Lo Recordings is honored to release the seminal works of the Japanese electronic and ambient musician Susumu Yokota. Yokota redefined ambient music with a series of 14 extraordinary albums, released from 1998 through to 2012. 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, 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.

Sakura, the third album, was instantly recognized as a pivotal album setting the world alight with its dazzling and immersive transcendent beauty and fostering an expanding loyalty among many musicians, including Aphex Twin, Björk, Brian Eno, and Philip Glass.

Volume 1 features the albums Magic Thread, Image 1983-1998, Sakura, Grinning Cat, Will, The Boy And The Tree, Laputa.

LP - Linen Paper, foil printed box set including 6 Double LPs and 1 Single LP. 13 discs in total, all color 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. A 4-page insert and poster is included with each box set. Magic Thread - Gold Image - Cream Sakura - Petrol Blue Grinning Cat - Solid White Will - Cool Grey The Boy and The Tree - Orange Laputa - Beige

CD - Box Set including 7 CDs. CDs come in softly textured 6-page pocketpacs with sleeve notes.