“‘Sakura’ is undoubtedly the most beloved and acclaimed work in Susumu Yokota’s body of work. Its music unfolds in rapid succession, like a cascade of petals falling from the cherry tree that gives the piece its title. Yokota says, ‘Through music,

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『Sakura is without doubt the most loved and lauded entry in Susumu Yokota ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito)’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
』 (Original Japanese text by Saito)

Another magnificent achievement from 〈TRANSMIGRATION〉, the label that has previously released works by SUSUMU YOKOTA and reissued COIL albums. Carefully selected from a collection of DAT tapes dating back to the period when he was conceiving and producing masterpieces like “Acid Mt. Fuji” and “Ebi’s Zen,” these tracks have been transferred to vinyl ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Akie). From the mutant slow acid track “Dust” to the hypnotic groover “Wave”—reminiscent of screwed trance—and on to “Fortune,” which shifts into high gear and races forward with post-punk snares and orientalized melodies, this collection features eight gem-like tracks. (Original Japanese text by Akie)

後に世界最大規模レイヴへと発展するベルリン・ラブパレードの創始者DR. MOTTEが主宰したレーベル〈SPACE TEDDY〉 からリリースされていたオリジナル二作「禅 = Zen」「天 = Ten」からのセレクションを、名手STEFFEN MÜLLERがリマスタリングを加えて帯付きコンパイル！オリエンタルを感じるユニークなアレンジと宇宙スピリチュアリティ、どこまでも深く潜り込むアシッドトランス。リミテッドでの復刻、リプレスです。 (Akie)

ドイツの〈HEARTHOUSE〉からTENSHIN名義でデヴューを飾り、KEN ISHIIが〈R&S〉と契約し、本格的に東京にも押しよせたセカンド・サマーオブラヴの波を受けた90年代初頭のダンスカルチャーにおける狂騒の記録、ベルリンのアンビエント・グル・DR.MOTTEの〈SPACE TEDDY〉からEBI名義でアルバム「禅 = ZEN」と同年にリリースされ、〈SUBLIME〉レーベルが設立された'94年の歴史的アルバム「ACID MT. FUJI」が、ベルリンの〈MIDGAR〉からヴァイナル復刻です！