SUSUMU YOKOTA - "Acid Mt. Fuji" 2xLPSusumu Yokota Acid Mt. Fuji 2xLP (Midgar, 2021) "Susumu Yokota shapeshifted through his 30 year career. He might be known best for his ambient works from the early '00s, but he rose to prominence as a diverse house and techno producer. During the '90s he released hard psychedelic trance (The Frankfurt Tokyo Connection) and dreamier electronica (Cat, Mouse And Me) on Sven Vth's former label, Harthouse, and trippy acid techno as Ebi on the label Space

hyper-inventive big band

Faint moans waver somewhere in the distant atmosphere of the mid-range

The record features two twenty minute compositions of minimal drones comprised from a sample library including singing bowls

originally released on Emperor Jones in 1998)

barely even a drum

Coltrane's regular (and posthumously "classic") quartet—with pianist McCoy Tyner

The idea was to be confrontational – to evoke (as Tomata described in an early interview) a state of anxiety

This latest pot of stripped-down seance shanties

Is it good

Sturdy synth basslines sculpt solid rhythm patterns that bring to mind the innovations of the moment in electro and dance records

Stoned Rehearsal was originally released on cassette by the band but was barely heard out of Australia

Joynes exploits the instrument’s potential by placing intricate parlour music alongside overdriven garage blues throw-downs