Susumu Yokota - Laputa (Skintone Edition) - 1CD
10/04/2026
Lo257CD
Artist:
Susumu Yokota
Label:
Lo Recordings
Version Description:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Sound Carrier:
1CD
Barcode:
5057805952251
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board
- Printed sleeve notes
Laputa, a title taken from the fantastical floating island of Gulliver's Travels is aptly named as 'The album that never landed' for, apart from a limited touchdown in Japan, Laputa was never released. This mystical world is a summation of Yokota's journey so far, a complex and at times challenging work but immeasurably rewarding. Beguiling and bewitching in equal measure.
Over fifteen undulating sonic fugue states, he guides listeners round a liminal world, made up of familiar materials but formed in a way defying all laws of perspective and physics. Background murmurings give way to almost uncomfortably foregrounded chattering, and one perceived soundstage segues into another impossible tableau of sonic apparitions, some recognisable in form, but all boldly decontextualised and arranged in expertly cluttered amalgams.
Laputa's obscurity was a prime reason Lo Recordings decided on the Skintone retrospective. Falling as it did between The Boy and the Tree on The Leaf Label and our own debut of Symbol. It was something of an audio crime that the album had never been properly explored and discovered. Lo Recordings hope Laputa can now ascend to its rightful place... hovering above us.
1. Rising Sun
2. Lost Ring
3. Gong Gong Gong
4. Iconic Air
5. Light of the Sun
6. Grey Piano
7. 23 Degrees Dream
8. Hidden Love
9. Trip Eden
10. True Story
11. Dragon Place
12. I Am Flying
13. Dizzy Echo
14. Heart by Heart
15. Hyper on Hyper
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