Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:LoSE1CD
Release-Date:05.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:BOX
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:LoSE1CD
Release-Date:05.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:BOX
Format:
- Black on Black Printed Slipcase, With High Gloss Graphic Elements Block Printed in Foil
- Includes 7 CDs In Softly Textured Six Page Pocketpacs With Sleevenotes
Skintone Edition Vol.1 commences a project that involves reissuing 14 albums from Yokota's Skintone label, originally released between 1998 and 2012. These albums represent Yokota's most seminal work, and are highly sought after, with most of the albums not seeing a repress until now. These fourteen albums will come out individually over the next 18 months, along with two boxsets, each containing 7 of the albums. As well as vinyl there will also be a CD release for each album + 2 CD box sets.
Skintone Edition commemorates the singular talent of this music pioneer with the re-release of all of his albums released via his own Skintone label.
Over a 20 year period Yokota released 30 albums and countless 12s under a variety of aliases, across more than a dozen pre-eminent labels. Yokota received domestic and international acclaim as a house and techno DJ and producer throughout the nineties. Part of the vanguard of the Tokyo scene, his influential release Acid Mt. Fuji inspires techno artists to this day.
In 1998 though, at the height of his success, he established his Skintone imprint, which came to eclipse all of his previous achievements. Skintone shone a light on the diverse new directions in which his creativity had blown, from delicate, cyclical tape-loop meditations to neo-classical compositions. It also gave him the autonomy to combine his visual and music-making practices and, importantly, to create at his own pace. The label was a great success and his experiments proved foundational in the global 00s ambient canon.
Skintone Edition will be available as 2 box sets - the first volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of Yokota’s untimely death and the 30th year of Lo Recordings. All music has been fully re-mastered. This edition is presented with the generous assistance of the Yokota family.
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- Black on Black Printed Slipcase, With High Gloss Graphic Elements Block Printed in Foil
- Includes 7 CDs In Softly Textured Six Page Pocketpacs With Sleevenotes
Skintone Edition Vol.1 commences a project that involves reissuing 14 albums from Yokota's Skintone label, originally released between 1998 and 2012. These albums represent Yokota's most seminal work, and are highly sought after, with most of the albums not seeing a repress until now. These fourteen albums will come out individually over the next 18 months, along with two boxsets, each containing 7 of the albums. As well as vinyl there will also be a CD release for each album + 2 CD box sets.
Skintone Edition commemorates the singular talent of this music pioneer with the re-release of all of his albums released via his own Skintone label.
Over a 20 year period Yokota released 30 albums and countless 12s under a variety of aliases, across more than a dozen pre-eminent labels. Yokota received domestic and international acclaim as a house and techno DJ and producer throughout the nineties. Part of the vanguard of the Tokyo scene, his influential release Acid Mt. Fuji inspires techno artists to this day.
In 1998 though, at the height of his success, he established his Skintone imprint, which came to eclipse all of his previous achievements. Skintone shone a light on the diverse new directions in which his creativity had blown, from delicate, cyclical tape-loop meditations to neo-classical compositions. It also gave him the autonomy to combine his visual and music-making practices and, importantly, to create at his own pace. The label was a great success and his experiments proved foundational in the global 00s ambient canon.
Skintone Edition will be available as 2 box sets - the first volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of Yokota’s untimely death and the 30th year of Lo Recordings. All music has been fully re-mastered. This edition is presented with the generous assistance of the Yokota family.
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Germany
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More records from Susumu Yokota
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo255
Release-Date:05.12.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo255
Release-Date:05.12.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
1
Susumu Yokota - Level 21
2
Susumu Yokota - Pegasus Man
3
Susumu Yokota - Alpine Nation
4
Susumu Yokota - Red Door
5
Susumu Yokota - Illusion River
6
Susumu Yokota - Black Sea
7
Susumu Yokota - Pony Tail
8
Susumu Yokota - Rabbit Earring
9
Susumu Yokota - Flower And Butterfly
Format:
- Limited edition Cool Grey 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Will heralded a disarming, groove-based return to deep house. A wild melange of bumping beats, freestyle samples and esoteric goodness. Recorded over the same period as Grinning Cat this anomaly within the Skintone catalogue was seen as a way to circumvent the swirling politics of his club-oriented releases elsewhere. In itself Will was a reminder of Yokota’s ability to deliver a complex array of sounds within a more recognisable format.
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- Limited edition Cool Grey 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Will heralded a disarming, groove-based return to deep house. A wild melange of bumping beats, freestyle samples and esoteric goodness. Recorded over the same period as Grinning Cat this anomaly within the Skintone catalogue was seen as a way to circumvent the swirling politics of his club-oriented releases elsewhere. In itself Will was a reminder of Yokota’s ability to deliver a complex array of sounds within a more recognisable format.
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo255CD
Release-Date:05.12.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo255CD
Release-Date:05.12.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
1
Susumu Yokota - Level 21
2
Susumu Yokota - Pegasus Man
3
Susumu Yokota - Alpine Nation
4
Susumu Yokota - Red Door
5
Susumu Yokota - Illusion River
6
Susumu Yokota - Black Sea
7
Susumu Yokota - Pony Tail
8
Susumu Yokota - Rabbit Earring
9
Susumu Yokota - Flower And Butterfly
Format:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Will heralded a disarming, groove-based return to deep house. A wild melange of bumping beats, freestyle samples and esoteric goodness. Recorded over the same period as Grinning Cat this anomaly within the Skintone catalogue was seen as a way to circumvent the swirling politics of his club-oriented releases elsewhere. In itself Will was a reminder of Yokota’s ability to deliver a complex array of sounds within a more recognisable format.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Will heralded a disarming, groove-based return to deep house. A wild melange of bumping beats, freestyle samples and esoteric goodness. Recorded over the same period as Grinning Cat this anomaly within the Skintone catalogue was seen as a way to circumvent the swirling politics of his club-oriented releases elsewhere. In itself Will was a reminder of Yokota’s ability to deliver a complex array of sounds within a more recognisable format.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo254
Release-Date:07.11.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo254
Release-Date:07.11.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
1
Susumu Yokota - I Imagine
2
Susumu Yokota - King Dragonfly
3
Susumu Yokota - Card Nation
4
Susumu Yokota - Sleepy Eye
5
Susumu Yokota - Lapis Lazuli
6
Susumu Yokota - Balloon In The Cage
7
Susumu Yokota - Cherry Blossom
8
Susumu Yokota - Love Bird
9
Susumu Yokota - Fearful Dream
10
Susumu Yokota - Tears Of A Poet
11
Susumu Yokota - So Red
12
Susumu Yokota - Flying Cat
13
Susumu Yokota - Lost Child
Format:
- Limited edition solid 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Grinning Cat confounded devotees of Sakura with a far more complex set of tracks. A landscape of ambiguous emotional resonance within an album of measured extremes. Sentimental without being schmaltzy, joyful without being saccharine, Grinning Cat sees Yokota at his most playful and experimental, channelling moments of transitory wonder and jubilation, and opening up a sonic environment in which we can romp and play.
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Germany
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- Limited edition solid 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Grinning Cat confounded devotees of Sakura with a far more complex set of tracks. A landscape of ambiguous emotional resonance within an album of measured extremes. Sentimental without being schmaltzy, joyful without being saccharine, Grinning Cat sees Yokota at his most playful and experimental, channelling moments of transitory wonder and jubilation, and opening up a sonic environment in which we can romp and play.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo254CD
Release-Date:07.11.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo254CD
Release-Date:07.11.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
1
Susumu Yokota - I Imagine
2
Susumu Yokota - King Dragonfly
3
Susumu Yokota - Card Nation
4
Susumu Yokota - Sleepy Eye
5
Susumu Yokota - Lapis Lazuli
6
Susumu Yokota - Ballon In The Cage
7
Susumu Yokota - Cherry Blossom
8
Susumu Yokota - Love Bird
9
Susumu Yokota - Fearful Dream
10
Susumu Yokota - Tears Of A Poet
11
Susumu Yokota - So Red
12
Susumu Yokota - Flying Cat
13
Susumu Yokota - Lost Child
Format:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Grinning Cat confounded devotees of Sakura with a far more complex set of tracks. A landscape of ambiguous emotional resonance within an album of measured extremes. Sentimental without being schmaltzy, joyful without being saccharine, Grinning Cat sees Yokota at his most playful and experimental, channelling moments of transitory wonder and jubilation, and opening up a sonic environment in which we can romp and play.
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Grinning Cat confounded devotees of Sakura with a far more complex set of tracks. A landscape of ambiguous emotional resonance within an album of measured extremes. Sentimental without being schmaltzy, joyful without being saccharine, Grinning Cat sees Yokota at his most playful and experimental, channelling moments of transitory wonder and jubilation, and opening up a sonic environment in which we can romp and play.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo253
Release-Date:03.10.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo253
Release-Date:03.10.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
1
Susumu Yokota - Saku
2
Susumu Yokota - Uchu Tanjyo
3
Susumu Yokota - Hagoromo
4
Susumu Yokota - Genshi
5
Susumu Yokota - Gekkoh
6
Susumu Yokota - Kirakiraboshi
7
Susumu Yokota - Kodomotachi
8
Susumu Yokota - Hisen
9
Susumu Yokota - Tobiume
10
Susumu Yokota - Naminote
11
Susumu Yokota - Shinsen
12
Susumu Yokota - Azukiiro No Kaori
Repress coming on the 19th of December!
Format:
- Limited edition petrol blue 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Sakura is without doubt the most loved and lauded entry in Susumu Yokota’s catalogue.
The music unravels like cascades of petals falling from the eponymous cherry blossom trees. Yokota intended to ‘express ki-do-ai-raku (the four emotions; joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness) through music’, and throughout Sakura, the effect fluctuates between profound tranquillity, hesitation, melancholy and joy with ease, addressing the fickle nature of human emotion, while transcending the inclination to label moods entirely.
Sakura became Yokota’s best selling album. It was greeted with universal acclaim, lauded by Philip Glass and Brian Eno and launched Yokota internationally.
‘A bittersweet beauty, heightened by the sadness that all things must one day end.’ - Martyn Pepperell
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Germany
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Format:
- Limited edition petrol blue 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Sakura is without doubt the most loved and lauded entry in Susumu Yokota’s catalogue.
The music unravels like cascades of petals falling from the eponymous cherry blossom trees. Yokota intended to ‘express ki-do-ai-raku (the four emotions; joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness) through music’, and throughout Sakura, the effect fluctuates between profound tranquillity, hesitation, melancholy and joy with ease, addressing the fickle nature of human emotion, while transcending the inclination to label moods entirely.
Sakura became Yokota’s best selling album. It was greeted with universal acclaim, lauded by Philip Glass and Brian Eno and launched Yokota internationally.
‘A bittersweet beauty, heightened by the sadness that all things must one day end.’ - Martyn Pepperell
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WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo253CD
Release-Date:03.10.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo253CD
Release-Date:03.10.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
1
Susumu Yokota - Saku
2
Susumu Yokota - Uchu Tanjyo
3
Susumu Yokota - Hagoromo
4
Susumu Yokota - Genshi
5
Susumu Yokota - Gekkoh
6
Susumu Yokota - Kirakiraboshi
7
Susumu Yokota - Kodomotachi
8
Susumu Yokota - Hisen
9
Susumu Yokota - Tobiume
10
Susumu Yokota - Naminote
11
Susumu Yokota - Shinsen
12
Susumu Yokota - Azukiiro No Kaori
Format:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Sakura is without doubt the most loved and lauded entry in Susumu Yokota’s catalogue.
The music unravels like cascades of petals falling from the eponymous cherry blossom trees. Yokota intended to ‘express ki-do-ai-raku (the four emotions; joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness) through music’, and throughout Sakura, the effect fluctuates between profound tranquillity, hesitation, melancholy and joy with ease, addressing the fickle nature of human emotion, while transcending the inclination to label moods entirely.
Sakura became Yokota’s best selling album. It was greeted with universal acclaim, lauded by Philip Glass and Brian Eno and launched Yokota internationally.
‘A bittersweet beauty, heightened by the sadness that all things must one day end.’ - Martyn Pepperell
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Sakura is without doubt the most loved and lauded entry in Susumu Yokota’s catalogue.
The music unravels like cascades of petals falling from the eponymous cherry blossom trees. Yokota intended to ‘express ki-do-ai-raku (the four emotions; joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness) through music’, and throughout Sakura, the effect fluctuates between profound tranquillity, hesitation, melancholy and joy with ease, addressing the fickle nature of human emotion, while transcending the inclination to label moods entirely.
Sakura became Yokota’s best selling album. It was greeted with universal acclaim, lauded by Philip Glass and Brian Eno and launched Yokota internationally.
‘A bittersweet beauty, heightened by the sadness that all things must one day end.’ - Martyn Pepperell
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Label:Transmigration
Cat-No:TM028
Release-Date:26.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
Label:Transmigration
Cat-No:TM028
Release-Date:26.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
1
Susumu Yokota - Dust
2
Susumu Yokota - Wave
3
Susumu Yokota - Obsession
4
Susumu Yokota - Dove
5
Susumu Yokota - Thirteen
6
Susumu Yokota - No Way Back
7
Susumu Yokota - Extra Terrestrial
8
Susumu Yokota - Fortune
Never-before-heard psychedelic acid techno and ambient compositions from beloved Japanese producer Susumu Yokota. Recovered from a collection of DAT tapes gifted by Yokota to Ray Castle during the period he released some of his most memorable records such Acid Mt.Fuji or Ebi's Zen.
A fortunate meeting between Ray Castle and Transmigration label boss David Fogarty means these works finally see the light of day.
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A fortunate meeting between Ray Castle and Transmigration label boss David Fogarty means these works finally see the light of day.
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:LoSE1LP
Release-Date:05.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:BOX
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:LoSE1LP
Release-Date:05.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:BOX
Repress landing end of 25 / beginning of 26!
Format:
- Linen Paper, Foil Printed Box Set
- Includes 6 Double LPs + 1 Single LP
- All LPs Pressed on Colour Vinyl
- Each Disc is Housed in a Printed Inner with PMS Print, Finished with Spot Gloss Printing. Each Sleeve Features an Abstract of the Original Album’s Artwork
- Also included are a 4 page Insert + Poster
Albums Included:
Magic Thread [1998]
Image 1983-1998 [1998]
Sakura [1999]
Grinning Cat [2001]
Will [2001]
The Boy and the Tree [2002]
Laputa [2003]
Skintone Edition Vol.1 commences a project that involves reissuing 14 albums from Yokota's Skintone label, originally released between 1998 and 2012. These albums represent Yokota's most seminal work, and are highly sought after, with most of the albums not seeing a repress until now. These fourteen albums will come out individually over the next 18 months, along with two boxsets, each containing 7 of the albums. As well as vinyl there will also be a CD release for each album + 2 CD box sets.
Skintone Edition commemorates the singular talent of this music pioneer with the re-release of all of his albums released via his own Skintone label.
Over a 20 year period Yokota released 30 albums and countless 12s under a variety of aliases, across more than a dozen pre-eminent labels. Yokota received domestic and international acclaim as a house and techno DJ and producer throughout the nineties. Part of the vanguard of the Tokyo scene, his influential release Acid Mt. Fuji inspires techno artists to this day.
In 1998 though, at the height of his success, he established his Skintone imprint, which came to eclipse all of his previous achievements. Skintone shone a light on the diverse new directions in which his creativity had blown, from delicate, cyclical tape-loop meditations to neo-classical compositions. It also gave him the autonomy to combine his visual and music-making practices and, importantly, to create at his own pace. The label was a great success and his experiments proved foundational in the global 00s ambient canon.
Skintone Edition will be available as 2 box sets - the first volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of Yokota’s untimely death and the 30th year of Lo Recordings. All music has been fully re-mastered. This edition is presented with the generous assistance of the Yokota family.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Format:
- Linen Paper, Foil Printed Box Set
- Includes 6 Double LPs + 1 Single LP
- All LPs Pressed on Colour Vinyl
- Each Disc is Housed in a Printed Inner with PMS Print, Finished with Spot Gloss Printing. Each Sleeve Features an Abstract of the Original Album’s Artwork
- Also included are a 4 page Insert + Poster
Albums Included:
Magic Thread [1998]
Image 1983-1998 [1998]
Sakura [1999]
Grinning Cat [2001]
Will [2001]
The Boy and the Tree [2002]
Laputa [2003]
Skintone Edition Vol.1 commences a project that involves reissuing 14 albums from Yokota's Skintone label, originally released between 1998 and 2012. These albums represent Yokota's most seminal work, and are highly sought after, with most of the albums not seeing a repress until now. These fourteen albums will come out individually over the next 18 months, along with two boxsets, each containing 7 of the albums. As well as vinyl there will also be a CD release for each album + 2 CD box sets.
Skintone Edition commemorates the singular talent of this music pioneer with the re-release of all of his albums released via his own Skintone label.
Over a 20 year period Yokota released 30 albums and countless 12s under a variety of aliases, across more than a dozen pre-eminent labels. Yokota received domestic and international acclaim as a house and techno DJ and producer throughout the nineties. Part of the vanguard of the Tokyo scene, his influential release Acid Mt. Fuji inspires techno artists to this day.
In 1998 though, at the height of his success, he established his Skintone imprint, which came to eclipse all of his previous achievements. Skintone shone a light on the diverse new directions in which his creativity had blown, from delicate, cyclical tape-loop meditations to neo-classical compositions. It also gave him the autonomy to combine his visual and music-making practices and, importantly, to create at his own pace. The label was a great success and his experiments proved foundational in the global 00s ambient canon.
Skintone Edition will be available as 2 box sets - the first volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of Yokota’s untimely death and the 30th year of Lo Recordings. All music has been fully re-mastered. This edition is presented with the generous assistance of the Yokota family.
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1
Susumu Yokota - Kaiten Mokuba
2
Susumu Yokota - Tayutafu
3
Susumu Yokota - Fukoro No Yume
4
Susumu Yokota - Wani Natte
5
Susumu Yokota - Sakashima
6
Susumu Yokota - Morino Gakudan
7
Susumu Yokota - Nisemono No Uta
8
Susumu Yokota - Daremoshiranai Chiisanakuni
9
Susumu Yokota - Kawano Hotorino Kinoshitade
10
Susumu Yokota - Yumekui Kobito
11
Susumu Yokota - Amai Niyoi
12
Susumu Yokota - Enogu
13
Susumu Yokota - Amanogawa
Format:
- Limited edition warm beige 12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Mesmerising album of Yokota’s earliest sonic explorations that demonstrates his unique vision and sublime transcendence of boundaries.
‘Image 1983-1998’ is a collection of short miniatures, composed in two different time periods. Tracks 1-5 were recorded with guitar and organ between 1983-4 and tracks 6-12 were composed through 97-98, being inspired by the earlier material.
A musical scrapbook, or sonic design board. The sleeve notes give an insight into Yokota’s belief in a close connection between music, memory and his active imagination: ‘Encountering Acid House made me visualise music – I could clearly see the sounds sparkling… this experience led me to create electronic music.’
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- Limited edition warm beige 12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Mesmerising album of Yokota’s earliest sonic explorations that demonstrates his unique vision and sublime transcendence of boundaries.
‘Image 1983-1998’ is a collection of short miniatures, composed in two different time periods. Tracks 1-5 were recorded with guitar and organ between 1983-4 and tracks 6-12 were composed through 97-98, being inspired by the earlier material.
A musical scrapbook, or sonic design board. The sleeve notes give an insight into Yokota’s belief in a close connection between music, memory and his active imagination: ‘Encountering Acid House made me visualise music – I could clearly see the sounds sparkling… this experience led me to create electronic music.’
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo252CD
Release-Date:29.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo252CD
Release-Date:29.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
1
Susumu Yokota - Kaiten Mokuba
2
Susumu Yokota - Tayutafu
3
Susumu Yokota - Fukoro No Yume
4
Susumu Yokota - Wani Natte
5
Susumu Yokota - Sakashima
6
Susumu Yokota - Morino Gakudan
7
Susumu Yokota - Nisemono No Uta
8
Susumu Yokota - Daremoshiranai Chiisanakuni
9
Susumu Yokota - Kawano Hotorino Kinoshitade
10
Susumu Yokota - Yumekui Kobito
11
Susumu Yokota - Amai Niyoi
12
Susumu Yokota - Enogu
13
Susumu Yokota - Amanogawa
Format:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Mesmerising album of Yokota’s earliest sonic explorations that demonstrates his unique vision and sublime transcendence of boundaries.
‘Image 1983-1998’ is a collection of short miniatures, composed in two different time periods. Tracks 1-5 were recorded with guitar and organ between 1983-4 and tracks 6-12 were composed through 97-98, being inspired by the earlier material.
A musical scrapbook, or sonic design board. The sleeve notes give an insight into Yokota’s belief in a close connection between music, memory and his active imagination: ‘Encountering Acid House made me visualise music – I could clearly see the sounds sparkling… this experience led me to create electronic music.’
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Mesmerising album of Yokota’s earliest sonic explorations that demonstrates his unique vision and sublime transcendence of boundaries.
‘Image 1983-1998’ is a collection of short miniatures, composed in two different time periods. Tracks 1-5 were recorded with guitar and organ between 1983-4 and tracks 6-12 were composed through 97-98, being inspired by the earlier material.
A musical scrapbook, or sonic design board. The sleeve notes give an insight into Yokota’s belief in a close connection between music, memory and his active imagination: ‘Encountering Acid House made me visualise music – I could clearly see the sounds sparkling… this experience led me to create electronic music.’
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo251
Release-Date:01.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo251
Release-Date:01.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
1
Susumu Yokota - Weave
2
Susumu Yokota - Reflux
3
Susumu Yokota - Unravel
4
Susumu Yokota - Circular
5
Susumu Yokota - Spool
6
Susumu Yokota - Potential
7
Susumu Yokota - Fiber
8
Susumu Yokota - Metabolic
9
Susumu Yokota - Stitch
10
Susumu Yokota - Blend
11
Susumu Yokota - Melt
Format:
- Limited edition gold 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in 2 x PMS printed inner sleeves, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS 7mm wide spine reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Magic Thread is Susumu Yokota’s deeply soothing and delicate debut release on the Skintone label. With a spartan palette of sounds and textures, Yokota taps into a fundamentally human need to fuse and connect disparate fibres, magically forming work which glistens and pulsates with life.
Magic Thread originally came out in 1998 as a limited-edition CD release of 500 copies. Initially intended for the Japanese market, it came without any artwork in a standard transparent CD case adorned only by a sticker containing essential album information and a quote:
‘Somewhere in the process of evolution, the spinning and weaving of thread became possible for humankind. How did this come to pass? It can only be that the thread is possessed of magical properties.’ – Yokota, 1998.
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- Limited edition gold 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in 2 x PMS printed inner sleeves, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS 7mm wide spine reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Magic Thread is Susumu Yokota’s deeply soothing and delicate debut release on the Skintone label. With a spartan palette of sounds and textures, Yokota taps into a fundamentally human need to fuse and connect disparate fibres, magically forming work which glistens and pulsates with life.
Magic Thread originally came out in 1998 as a limited-edition CD release of 500 copies. Initially intended for the Japanese market, it came without any artwork in a standard transparent CD case adorned only by a sticker containing essential album information and a quote:
‘Somewhere in the process of evolution, the spinning and weaving of thread became possible for humankind. How did this come to pass? It can only be that the thread is possessed of magical properties.’ – Yokota, 1998.
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo251CD
Release-Date:01.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo251CD
Release-Date:01.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
1
Susumu Yokota - Weave
2
Susumu Yokota - Reflux
3
Susumu Yokota - Unravel
4
Susumu Yokota - Circular
5
Susumu Yokota - Spool
6
Susumu Yokota - Potential
7
Susumu Yokota - Fiber
8
Susumu Yokota - Metabolic
9
Susumu Yokota - Stitch
10
Susumu Yokota - Blend
11
Susumu Yokota - Melt
Format:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Magic Thread is Susumu Yokota’s deeply soothing and delicate debut release on the Skintone label. With a spartan palette of sounds and textures, Yokota taps into a fundamentally human need to fuse and connect disparate fibres, magically forming work which glistens and pulsates with life.
Magic Thread originally came out in 1998 as a limited-edition CD release of 500 copies. Initially intended for the Japanese market, it came without any artwork in a standard transparent CD case adorned only by a sticker containing essential album information and a quote:
‘Somewhere in the process of evolution, the spinning and weaving of thread became possible for humankind. How did this come to pass? It can only be that the thread is possessed of magical properties.’ – Yokota, 1998.
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Magic Thread is Susumu Yokota’s deeply soothing and delicate debut release on the Skintone label. With a spartan palette of sounds and textures, Yokota taps into a fundamentally human need to fuse and connect disparate fibres, magically forming work which glistens and pulsates with life.
Magic Thread originally came out in 1998 as a limited-edition CD release of 500 copies. Initially intended for the Japanese market, it came without any artwork in a standard transparent CD case adorned only by a sticker containing essential album information and a quote:
‘Somewhere in the process of evolution, the spinning and weaving of thread became possible for humankind. How did this come to pass? It can only be that the thread is possessed of magical properties.’ – Yokota, 1998.
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo255
Release-Date:05.12.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo255
Release-Date:05.12.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
1
Susumu Yokota - Level 21
2
Susumu Yokota - Pegasus Man
3
Susumu Yokota - Alpine Nation
4
Susumu Yokota - Red Door
5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Format:
- Limited edition Cool Grey 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Will heralded a disarming, groove-based return to deep house. A wild melange of bumping beats, freestyle samples and esoteric goodness. Recorded over the same period as Grinning Cat this anomaly within the Skintone catalogue was seen as a way to circumvent the swirling politics of his club-oriented releases elsewhere. In itself Will was a reminder of Yokota’s ability to deliver a complex array of sounds within a more recognisable format.
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- Limited edition Cool Grey 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Will heralded a disarming, groove-based return to deep house. A wild melange of bumping beats, freestyle samples and esoteric goodness. Recorded over the same period as Grinning Cat this anomaly within the Skintone catalogue was seen as a way to circumvent the swirling politics of his club-oriented releases elsewhere. In itself Will was a reminder of Yokota’s ability to deliver a complex array of sounds within a more recognisable format.
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo255CD
Release-Date:05.12.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo255CD
Release-Date:05.12.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
1
Susumu Yokota - Level 21
2
Susumu Yokota - Pegasus Man
3
Susumu Yokota - Alpine Nation
4
Susumu Yokota - Red Door
5
Susumu Yokota - Illusion River
6
Susumu Yokota - Black Sea
7
Susumu Yokota - Pony Tail
8
Susumu Yokota - Rabbit Earring
9
Susumu Yokota - Flower And Butterfly
Format:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Will heralded a disarming, groove-based return to deep house. A wild melange of bumping beats, freestyle samples and esoteric goodness. Recorded over the same period as Grinning Cat this anomaly within the Skintone catalogue was seen as a way to circumvent the swirling politics of his club-oriented releases elsewhere. In itself Will was a reminder of Yokota’s ability to deliver a complex array of sounds within a more recognisable format.
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Will heralded a disarming, groove-based return to deep house. A wild melange of bumping beats, freestyle samples and esoteric goodness. Recorded over the same period as Grinning Cat this anomaly within the Skintone catalogue was seen as a way to circumvent the swirling politics of his club-oriented releases elsewhere. In itself Will was a reminder of Yokota’s ability to deliver a complex array of sounds within a more recognisable format.
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo254
Release-Date:07.11.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo254
Release-Date:07.11.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
1
Susumu Yokota - I Imagine
2
Susumu Yokota - King Dragonfly
3
Susumu Yokota - Card Nation
4
Susumu Yokota - Sleepy Eye
5
Susumu Yokota - Lapis Lazuli
6
Susumu Yokota - Balloon In The Cage
7
Susumu Yokota - Cherry Blossom
8
Susumu Yokota - Love Bird
9
Susumu Yokota - Fearful Dream
10
Susumu Yokota - Tears Of A Poet
11
Susumu Yokota - So Red
12
Susumu Yokota - Flying Cat
13
Susumu Yokota - Lost Child
Format:
- Limited edition solid 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Grinning Cat confounded devotees of Sakura with a far more complex set of tracks. A landscape of ambiguous emotional resonance within an album of measured extremes. Sentimental without being schmaltzy, joyful without being saccharine, Grinning Cat sees Yokota at his most playful and experimental, channelling moments of transitory wonder and jubilation, and opening up a sonic environment in which we can romp and play.
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- Limited edition solid 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Grinning Cat confounded devotees of Sakura with a far more complex set of tracks. A landscape of ambiguous emotional resonance within an album of measured extremes. Sentimental without being schmaltzy, joyful without being saccharine, Grinning Cat sees Yokota at his most playful and experimental, channelling moments of transitory wonder and jubilation, and opening up a sonic environment in which we can romp and play.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo254CD
Release-Date:07.11.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo254CD
Release-Date:07.11.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
1
Susumu Yokota - I Imagine
2
Susumu Yokota - King Dragonfly
3
Susumu Yokota - Card Nation
4
Susumu Yokota - Sleepy Eye
5
Susumu Yokota - Lapis Lazuli
6
Susumu Yokota - Ballon In The Cage
7
Susumu Yokota - Cherry Blossom
8
Susumu Yokota - Love Bird
9
Susumu Yokota - Fearful Dream
10
Susumu Yokota - Tears Of A Poet
11
Susumu Yokota - So Red
12
Susumu Yokota - Flying Cat
13
Susumu Yokota - Lost Child
Format:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Grinning Cat confounded devotees of Sakura with a far more complex set of tracks. A landscape of ambiguous emotional resonance within an album of measured extremes. Sentimental without being schmaltzy, joyful without being saccharine, Grinning Cat sees Yokota at his most playful and experimental, channelling moments of transitory wonder and jubilation, and opening up a sonic environment in which we can romp and play.
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Grinning Cat confounded devotees of Sakura with a far more complex set of tracks. A landscape of ambiguous emotional resonance within an album of measured extremes. Sentimental without being schmaltzy, joyful without being saccharine, Grinning Cat sees Yokota at his most playful and experimental, channelling moments of transitory wonder and jubilation, and opening up a sonic environment in which we can romp and play.
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Germany
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo253
Release-Date:03.10.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo253
Release-Date:03.10.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
1
Susumu Yokota - Saku
2
Susumu Yokota - Uchu Tanjyo
3
Susumu Yokota - Hagoromo
4
Susumu Yokota - Genshi
5
Susumu Yokota - Gekkoh
6
Susumu Yokota - Kirakiraboshi
7
Susumu Yokota - Kodomotachi
8
Susumu Yokota - Hisen
9
Susumu Yokota - Tobiume
10
Susumu Yokota - Naminote
11
Susumu Yokota - Shinsen
12
Susumu Yokota - Azukiiro No Kaori
Repress coming on the 19th of December!
Format:
- Limited edition petrol blue 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Sakura is without doubt the most loved and lauded entry in Susumu Yokota’s catalogue.
The music unravels like cascades of petals falling from the eponymous cherry blossom trees. Yokota intended to ‘express ki-do-ai-raku (the four emotions; joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness) through music’, and throughout Sakura, the effect fluctuates between profound tranquillity, hesitation, melancholy and joy with ease, addressing the fickle nature of human emotion, while transcending the inclination to label moods entirely.
Sakura became Yokota’s best selling album. It was greeted with universal acclaim, lauded by Philip Glass and Brian Eno and launched Yokota internationally.
‘A bittersweet beauty, heightened by the sadness that all things must one day end.’ - Martyn Pepperell
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Germany
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Format:
- Limited edition petrol blue 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Sakura is without doubt the most loved and lauded entry in Susumu Yokota’s catalogue.
The music unravels like cascades of petals falling from the eponymous cherry blossom trees. Yokota intended to ‘express ki-do-ai-raku (the four emotions; joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness) through music’, and throughout Sakura, the effect fluctuates between profound tranquillity, hesitation, melancholy and joy with ease, addressing the fickle nature of human emotion, while transcending the inclination to label moods entirely.
Sakura became Yokota’s best selling album. It was greeted with universal acclaim, lauded by Philip Glass and Brian Eno and launched Yokota internationally.
‘A bittersweet beauty, heightened by the sadness that all things must one day end.’ - Martyn Pepperell
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo253CD
Release-Date:03.10.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo253CD
Release-Date:03.10.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
1
Susumu Yokota - Saku
2
Susumu Yokota - Uchu Tanjyo
3
Susumu Yokota - Hagoromo
4
Susumu Yokota - Genshi
5
Susumu Yokota - Gekkoh
6
Susumu Yokota - Kirakiraboshi
7
Susumu Yokota - Kodomotachi
8
Susumu Yokota - Hisen
9
Susumu Yokota - Tobiume
10
Susumu Yokota - Naminote
11
Susumu Yokota - Shinsen
12
Susumu Yokota - Azukiiro No Kaori
Format:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Sakura is without doubt the most loved and lauded entry in Susumu Yokota’s catalogue.
The music unravels like cascades of petals falling from the eponymous cherry blossom trees. Yokota intended to ‘express ki-do-ai-raku (the four emotions; joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness) through music’, and throughout Sakura, the effect fluctuates between profound tranquillity, hesitation, melancholy and joy with ease, addressing the fickle nature of human emotion, while transcending the inclination to label moods entirely.
Sakura became Yokota’s best selling album. It was greeted with universal acclaim, lauded by Philip Glass and Brian Eno and launched Yokota internationally.
‘A bittersweet beauty, heightened by the sadness that all things must one day end.’ - Martyn Pepperell
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WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Sakura is without doubt the most loved and lauded entry in Susumu Yokota’s catalogue.
The music unravels like cascades of petals falling from the eponymous cherry blossom trees. Yokota intended to ‘express ki-do-ai-raku (the four emotions; joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness) through music’, and throughout Sakura, the effect fluctuates between profound tranquillity, hesitation, melancholy and joy with ease, addressing the fickle nature of human emotion, while transcending the inclination to label moods entirely.
Sakura became Yokota’s best selling album. It was greeted with universal acclaim, lauded by Philip Glass and Brian Eno and launched Yokota internationally.
‘A bittersweet beauty, heightened by the sadness that all things must one day end.’ - Martyn Pepperell
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:LoSE1LP
Release-Date:05.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:BOX
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:LoSE1LP
Release-Date:05.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:BOX
Repress landing end of 25 / beginning of 26!
Format:
- Linen Paper, Foil Printed Box Set
- Includes 6 Double LPs + 1 Single LP
- All LPs Pressed on Colour Vinyl
- Each Disc is Housed in a Printed Inner with PMS Print, Finished with Spot Gloss Printing. Each Sleeve Features an Abstract of the Original Album’s Artwork
- Also included are a 4 page Insert + Poster
Albums Included:
Magic Thread [1998]
Image 1983-1998 [1998]
Sakura [1999]
Grinning Cat [2001]
Will [2001]
The Boy and the Tree [2002]
Laputa [2003]
Skintone Edition Vol.1 commences a project that involves reissuing 14 albums from Yokota's Skintone label, originally released between 1998 and 2012. These albums represent Yokota's most seminal work, and are highly sought after, with most of the albums not seeing a repress until now. These fourteen albums will come out individually over the next 18 months, along with two boxsets, each containing 7 of the albums. As well as vinyl there will also be a CD release for each album + 2 CD box sets.
Skintone Edition commemorates the singular talent of this music pioneer with the re-release of all of his albums released via his own Skintone label.
Over a 20 year period Yokota released 30 albums and countless 12s under a variety of aliases, across more than a dozen pre-eminent labels. Yokota received domestic and international acclaim as a house and techno DJ and producer throughout the nineties. Part of the vanguard of the Tokyo scene, his influential release Acid Mt. Fuji inspires techno artists to this day.
In 1998 though, at the height of his success, he established his Skintone imprint, which came to eclipse all of his previous achievements. Skintone shone a light on the diverse new directions in which his creativity had blown, from delicate, cyclical tape-loop meditations to neo-classical compositions. It also gave him the autonomy to combine his visual and music-making practices and, importantly, to create at his own pace. The label was a great success and his experiments proved foundational in the global 00s ambient canon.
Skintone Edition will be available as 2 box sets - the first volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of Yokota’s untimely death and the 30th year of Lo Recordings. All music has been fully re-mastered. This edition is presented with the generous assistance of the Yokota family.
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Format:
- Linen Paper, Foil Printed Box Set
- Includes 6 Double LPs + 1 Single LP
- All LPs Pressed on Colour Vinyl
- Each Disc is Housed in a Printed Inner with PMS Print, Finished with Spot Gloss Printing. Each Sleeve Features an Abstract of the Original Album’s Artwork
- Also included are a 4 page Insert + Poster
Albums Included:
Magic Thread [1998]
Image 1983-1998 [1998]
Sakura [1999]
Grinning Cat [2001]
Will [2001]
The Boy and the Tree [2002]
Laputa [2003]
Skintone Edition Vol.1 commences a project that involves reissuing 14 albums from Yokota's Skintone label, originally released between 1998 and 2012. These albums represent Yokota's most seminal work, and are highly sought after, with most of the albums not seeing a repress until now. These fourteen albums will come out individually over the next 18 months, along with two boxsets, each containing 7 of the albums. As well as vinyl there will also be a CD release for each album + 2 CD box sets.
Skintone Edition commemorates the singular talent of this music pioneer with the re-release of all of his albums released via his own Skintone label.
Over a 20 year period Yokota released 30 albums and countless 12s under a variety of aliases, across more than a dozen pre-eminent labels. Yokota received domestic and international acclaim as a house and techno DJ and producer throughout the nineties. Part of the vanguard of the Tokyo scene, his influential release Acid Mt. Fuji inspires techno artists to this day.
In 1998 though, at the height of his success, he established his Skintone imprint, which came to eclipse all of his previous achievements. Skintone shone a light on the diverse new directions in which his creativity had blown, from delicate, cyclical tape-loop meditations to neo-classical compositions. It also gave him the autonomy to combine his visual and music-making practices and, importantly, to create at his own pace. The label was a great success and his experiments proved foundational in the global 00s ambient canon.
Skintone Edition will be available as 2 box sets - the first volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of Yokota’s untimely death and the 30th year of Lo Recordings. All music has been fully re-mastered. This edition is presented with the generous assistance of the Yokota family.
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1
Susumu Yokota - Kaiten Mokuba
2
Susumu Yokota - Tayutafu
3
Susumu Yokota - Fukoro No Yume
4
Susumu Yokota - Wani Natte
5
Susumu Yokota - Sakashima
6
Susumu Yokota - Morino Gakudan
7
Susumu Yokota - Nisemono No Uta
8
Susumu Yokota - Daremoshiranai Chiisanakuni
9
Susumu Yokota - Kawano Hotorino Kinoshitade
10
Susumu Yokota - Yumekui Kobito
11
Susumu Yokota - Amai Niyoi
12
Susumu Yokota - Enogu
13
Susumu Yokota - Amanogawa
Format:
- Limited edition warm beige 12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Mesmerising album of Yokota’s earliest sonic explorations that demonstrates his unique vision and sublime transcendence of boundaries.
‘Image 1983-1998’ is a collection of short miniatures, composed in two different time periods. Tracks 1-5 were recorded with guitar and organ between 1983-4 and tracks 6-12 were composed through 97-98, being inspired by the earlier material.
A musical scrapbook, or sonic design board. The sleeve notes give an insight into Yokota’s belief in a close connection between music, memory and his active imagination: ‘Encountering Acid House made me visualise music – I could clearly see the sounds sparkling… this experience led me to create electronic music.’
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- Limited edition warm beige 12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Mesmerising album of Yokota’s earliest sonic explorations that demonstrates his unique vision and sublime transcendence of boundaries.
‘Image 1983-1998’ is a collection of short miniatures, composed in two different time periods. Tracks 1-5 were recorded with guitar and organ between 1983-4 and tracks 6-12 were composed through 97-98, being inspired by the earlier material.
A musical scrapbook, or sonic design board. The sleeve notes give an insight into Yokota’s belief in a close connection between music, memory and his active imagination: ‘Encountering Acid House made me visualise music – I could clearly see the sounds sparkling… this experience led me to create electronic music.’
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo252CD
Release-Date:29.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo252CD
Release-Date:29.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
1
Susumu Yokota - Kaiten Mokuba
2
Susumu Yokota - Tayutafu
3
Susumu Yokota - Fukoro No Yume
4
Susumu Yokota - Wani Natte
5
Susumu Yokota - Sakashima
6
Susumu Yokota - Morino Gakudan
7
Susumu Yokota - Nisemono No Uta
8
Susumu Yokota - Daremoshiranai Chiisanakuni
9
Susumu Yokota - Kawano Hotorino Kinoshitade
10
Susumu Yokota - Yumekui Kobito
11
Susumu Yokota - Amai Niyoi
12
Susumu Yokota - Enogu
13
Susumu Yokota - Amanogawa
Format:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Mesmerising album of Yokota’s earliest sonic explorations that demonstrates his unique vision and sublime transcendence of boundaries.
‘Image 1983-1998’ is a collection of short miniatures, composed in two different time periods. Tracks 1-5 were recorded with guitar and organ between 1983-4 and tracks 6-12 were composed through 97-98, being inspired by the earlier material.
A musical scrapbook, or sonic design board. The sleeve notes give an insight into Yokota’s belief in a close connection between music, memory and his active imagination: ‘Encountering Acid House made me visualise music – I could clearly see the sounds sparkling… this experience led me to create electronic music.’
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Germany
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- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Mesmerising album of Yokota’s earliest sonic explorations that demonstrates his unique vision and sublime transcendence of boundaries.
‘Image 1983-1998’ is a collection of short miniatures, composed in two different time periods. Tracks 1-5 were recorded with guitar and organ between 1983-4 and tracks 6-12 were composed through 97-98, being inspired by the earlier material.
A musical scrapbook, or sonic design board. The sleeve notes give an insight into Yokota’s belief in a close connection between music, memory and his active imagination: ‘Encountering Acid House made me visualise music – I could clearly see the sounds sparkling… this experience led me to create electronic music.’
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo251
Release-Date:01.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo251
Release-Date:01.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP
1
Susumu Yokota - Weave
2
Susumu Yokota - Reflux
3
Susumu Yokota - Unravel
4
Susumu Yokota - Circular
5
Susumu Yokota - Spool
6
Susumu Yokota - Potential
7
Susumu Yokota - Fiber
8
Susumu Yokota - Metabolic
9
Susumu Yokota - Stitch
10
Susumu Yokota - Blend
11
Susumu Yokota - Melt
Format:
- Limited edition gold 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in 2 x PMS printed inner sleeves, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS 7mm wide spine reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Magic Thread is Susumu Yokota’s deeply soothing and delicate debut release on the Skintone label. With a spartan palette of sounds and textures, Yokota taps into a fundamentally human need to fuse and connect disparate fibres, magically forming work which glistens and pulsates with life.
Magic Thread originally came out in 1998 as a limited-edition CD release of 500 copies. Initially intended for the Japanese market, it came without any artwork in a standard transparent CD case adorned only by a sticker containing essential album information and a quote:
‘Somewhere in the process of evolution, the spinning and weaving of thread became possible for humankind. How did this come to pass? It can only be that the thread is possessed of magical properties.’ – Yokota, 1998.
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- Limited edition gold 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in 2 x PMS printed inner sleeves, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS 7mm wide spine reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.
Magic Thread is Susumu Yokota’s deeply soothing and delicate debut release on the Skintone label. With a spartan palette of sounds and textures, Yokota taps into a fundamentally human need to fuse and connect disparate fibres, magically forming work which glistens and pulsates with life.
Magic Thread originally came out in 1998 as a limited-edition CD release of 500 copies. Initially intended for the Japanese market, it came without any artwork in a standard transparent CD case adorned only by a sticker containing essential album information and a quote:
‘Somewhere in the process of evolution, the spinning and weaving of thread became possible for humankind. How did this come to pass? It can only be that the thread is possessed of magical properties.’ – Yokota, 1998.
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo251CD
Release-Date:01.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:Lo251CD
Release-Date:01.08.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:CD
1
Susumu Yokota - Weave
2
Susumu Yokota - Reflux
3
Susumu Yokota - Unravel
4
Susumu Yokota - Circular
5
Susumu Yokota - Spool
6
Susumu Yokota - Potential
7
Susumu Yokota - Fiber
8
Susumu Yokota - Metabolic
9
Susumu Yokota - Stitch
10
Susumu Yokota - Blend
11
Susumu Yokota - Melt
Format:
- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Magic Thread is Susumu Yokota’s deeply soothing and delicate debut release on the Skintone label. With a spartan palette of sounds and textures, Yokota taps into a fundamentally human need to fuse and connect disparate fibres, magically forming work which glistens and pulsates with life.
Magic Thread originally came out in 1998 as a limited-edition CD release of 500 copies. Initially intended for the Japanese market, it came without any artwork in a standard transparent CD case adorned only by a sticker containing essential album information and a quote:
‘Somewhere in the process of evolution, the spinning and weaving of thread became possible for humankind. How did this come to pass? It can only be that the thread is possessed of magical properties.’ – Yokota, 1998.
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- Single Disc Glass mastered CD.
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
- Printed sleeve notes.
Magic Thread is Susumu Yokota’s deeply soothing and delicate debut release on the Skintone label. With a spartan palette of sounds and textures, Yokota taps into a fundamentally human need to fuse and connect disparate fibres, magically forming work which glistens and pulsates with life.
Magic Thread originally came out in 1998 as a limited-edition CD release of 500 copies. Initially intended for the Japanese market, it came without any artwork in a standard transparent CD case adorned only by a sticker containing essential album information and a quote:
‘Somewhere in the process of evolution, the spinning and weaving of thread became possible for humankind. How did this come to pass? It can only be that the thread is possessed of magical properties.’ – Yokota, 1998.
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1
Black Devil Disco Club - Sweet Sins
2
Black Devil Disco Club - Berliner Atoll
3
Black Devil Disco Club - Synth Is Not Love
4
Black Devil Disco Club - Six Six Sex
5
Black Devil Disco Club - Caresse Un Opossum
6
Black Devil Disco Club - Bossa Snooze
7
Black Devil Disco Club - Ah Am Alone
8
Black Devil Disco Club - Devil Charmed
9
Black Devil Disco Club - Synth Is Not Love (Creepshow Remix)
10
Black Devil Disco Club - Synth Is Not Love (Benge Dub)
Includes bonus 7" vinyl single with an exclusive Creepshow remix of "Synth is not love"
Black Devil Disco Club's story is as deep and strange as the music itself. His first album ‘Black Devil Disco Club’ is one of the most enigmatic electronic masterpieces ever made. So ahead of it’s time that no one could believe it was made in 1977 (released 1n 1978). Many thought it was a hoax and that the music was made by Aphex Twin or Luke Vibert but when Lo Recordings released the ‘28 After’ album in 2006, the truth was finally revealed.
Black Devil is the alter ego of Bernard Fevre, a French composer of electronic library music including the magnificent ‘Strange World Of Bernard Fevre’.
Bernard grew up and worked in Paris, and it was the African clubs and rhythms that inspired him to make the ‘Disco Club’ album. With only a small arsenal of electronic keyboards, a vocoder and looped conga drums he made music that transcends time.
Fast forward to 2020 and ‘Lucifer Is A Flower’ is every bit as enigmatic, inventive and inspiring as it’s title suggests. A kaleidoscopic ride into the mind of a musical master. Beautifully packaged with design by Non Format that includes pictures of the devil as a young man, it’s a fitting tribute to a career that has spanned over 40 years of divine and diabolical genius
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Black Devil Disco Club's story is as deep and strange as the music itself. His first album ‘Black Devil Disco Club’ is one of the most enigmatic electronic masterpieces ever made. So ahead of it’s time that no one could believe it was made in 1977 (released 1n 1978). Many thought it was a hoax and that the music was made by Aphex Twin or Luke Vibert but when Lo Recordings released the ‘28 After’ album in 2006, the truth was finally revealed.
Black Devil is the alter ego of Bernard Fevre, a French composer of electronic library music including the magnificent ‘Strange World Of Bernard Fevre’.
Bernard grew up and worked in Paris, and it was the African clubs and rhythms that inspired him to make the ‘Disco Club’ album. With only a small arsenal of electronic keyboards, a vocoder and looped conga drums he made music that transcends time.
Fast forward to 2020 and ‘Lucifer Is A Flower’ is every bit as enigmatic, inventive and inspiring as it’s title suggests. A kaleidoscopic ride into the mind of a musical master. Beautifully packaged with design by Non Format that includes pictures of the devil as a young man, it’s a fitting tribute to a career that has spanned over 40 years of divine and diabolical genius
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Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:LoSE1LP
Release-Date:05.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:BOX
Label:Lo Recordings
Cat-No:LoSE1LP
Release-Date:05.09.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:BOX
Repress landing end of 25 / beginning of 26!
Format:
- Linen Paper, Foil Printed Box Set
- Includes 6 Double LPs + 1 Single LP
- All LPs Pressed on Colour Vinyl
- Each Disc is Housed in a Printed Inner with PMS Print, Finished with Spot Gloss Printing. Each Sleeve Features an Abstract of the Original Album’s Artwork
- Also included are a 4 page Insert + Poster
Albums Included:
Magic Thread [1998]
Image 1983-1998 [1998]
Sakura [1999]
Grinning Cat [2001]
Will [2001]
The Boy and the Tree [2002]
Laputa [2003]
Skintone Edition Vol.1 commences a project that involves reissuing 14 albums from Yokota's Skintone label, originally released between 1998 and 2012. These albums represent Yokota's most seminal work, and are highly sought after, with most of the albums not seeing a repress until now. These fourteen albums will come out individually over the next 18 months, along with two boxsets, each containing 7 of the albums. As well as vinyl there will also be a CD release for each album + 2 CD box sets.
Skintone Edition commemorates the singular talent of this music pioneer with the re-release of all of his albums released via his own Skintone label.
Over a 20 year period Yokota released 30 albums and countless 12s under a variety of aliases, across more than a dozen pre-eminent labels. Yokota received domestic and international acclaim as a house and techno DJ and producer throughout the nineties. Part of the vanguard of the Tokyo scene, his influential release Acid Mt. Fuji inspires techno artists to this day.
In 1998 though, at the height of his success, he established his Skintone imprint, which came to eclipse all of his previous achievements. Skintone shone a light on the diverse new directions in which his creativity had blown, from delicate, cyclical tape-loop meditations to neo-classical compositions. It also gave him the autonomy to combine his visual and music-making practices and, importantly, to create at his own pace. The label was a great success and his experiments proved foundational in the global 00s ambient canon.
Skintone Edition will be available as 2 box sets - the first volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of Yokota’s untimely death and the 30th year of Lo Recordings. All music has been fully re-mastered. This edition is presented with the generous assistance of the Yokota family.
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Format:
- Linen Paper, Foil Printed Box Set
- Includes 6 Double LPs + 1 Single LP
- All LPs Pressed on Colour Vinyl
- Each Disc is Housed in a Printed Inner with PMS Print, Finished with Spot Gloss Printing. Each Sleeve Features an Abstract of the Original Album’s Artwork
- Also included are a 4 page Insert + Poster
Albums Included:
Magic Thread [1998]
Image 1983-1998 [1998]
Sakura [1999]
Grinning Cat [2001]
Will [2001]
The Boy and the Tree [2002]
Laputa [2003]
Skintone Edition Vol.1 commences a project that involves reissuing 14 albums from Yokota's Skintone label, originally released between 1998 and 2012. These albums represent Yokota's most seminal work, and are highly sought after, with most of the albums not seeing a repress until now. These fourteen albums will come out individually over the next 18 months, along with two boxsets, each containing 7 of the albums. As well as vinyl there will also be a CD release for each album + 2 CD box sets.
Skintone Edition commemorates the singular talent of this music pioneer with the re-release of all of his albums released via his own Skintone label.
Over a 20 year period Yokota released 30 albums and countless 12s under a variety of aliases, across more than a dozen pre-eminent labels. Yokota received domestic and international acclaim as a house and techno DJ and producer throughout the nineties. Part of the vanguard of the Tokyo scene, his influential release Acid Mt. Fuji inspires techno artists to this day.
In 1998 though, at the height of his success, he established his Skintone imprint, which came to eclipse all of his previous achievements. Skintone shone a light on the diverse new directions in which his creativity had blown, from delicate, cyclical tape-loop meditations to neo-classical compositions. It also gave him the autonomy to combine his visual and music-making practices and, importantly, to create at his own pace. The label was a great success and his experiments proved foundational in the global 00s ambient canon.
Skintone Edition will be available as 2 box sets - the first volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of Yokota’s untimely death and the 30th year of Lo Recordings. All music has been fully re-mastered. This edition is presented with the generous assistance of the Yokota family.
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This is Nala Sinephro's debut original film score, for Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine, which was premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (to a 15min standing ovation!!) ahead of its official release on October 3rd. The Smashing Machine explores the story of legendary mixed martial arts & UFC fighter Mark Kerr, and it stars Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Academy Award nominee Emily Blunt. The score was composed, produced, arranged, mixed and mastered by Nala Sinephro, and it features performances by longstanding collaborators James Mollison, Nubya Garcia, Lyle Barton, Dwayne ‘Wonky Logic’ Kilvington, Morgan Simpson, Natcyet Wakili, Mark Mollison and Sheila Maurice-Grey. As well as the London orchestra Orchestrate, who previously provided strings for Sinephro’s 2024 critically acclaimed album, Endlessness.
QUOTES
Despite it not being officially released yet, the film and soundtrack have already started garnering critical acclaim by the press:
- "The score by the experimental jazz composer Nala Sinephro is all swirling harps and breathy saxophones; arguably no piece of music has ever sounded less like a punch in the face. Yet as an accompaniment to Kerr’s battles in and out of the ring, it’s oddly perfect, giving this tough story an unexpectedly sweet and even spiritual edge. Smashing stuff has rarely been such smashing stuff." - The Daily Telegraph
- "Proof that Dwayne Johnson is a real actor, and potentially a future Oscar winner." - Independent - "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is Oscar-worthy in his new film." - BBC
Tracklist:
1. Dawn
2. Grand Prix
3. The Smashing Machine
4. The High
5. Mark
6. KO
7. Mark ll
8. Dawn ll
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QUOTES
Despite it not being officially released yet, the film and soundtrack have already started garnering critical acclaim by the press:
- "The score by the experimental jazz composer Nala Sinephro is all swirling harps and breathy saxophones; arguably no piece of music has ever sounded less like a punch in the face. Yet as an accompaniment to Kerr’s battles in and out of the ring, it’s oddly perfect, giving this tough story an unexpectedly sweet and even spiritual edge. Smashing stuff has rarely been such smashing stuff." - The Daily Telegraph
- "Proof that Dwayne Johnson is a real actor, and potentially a future Oscar winner." - Independent - "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is Oscar-worthy in his new film." - BBC
Tracklist:
1. Dawn
2. Grand Prix
3. The Smashing Machine
4. The High
5. Mark
6. KO
7. Mark ll
8. Dawn ll
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Growing up in the sound system culture of Leeds in England, George spent a fiver, courtesy of his mum, on a battered old speaker box he named “Echo45”. That box led him to Kevin Harper, a founding member of Nightmares on Wax, a chance meeting that would change the course of his life. With the latest music “Echo45 Sound System”, Nightmares On Wax takes that lineage a step further—a mixtape that feels like both a celebration and a declaration. It's a living, sound system journey inspired by the original “Echo45” speaker box that merges soul, roots, hip-hop, dub, and electronic textures with a fearless spirit. Featuring a carefully curated ensemble of collaborators—including Yasiin Bey, Greentea Peng, Sadie Walker, Liam Bailey, and more—the record doesn’t just reflect where Nightmares on Wax has been. While deeply rooted in his origins, sound system culture, and pirate radio, it boldly announces where he’s going. Selling Points: - Exclusive 2LP gold vinyl - New music from Nightmares on Wax featuring Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Sadie Walker, Oscar Jerome, Liam Bailey, Greentea Peng & more - Guest shout-outs from friends included Gilles Peterson, Moxie, Goldie, Louie Vega, Iration Steppas, FKJ, Jordan Stephens, Roots Manuva - Creative direction by London-based menswear designer Nicholas Daley - Major live show planned at Royal Albert Hall in London (Mar 2026) - Global radio activation inspired by pirate stations - Specs Gold 2LP in printed inner sleeve in wide spine outer sleeve with printed insert
Tracklist:
A1. Echo45, We Are! feat. Oscar Jerome A2. Dive Into feat. Louis VI A3. Desire feat. Haile Supreme, Liam Bailey A4. Bang Bien feat. Yasiin Bey
B1. Echo45 feat. Liam Bailey B2. True feat. Sadie Walker B3. I Remember feat. Greentea Peng
C1. Starwood Bound feat. Sadie Walker C2. Ain't So… feat. LSK C3. Mumzie Cut feat. Liam Bailey
D1. Holding On feat. Ladi6 D2. Wind Of Change feat. Yarah Bravo C3. Hop-to-Mystic feat. Liam Bailey
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Tracklist:
A1. Echo45, We Are! feat. Oscar Jerome A2. Dive Into feat. Louis VI A3. Desire feat. Haile Supreme, Liam Bailey A4. Bang Bien feat. Yasiin Bey
B1. Echo45 feat. Liam Bailey B2. True feat. Sadie Walker B3. I Remember feat. Greentea Peng
C1. Starwood Bound feat. Sadie Walker C2. Ain't So… feat. LSK C3. Mumzie Cut feat. Liam Bailey
D1. Holding On feat. Ladi6 D2. Wind Of Change feat. Yarah Bravo C3. Hop-to-Mystic feat. Liam Bailey
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Princess P presents:Fortran 5,Renegade Soundwave, Saint Etienne, S.Y.T. (Shave Your Tongue) /2x12"LP
Label:Princess P
Cat-No:princess3
Release-Date:17.10.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP Excl
Label:Princess P
Cat-No:princess3
Release-Date:17.10.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:2LP Excl
1
Various Artists - A. Fortran 5 – Heart On The Line (Moby's Bassline Mix) 4:58 129BPM
2
Various Artists - B. Renegade Soundwave – Women Respond To Bass (Vocal) 5:39 120BPM
3
Various Artists - C. Saint Etienne – Stoned To Say The Least 7:42 118BPM
4
Various Artists - D. S.Y.T. (Shave Your Tongue) – Pleasure (Dub) 6:51 115BPM
2x12" LP - Half-speed cutting and mastering by Sidney Claire Meyer @ EBS Berlin Studios (formerly Deutsche Grammophon), pressed at 45rpm
Text:
Indulge in a delicious audiophile epilogue to Princess P's Infinite Sonore compilation with this 2x12" musical offering.
Swiss DJ Princess P, known for her wide-ranging selections, that resonates equally on the dancefloor and in immersive listening spaces, has been a dynamic presence in the Swiss electronic scene since the mid ’90s and has cultivated a genre-defying style. Her sets have become staples at clubs like Zukunft and festivals such as Watching Trees and Convenanza, where she showcases her iconoclastic musical knowledge and maverick flair.
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Princess P Presents
A. Fortran 5 – Heart On The Line (Moby's Bassline Mix) 4:58 129BPM
B. Renegade Soundwave – Women Respond To Bass (Vocal) 5:39 120BPM
C. Saint Etienne – Stoned To Say The Least 7:42 118BPM
D. S.Y.T. (Shave Your Tongue) – Pleasure (Dub) 6:51 115BPM
Half-speed cutting and mastering by Sidney Claire Meyer @ EBS Berlin Studios (formerly Deutsche Grammophon), pressed at 45rpm—these tracks have never sounded better, have they?
Liner Notes by Joe Muggs (Bass, Mids, Tops – An Oral History of Soundsystem Culture)
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Indulge in a delicious audiophile epilogue to Princess P's Infinite Sonore compilation with this 2x12" musical offering.
Swiss DJ Princess P, known for her wide-ranging selections, that resonates equally on the dancefloor and in immersive listening spaces, has been a dynamic presence in the Swiss electronic scene since the mid ’90s and has cultivated a genre-defying style. Her sets have become staples at clubs like Zukunft and festivals such as Watching Trees and Convenanza, where she showcases her iconoclastic musical knowledge and maverick flair.
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Princess P Presents
A. Fortran 5 – Heart On The Line (Moby's Bassline Mix) 4:58 129BPM
B. Renegade Soundwave – Women Respond To Bass (Vocal) 5:39 120BPM
C. Saint Etienne – Stoned To Say The Least 7:42 118BPM
D. S.Y.T. (Shave Your Tongue) – Pleasure (Dub) 6:51 115BPM
Half-speed cutting and mastering by Sidney Claire Meyer @ EBS Berlin Studios (formerly Deutsche Grammophon), pressed at 45rpm—these tracks have never sounded better, have they?
Liner Notes by Joe Muggs (Bass, Mids, Tops – An Oral History of Soundsystem Culture)
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Packaging: 1x Black 140 Grs Vinyl, 'Dufy' Sleeve with textured card & gold Pms, printed inner sleeve, marketing sticker. Vinyl cut at half-speed.
COLLECTOR VINYL 1LP,
- Restored "second edition" artwork with textured sleeve
- The exact textured card for the outer sleeve has been accurately sourced. Gold PMS finish, printed inner sleeve, marketing sticker.
- 45th anniversary edition
- Newly remastered from the original source tapes for the first time since 1980
- ½ speed master
- Liner notes by The Durutti Column / Factory Records expert James Nice
VINYL EDITION
Side One (all 2025 remasters)
1. Sketch For Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katherine
4. Conduct
Side Two (all 2025 remasters)
1. Untitled
2. Beginning
3. Jazz
4. Sketch for Winter
5. Collette
6. In 'D'
7. Lips That Would Kiss
8. Madeleine
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Packaging: 1x Black 140 Grs Vinyl, 'Dufy' Sleeve with textured card & gold Pms, printed inner sleeve, marketing sticker. Vinyl cut at half-speed.
COLLECTOR VINYL 1LP,
- Restored "second edition" artwork with textured sleeve
- The exact textured card for the outer sleeve has been accurately sourced. Gold PMS finish, printed inner sleeve, marketing sticker.
- 45th anniversary edition
- Newly remastered from the original source tapes for the first time since 1980
- ½ speed master
- Liner notes by The Durutti Column / Factory Records expert James Nice
VINYL EDITION
Side One (all 2025 remasters)
1. Sketch For Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katherine
4. Conduct
Side Two (all 2025 remasters)
1. Untitled
2. Beginning
3. Jazz
4. Sketch for Winter
5. Collette
6. In 'D'
7. Lips That Would Kiss
8. Madeleine
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Packaging: 2 x CD, harcover sleeve (like a book) with textured card , dimensions 14,7 cm x 19,6 cm, 48 page booklet , marketing sticker.
OVERVIEW
Alongside Joy Division, The Durutti Column were amongst the first artists to be released by Factory Records. Their debut album, produced by Martin Hannett, showcased the filigree guitar work of Vini Reilly, awash with reverb and early experiments with synthesisers. It would be a first album of a five-decade career, in which The Durutti Column would quietly emerge as one of the most influential acts from the Manchester scene and beyond.
"Essential." The Quietus
"..the most distinctive LP in the Factory canon" Record Collector ?????
"..a perfect meeting of the minds" BBC
".. a quietly stunning debut" All Music ????1/2
To celebrate the album's 45th anniversary, London Records revisits the album with new editions, with audio sourced and remastered from the original tapes, with vinyl cut at ½ speed.
DELUXE DOUBLE CD SET
- 33 tracks
- 45th anniversary edition
- Newly remastered from the original source tapes for the first time since 1980
- 2 Discs including original album, bonus tracks, home and studio demos, and early live tracks. Features two home demos exclusive to this format.
- Housed in a special hardback tall storybook edition (dimensions 147mm (w) x 196mm (h)). 48p page booklet.
- Restored 1985 "cassette edition" artwork with textured "tall book" sleeve
- The exact textured card for the outer sleeve has been accurately sourced.
- 3 essays by The Durutti Column / Factory Records expert James Nice, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and MOJO editor Ian Harrison.
TRACKLISTING:
DOUBLE CD EDITION
CD1
1. Sketch For Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katherine
4. Conduct
5. Untitled
6. Beginning
7. Jazz
8. Sketch for Winter
9. Collette
10. In 'D'
11. Lips That Would Kiss
12. Madeleine
CD2
1. No Communication
2. Thin Ice
3. Won't Look Out (Gammer and His Familiars ft. Vini Reilly)
4. Intervals (Home Recording -1978)
5. Katharine (Home Recording -1978)
6. Untitled (Home Recording -1978)
7. Conduct (Home Recording -1978)
8. I'm a Face (Studio Demo - 1980)
9. Sketch for Summer (Studio Demo - 1980)
10. Requiem for a Father ((Studio Demo - 1980)
11. Madeleine (Studio Demo - 1980)
12. Katharine (Studio Demo - 1980)
13. Lindsay (Studio Demo - 1980)
14. For Belgian Friends (Studio Demo - 1980)
15. Detail for Annik (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
16. Sketch for Summer (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
17. Requiem for a Father (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
18. Conduct (Live - Brussels 1981)
19. Self Portrait (Live - Brussels 1981)
20. For Belgian Friends (Live - Brussels 1981)
21. Sketch for Summer (Live - Brussels 1981)
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Packaging: 2 x CD, harcover sleeve (like a book) with textured card , dimensions 14,7 cm x 19,6 cm, 48 page booklet , marketing sticker.
OVERVIEW
Alongside Joy Division, The Durutti Column were amongst the first artists to be released by Factory Records. Their debut album, produced by Martin Hannett, showcased the filigree guitar work of Vini Reilly, awash with reverb and early experiments with synthesisers. It would be a first album of a five-decade career, in which The Durutti Column would quietly emerge as one of the most influential acts from the Manchester scene and beyond.
"Essential." The Quietus
"..the most distinctive LP in the Factory canon" Record Collector ?????
"..a perfect meeting of the minds" BBC
".. a quietly stunning debut" All Music ????1/2
To celebrate the album's 45th anniversary, London Records revisits the album with new editions, with audio sourced and remastered from the original tapes, with vinyl cut at ½ speed.
DELUXE DOUBLE CD SET
- 33 tracks
- 45th anniversary edition
- Newly remastered from the original source tapes for the first time since 1980
- 2 Discs including original album, bonus tracks, home and studio demos, and early live tracks. Features two home demos exclusive to this format.
- Housed in a special hardback tall storybook edition (dimensions 147mm (w) x 196mm (h)). 48p page booklet.
- Restored 1985 "cassette edition" artwork with textured "tall book" sleeve
- The exact textured card for the outer sleeve has been accurately sourced.
- 3 essays by The Durutti Column / Factory Records expert James Nice, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and MOJO editor Ian Harrison.
TRACKLISTING:
DOUBLE CD EDITION
CD1
1. Sketch For Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katherine
4. Conduct
5. Untitled
6. Beginning
7. Jazz
8. Sketch for Winter
9. Collette
10. In 'D'
11. Lips That Would Kiss
12. Madeleine
CD2
1. No Communication
2. Thin Ice
3. Won't Look Out (Gammer and His Familiars ft. Vini Reilly)
4. Intervals (Home Recording -1978)
5. Katharine (Home Recording -1978)
6. Untitled (Home Recording -1978)
7. Conduct (Home Recording -1978)
8. I'm a Face (Studio Demo - 1980)
9. Sketch for Summer (Studio Demo - 1980)
10. Requiem for a Father ((Studio Demo - 1980)
11. Madeleine (Studio Demo - 1980)
12. Katharine (Studio Demo - 1980)
13. Lindsay (Studio Demo - 1980)
14. For Belgian Friends (Studio Demo - 1980)
15. Detail for Annik (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
16. Sketch for Summer (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
17. Requiem for a Father (Live - Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
18. Conduct (Live - Brussels 1981)
19. Self Portrait (Live - Brussels 1981)
20. For Belgian Friends (Live - Brussels 1981)
21. Sketch for Summer (Live - Brussels 1981)
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Peggy Gou - A. D.A.N.C.E. (Extended Mix) ?
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Peggy Gou - B1. D.A.N.C.E. (Grooveapella) ?
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Peggy Gou - B2. D.A.N.C.E. (Danceappella) ?
DJ, producer, songwriter and cultural trailblazer Peggy Gou releases her latest single, 'D.A.N.C.E'.
This full sleeve 12" edition features the full extended version of 'D.A.N.C.E.' plus two alternative cuts for dextrous DJs on the B-side: the Grooveapella and Danceapella mix. The 12" also comes packaged with an exclusive sticker sheet k of the different cats that adorn the artwork.
“This track to me is all about connecting with joy and feeling free. I hope it makes people want to dance all summer long.” - Peggy Gou
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This full sleeve 12" edition features the full extended version of 'D.A.N.C.E.' plus two alternative cuts for dextrous DJs on the B-side: the Grooveapella and Danceapella mix. The 12" also comes packaged with an exclusive sticker sheet k of the different cats that adorn the artwork.
“This track to me is all about connecting with joy and feeling free. I hope it makes people want to dance all summer long.” - Peggy Gou
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Floorplan - Eternal Life
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Floorplan - Eternal Life (Mix 2)
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Robert Hood - God Flow
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Robert Hood - The Throne
Tracklist
A1. Floorplan - Eternal Life
A2. Floorplan - Eternal Life (Mix 2)
B1. Robert Hood - God Flow
B2. Robert Hood - The Throne
"Eternal Life EP" is a double A-side release featuring two mixes of the title track by father-daughter duo, Floorplan alongside two new solo tracks by Robert Hood.
The glorious "Eternal Life" is an infectious track to raise the roof as only Floorplan can, whether it's Lyric and Robert's tough House A1 version or the more stripped back Mix 2. Flipping to the AA-side Robert delivers his signature "real" minimal Techno sound on the shimmering "God Flow" before closing out with the darker tones of "The Throne". It's an essential release that can take you all the way from daytime festival fields through to late night warehouse dance floors on one EP.
Floorplan x Robert Hood "Eternal Life EP" will follow the vinyl release of Robert Hood's "Art Project EP" which will hit record stores from 13 June.
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A1. Floorplan - Eternal Life
A2. Floorplan - Eternal Life (Mix 2)
B1. Robert Hood - God Flow
B2. Robert Hood - The Throne
"Eternal Life EP" is a double A-side release featuring two mixes of the title track by father-daughter duo, Floorplan alongside two new solo tracks by Robert Hood.
The glorious "Eternal Life" is an infectious track to raise the roof as only Floorplan can, whether it's Lyric and Robert's tough House A1 version or the more stripped back Mix 2. Flipping to the AA-side Robert delivers his signature "real" minimal Techno sound on the shimmering "God Flow" before closing out with the darker tones of "The Throne". It's an essential release that can take you all the way from daytime festival fields through to late night warehouse dance floors on one EP.
Floorplan x Robert Hood "Eternal Life EP" will follow the vinyl release of Robert Hood's "Art Project EP" which will hit record stores from 13 June.
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Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll and The Trinity are today best known for their hit recording of Dylan's then-unreleased This Wheel's On Fire which is included here, together with covers of songs by the Staple Sisters, Nina Simone, Donovan, Mose Allison and David Ackles. Add in some band-written originals and you have twelve cool tracks mixing jazz, r'n'b, psyche and pop. All songs were specially recorded for the BBC, sound quality is excellent throughout.
Comes with full sleevenotes.
Tracklisting
Side One
1. This Wheel's On Fire
2. A Kind Of Love-In
3. Shadows Of You
4. Why [Am I Treated So Bad]
5. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
6. Interview
Side Two
1. Season Of The Witch
2. The Road To Cairo
3. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
4. Old Jim Crow
5. I'm Not Talkin'
6. Shadows Of You
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Comes with full sleevenotes.
Tracklisting
Side One
1. This Wheel's On Fire
2. A Kind Of Love-In
3. Shadows Of You
4. Why [Am I Treated So Bad]
5. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
6. Interview
Side Two
1. Season Of The Witch
2. The Road To Cairo
3. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
4. Old Jim Crow
5. I'm Not Talkin'
6. Shadows Of You
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A landmark in Detroit deep house, Forevernevermore is Moodymann’s second full-length album on Peacefrog Records. This 2000 release sees Kenny Dixon Jr. at his most soulful and experimental, blending dusty samples, live instrumentation, and hypnotic grooves into a deeply personal sonic collage. Drawing from his earlier KDJ releases, the album reimagines rare cuts into a cohesive, emotionally rich journey through love, loss, and the spirit of the Motor City. Essential for fans of deep, narrative-driven house music.
Smokey 2LP with limited edition Obi Stip to celebrate the labels 35 year anniversary
TRACKLIST:
1.Meanwhile Back At Home
2.Wednesday Night People
3.The Set Up
4.Don't You Want My Love
5.(Logo)
6.Your Sweet Lovin
7.The Thief That Stole My Sad Days (Ya Blessin Me)
8.Forevernevermore
9.Tribute
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A landmark in Detroit deep house, Forevernevermore is Moodymann’s second full-length album on Peacefrog Records. This 2000 release sees Kenny Dixon Jr. at his most soulful and experimental, blending dusty samples, live instrumentation, and hypnotic grooves into a deeply personal sonic collage. Drawing from his earlier KDJ releases, the album reimagines rare cuts into a cohesive, emotionally rich journey through love, loss, and the spirit of the Motor City. Essential for fans of deep, narrative-driven house music.
Smokey 2LP with limited edition Obi Stip to celebrate the labels 35 year anniversary
TRACKLIST:
1.Meanwhile Back At Home
2.Wednesday Night People
3.The Set Up
4.Don't You Want My Love
5.(Logo)
6.Your Sweet Lovin
7.The Thief That Stole My Sad Days (Ya Blessin Me)
8.Forevernevermore
9.Tribute
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Label:Horisontal Mambo
Cat-No:mambo014
Release-Date:30.05.2025
Genre:Alternative/Electronic
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Label:Horisontal Mambo
Cat-No:mambo014
Release-Date:30.05.2025
Genre:Alternative/Electronic
Configuration:LP Excl
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Elli - A1. New Muse
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Elli - A2. Race My Heartbeat
3
Elli - A3. Sky Secrets
4
Elli - A4. Where You Belong
5
Elli - A5. Mother of Pearl
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Elli - A6. Lunar
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Elli - B1. Free Fall
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Elli - B2. One Last Time
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Elli - B3. Baby Call
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Elli - B4. In My Field of Experience
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Elli - B5. Nostalgia
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Elli - B6. Momentum
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Genre: Cosmic Synth Pop, Alternative Pop, Synthwave, Electronica, Nudisco, Ambient, Electronic Ethereal Soundscapes
ELLI is set to unveil her highly anticipated self-titled debut album in May 2025 on Horisontal Mambo label,
founded by Nordic disco legend Prins Thomas.
This 12-track album marks the beginning of a new era in her sound, introducing a bold and fresh take on
cosmic synth pop. Blending ethereal soundscapes, cinematic textures, and euphoric 80s-inspired energy, Elli’s
debut promises an immersive musical journey.
ELLI explains, “The album captures a variety of emotions - moments of nostalgia and transcendence. It explores
the space between euphoria and melancholy, creating a sense of timelessness.”
Crafted in ELLI’s studio in London, “I’ve always been fascinated by the interplay of space and sound, especially
from taking contemporary dance lessons since I was 4 years old” she says. “I spent hours experimenting with
textures and unconventional sounds, including percussion I created from sea shells I collected in Greece. I also
loved playing movies on my projector while composing, it gave me the feeling that I’m creating a soundtrack,
connecting the visual to the sonic. It was an immersive experience.”
From the tender, inviting pulse of "New Muse" to the introspective beauty of "In My Field of Experience," the
album offers a wide-ranging experience, moving between euphoric highs and quiet moments of reflection. It’s
a work of contrasts, an exploration of the personal. An honest debut. Mambo HQ April 2025.
Tracklisting:
A Side:
1. New Muse
2. Race My Heartbeat
3. Sky Secrets
4. Where You Belong
5. *Mother of Pearl
6. Lunar
B Side
7. Free Fall
8. One Last Time
9. Baby Call
10. In My Field of Experience
11. *Nostalgia
12. Momentum
*Additional Mixing & Production by Prins Thomas
- Photography by Yiorgos Kaplanidis
Bio:
Electronic musician and singer/songwriter originally from Greece, ELLI, has called London home for the past 15 years, balancing her career as an automotive engineer with her passion for creating music. After collaborating
with several producers as a vocalist, she released music on renowned labels like Connected, Anjunadeep,Objektivity, and Truesoul. In addition to her successful collaborations, ELLI's solo journey began with her debut
single "Race My Heartbeat" on Prins Thomas’s Horisontal Mambo label.
She followed up with "Just for Me & You", released as part of Steven Julien's DJ Kicks mix on iconic !K7 Records.
Channelling a broad range of influences, her solo project explores the intersection between ambient/electronic ethereal soundscapes and a more upbeat side that leans towards cosmic synth-pop.
Recent tracks ‘Race My Heartbeat’, ‘Radiant’ and ‘In Your Eyes’ have been championed by tastemakers including BBC Radio 1’s Jaguar, who playlisted the tracks in the BBC Introducing Dance show and &ME who
playlisted on his Spotify ‘TrackID’
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Genre: Cosmic Synth Pop, Alternative Pop, Synthwave, Electronica, Nudisco, Ambient, Electronic Ethereal Soundscapes
ELLI is set to unveil her highly anticipated self-titled debut album in May 2025 on Horisontal Mambo label,
founded by Nordic disco legend Prins Thomas.
This 12-track album marks the beginning of a new era in her sound, introducing a bold and fresh take on
cosmic synth pop. Blending ethereal soundscapes, cinematic textures, and euphoric 80s-inspired energy, Elli’s
debut promises an immersive musical journey.
ELLI explains, “The album captures a variety of emotions - moments of nostalgia and transcendence. It explores
the space between euphoria and melancholy, creating a sense of timelessness.”
Crafted in ELLI’s studio in London, “I’ve always been fascinated by the interplay of space and sound, especially
from taking contemporary dance lessons since I was 4 years old” she says. “I spent hours experimenting with
textures and unconventional sounds, including percussion I created from sea shells I collected in Greece. I also
loved playing movies on my projector while composing, it gave me the feeling that I’m creating a soundtrack,
connecting the visual to the sonic. It was an immersive experience.”
From the tender, inviting pulse of "New Muse" to the introspective beauty of "In My Field of Experience," the
album offers a wide-ranging experience, moving between euphoric highs and quiet moments of reflection. It’s
a work of contrasts, an exploration of the personal. An honest debut. Mambo HQ April 2025.
Tracklisting:
A Side:
1. New Muse
2. Race My Heartbeat
3. Sky Secrets
4. Where You Belong
5. *Mother of Pearl
6. Lunar
B Side
7. Free Fall
8. One Last Time
9. Baby Call
10. In My Field of Experience
11. *Nostalgia
12. Momentum
*Additional Mixing & Production by Prins Thomas
- Photography by Yiorgos Kaplanidis
Bio:
Electronic musician and singer/songwriter originally from Greece, ELLI, has called London home for the past 15 years, balancing her career as an automotive engineer with her passion for creating music. After collaborating
with several producers as a vocalist, she released music on renowned labels like Connected, Anjunadeep,Objektivity, and Truesoul. In addition to her successful collaborations, ELLI's solo journey began with her debut
single "Race My Heartbeat" on Prins Thomas’s Horisontal Mambo label.
She followed up with "Just for Me & You", released as part of Steven Julien's DJ Kicks mix on iconic !K7 Records.
Channelling a broad range of influences, her solo project explores the intersection between ambient/electronic ethereal soundscapes and a more upbeat side that leans towards cosmic synth-pop.
Recent tracks ‘Race My Heartbeat’, ‘Radiant’ and ‘In Your Eyes’ have been championed by tastemakers including BBC Radio 1’s Jaguar, who playlisted the tracks in the BBC Introducing Dance show and &ME who
playlisted on his Spotify ‘TrackID’
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Psychic Mirrors - Island Girl
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Psychic Mirrors - Shock Treatment
2 x catastrophic cosmic chronic compositions from the 2016 psychic mirrors debut album. re-mastered loud for 7" club play. brought to you by Amnisa & PPU records. includes 5x7 band promo photo.
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