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Susumu Yokota - The Boy And The Tree (Skintone Edition)
Label
Lo recordings
Catalogue
Lo256
Eancode
No eancode
Format
2LP
Release Date
WK 12, 16 Mar 2026
Type
Import / Non-exclusive
Stock
Out of stock

Susumu Yokota

The Boy And The Tree (Skintone Edition)

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The Boy and the Tree was composed after a visit to Yakushima Island, an outstandingly beautiful world heritage site off the southern tip of Japan, scored by a deep, lush and ancient ravine, home of the ancient 7000-year old ''J?mon Sugi''. Tree. Also the inspiration for Miyazaki's epic Ghibli anime Princess Mononoke, a conflict between the rampant greed and destructive force of humanity, and the stoic, mysterious fragility of nature. This fleeting immersion in nature lent the album a profound introspection and mystery, and the its twelve tracks unfold in dream sequence, each drifting seamlessly into the next while still managing to steer the listener in myriad directions, from eerie butoh atmospheres, to ebullient raga, to desolate, cavernous chanson. The Boy And The Tree is definitely one of, if not the most, visually evocative and cinematic Yokota releases.

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