Alexandroid

12. Open - Rothko

13. Siemreap - Motohiro Nakashima

14. We Are Not Impartial - The Chap

15. Mountain & Valleys (Yokota Mix) - Red Snapper

16. The Loner - King Of Woolworths

17. Songs Of The Sleeping Forest - Susumu Yokota

18. Madam Ortance - Theodore

19. Europa 51 - Europa 51

20. Waters Edge - Susumu Yokota Rothko

21. My energy - Susumu Yokota

22. 1000 Wing Beats Per Second - Susumu yokota

23. Clear Space - Susumu Yokota Rothko

Tracklist Disc Two:

1. LockDon - hairy Butter Georges Vert

2. This Is Electro - Cursor Miner

3. Remember Elvis Rex - The Chap

4. Courage And Modesty - The Chap

5. Remote Control - Cursor Miner

6. Mr. G's Locked In Dub - Hairy Butter

7. Disco Gardens - Milky Globe

8. Space=Volume - The Chap Pier Bucci

9. 3a - Susumu Yokota

10. Grilling The Cheese - Cursor Miner

11. Battery Powered Joy - Cursor Miner

12. Moog Acid (Jackson Mix) - Jean Jacques Perrey Luke Vibert

13. Moog Acid (Plastician Mix) - Jean Jacques Perrey Luke Vibert

14. Cursor Miner Feels Good - Cursor Miner

15. Siva Dance - Susumu Yokota

16. 3c - Susumu Yokota

17. The Warp & The Woof (Secondo Mix) - Milky Globe

18. Woop Woop - The Chap

19. I Got Flattened By A Pig Farmer - The Chap

20. Ode (SCSI 9 Moscow Mix) - Milky Globe

21. Heavy Petting - Red Snapper

22. Rivers Become Oceans - Four Tet Rothko

Download Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZXLHACXO

Susumu Yokota - Magic Thread (2000)

Date Released: January 1, 2000
Origin: Japan
Genre: Minimal, Ambient, IDM
Label: Leaf Records
Site: www.susumuyokota.org
Tracklist:
1. Weave
2. Reflux
3. Unravel
4. Circular
5. Spool
6. Potential
7. Fiber
8. Metabolic
9. Stitch
10. Blend
11. Melt

Download Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/227987686/Susumu_Yokota_-_Magic_Thread.rar

Yagya - Rigning (2009)

Date Released: February, 2009
Origin: Iceland
Genre: Minimal Techno, Ambient, Leftfield, Dub Techno
Label: Sending Orbs
Site: ---
Tracklist:
1. Rigning Einn
2. Rigning Tvö
3. Rigning þrjú
4. Rigning Fjórir
5. Rigning Fimm
6. Rigning Sex
7. Rigning Sjö
8. Rigning Átta
9. Rigning Níu
10. Rigning Tíu

Download Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/227654094/Yagya_-_Rigning.rar

Yagya - Will I Dream During The Process? (2006)

Date Released: 2006
Origin: Iceland
Genre: Minimal Techno, Ambient, Leftfield, Dub Techno, Deep House
Label: Sending Orbs
Site: ---
Tracklist:
1. Wind & Thunder
2. Choose
3. As It Is
4. But If These Words Are Heard
5. We Lose Ourselves
6. Thier Blood Is Black And Yellow
7. Like The Noise Of Great Waters
8. Change
9. A Very Long Daydream
10. When They Stood, They Let Down Their Wings

Download Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/227667385/Yagya_-_Will_I_Dream_During_the_Process.rar

Yagya - Rhythm Of Snow (2002)

Date Released: February 5, 2002
Origin: Iceland
Genre: Minimal Techno, Ambient, Leftfield, Dub Techno
Label: Efa
Site: ---
Tracklist:
1. Snowflake 1
2. Snowflake 2
3. Snowflake 3
4. Snowflake 4
5. Snowflake 5
6. Snowflake 6
7. Snowflake 7
8. Snowflake 8
9. Snowflake 9
10. Snowflake 10
Download Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/227541301/Yagya_-_Rhythm_Of_Snow.rar

Murcof - The Versailles Sessions (2008) [Reuploaded Link]

Date Released: December 9, 2008
Origin: Mexico
Genre: Glitch, Click & Cut
Label: Leaf Records
Site: http://myspace.com/murcof
Tracklist:
1. Welcome to Versailles
2. Louis XIV' Demons
3. A Lesson For The Future, Farewell To The Old Days
4. Death Of A Forest
5. Spring In The Artificial Gardens
6. Lully's Turquerie as Interpreted by an Advanced Script

Download Link (New):
http://rapidshare.com/files/226782255/The_Versailles_Sessions.rar

Murcof - Martes (2002) [Reupload]

Date Released: June 25, 2002
Origin: Mexico
Genre: Glitch, Click & Cut
Label: Leaf Records
Site: http://myspace.com/murcof
Tracklist:
1. Memoria
2. Mapa
3. Mir
4. Mármol
5. Mao
6. Muim
7. Mes
8. Maíz

Download Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C3POSRYH

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Susumu Yokota & Rothko - Distant Sounds Of Summer (2005)

Date Released: October 25, 2005
Origin: Japan
Genre: Ambient, Downtempo, Experimental, IDM, Minimal

Label: Lo Recordings
Site: http://www.susumuyokota.org/
Tracklist:
1. Deep In Mist
2. Waters Edge
3. Path Fades Into Forest
4. Lit By Moonlight
5. Brook And Burn
6. Sentiero
7. Clear Space
8. Reflections And Shadows
9. Distant Sounds Of Summer
10. Floating Moon
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Susumu Yokota, the name ring any bells? OK, bad jokes aside, I’m sure virtually everyone’s familiar with the workaholic behind the echoing lattices of delight that make up such recordings as Grinning Cat and Sakura, as well as the deep, jazzual and funky ‘80s house of albums like Zero. You might not know that he also runs his own record label, Skintone, and is an exhibiting graphic designer who makes all his own record covers; quite frankly, he’s probably the only person in the world who can rival Madlib for ludicrous amounts of diverse creative output. Now that’s cute, because the promo sheet under my beady eye compares Susumu’s “supernatural kind of funk” to California’s most blunted. Except they spell it Mad Lib, which sounds like a pendant to Stephen Malkmus’ Pig Lib, only for wackos (sign me up!).
Anyway, if you haven’t heard anything by Mr. Yokota, you’re missing out because he’s justly famous for being able to create wondrous atmospheres from the barest assortments of intertwined sounds, and he’s not afraid of being pretty or lush, either. A good place to start might be Symbol, which uses a very well-known selection of classical music as the starting threads, and which everyone except Wire magazine loved. My personal tip would be Grinning Cat, but for goodness’ sakes don’t start with The Boy and the Tree, because it’s all weird concussive dub gongs instead of bells on the breeze, and may dent your headspace.
Or you could start with this album right here, a fantastic display of all his internationally acclaimed production hallmarks. However, although Yokota is behind the boards, most of the music here is of Rothko’s making, and Rothko deserve more than a word or two by way of introduction. Initially consisting of nothing more than a trio of bass players and some FX (lofi gem In the Pulse of an Artery), the output of this loose collective around founding member Max Beazley moved through blissful ambient recordings (A Continual Search for Origins) towards the velvet intensity of A Space Between, where longtime collaborator and creamily voiced English poet/songstress Caroline Ross achieved equal billing, adding the folkish tones of her playing to Beazley’s ever-mellifluous bass fretwork, which has always been Rothko’s liquid spine. Along the way Beazley’s put out a slew of albums not mentioned above, found the time to collaborate with Four Tet on the gorgeous Rivers Become Oceans split 7” and released Wish for a World Without Hurt, a reaction to the events of September 11th that saw him work with static merchant Black Bear and produce music like nothing so much as the ashes of the impact site crying to themselves.
And to think I find it difficult to fit in a couple of reviews around my working week.
Yokota veterans will find themselves instantly at home on the warm broken beats of opener “Deep in Mist”, where Ross’ voice blossoms in wordless flight, and second track “Waters Edge”, which wraps her into tiny tonal chant cycles (a Yokota peccadillo) beneath gently oscillating rings and resonating piano notes huge and softly heavy as summer cloud banks. Rothko stalwarts need not be put off by the threat of pounding beats, as these only take the aural foreground on a minority of tracks, and are anyway more sinuous pulse than kick. Rest assured that things retain a silkily organic feel throughout, that there are still drifts into near-silent idyll, and that Beazley’s high tones are as gorgeously evocative of sunlight rippling on water as ever (with a particular mention perhaps being due for “Brook and Burn").
Everyone else can go out and get it safe in the knowledge that they are purchasing a collaboration by masters of their respective crafts, who in joining forces have created some of the best and most blissful music either have achieved. This is one of the ambient albums of this—and indeed most—years, and when I say ambient, I don’t really mean Eno’s airport soundtrack; apart from anything else, there is genuine songwriting and structure here. No, ambient, as in: You can do whatever you want while listening to it, but the music does not become background, it becomes part of you. One to slot next to Budd & Bernocchi’s “Fragments From the Inside” while blessing all musicians too productive to enjoy physical peace, who therefore need to create it in their minds, and let it sound like this.
A small body of such artists (Beazley amongst them) have been taking shelter from the underground cold at www.burningshed.com. I would humbly suggest that you go and peruse what they’ve got to offer, because it’s likely that you’ll find something there to cherish. I did.

Review taken from: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/yokotasusumu-distant/
Download link: http://rapidshare.com/files/164454366/Susumu_Yokota___Rothko_-_Distant_Sounds_of_Summer.rar

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Susumu Yokota - Skintone Collection (2008)

Date Released: January 15, 2008
Origin: Japan
Genre: Ambient, Downtempo, Experimental, Modern Classical, Minimal

Label: Lo Recordings
Site: http://www.susumuyokota.org/
Tracklist:
1. Kodomotachi
2. Amanogawa 1997
3. Card Nation
4. Illusion River
5. Live Echo
6. Purple Rose Minuet
7. Sentiero
8. Saku
9. Kawano Hotorino Kinoshitade 1998
10. King Dragonfly
11. Iconic Air
12. Holy Ground
13. A Heart-warming And Beautiful Flower Will Eventually Wither Away And Become Dirt
14. Hagoromo
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For over 20 years Susumu Yokota has been creating a diverse body of work which, since 1998, he has released on his own Skintone label. While this work is lazily categorised as ‘ambient’, that name really is a disservice. Yokota’s music is rarely happy to find space in the background and tracks have much more movement of ideas within them than ambient music strictly uses.
Being a compilation is possibly the only fault of this disc as a listening experience, and it is a minor fault at that. The diverse nature of Yokota’s music means that the tracks jump about stylistically a little. ‘Card Nation’ from 2001’s Grinning Cat is ominous atmospherics under piano, violin and vocal snatches punctuated by heavily reverberated clangs and hisses. ‘Illusion River’ from 2001’s Will is pretty Rhodes glissandos and opera swoons under a raw, harshly cut drum loop, the tension between the two aesthetics continually shifting the focus of the track and providing considerable forward momentum. Traditional Japanese instrumentation finds its place in tracks such as ‘Live Echo’ (from 2002’s The Boy And The Tree) and ‘Sentiero’ (from 2005’s Distant Sounds Of Summer collaboration with Rothko). These are seamlessly blended with classical western instrumentation and contemporary electronics to great effect throughout. Whether creating a contemplative mood in ‘Kawano Hotorino Kinoshitade 1998′ (from 1998’s Image 1983-1998) or splicing samples into abstract shards to be recomposed in ‘A Heart-warming And Beautiful Flower Will Eventually Wither And Become Dirt’ (from 2007’s Love Or Die), Yokota avoids cliches and keeps every detail serving the whole exquisitely.
Every piece on this collection is musically noteworthy in some way. Compiler Ben Eshmade, of the program ‘Chiller Cabinet’ on Britain’s Classic FM has done a good job of creating a reasonable flow across the tracks. As mentioned, though, it is hard to listen to the entire disc and not notice the joins between disparate works. However, the strength of the material means that this leads to a desire to hear the original works in their entirety, where the flow and continuity that is core to this music can be heard and fully appreciated. As a compilation which opens up Yokota’s work to new audiences, sending them in search of his back catalogue, this is a great success.

Review taken from: http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/?p=1662
Download link: http://rapidshare.com/files/164433048/Susumu_Yokota_-_Skintone_Collection.rar

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