Susumu Yokota Tokyo, Japan
www.susumuyokota.com
A prolific, prodigiously talented artist, Susumu Yokota was responsible for over
thirty albums between 1993 and 2012, exploring the worlds of acid techno, trance, ambient, downtempo and beyond.
After a period of ill health, Yokota passed away in March 2015 at the age of 54.
This Bandcamp collects his Skintone releases, through Lo Recordings and The Leaf Label.
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Corporate Shamanism
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Always manages to pull at my heartstrings with tender melodies during a positive onslaught of sound.
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“Do you still dream in water?” she asks. He nods—“only when it rains inside.” Their words drift, slow like signal loss,, soft clicks between heartbeats. A drone hums overhead, its shadow stroking their faces. “Are we free now?” she whispers. He laughs, small, broken. “We’re just less afraid.” They share one headphone, listening to the city’s pulse— loops of breath, echoes of what could’ve been “Hold me,” she says. “I am,” he answers, “in the static.”
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