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Magic Thread

~ Susumu Yokota
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Product details

  • Audio CD (13 Mar 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Leaf
  • ASIN: B00004KRYT
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 117,607 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

1. Weave
2. Reflux
3. Unravel
4. Circular
5. Spool
6. Potential
7. Fiber
8. Metabolic
9. Stitch
10. Blend
11. Melt

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Better known for his tech-funk and house, this is Japanese producer Susumu Yokota's second collection of experimental music to be released by the Leaf label [following "Image 1983-1988"]. The thematic titles to the tracks-"Weave", "Unravel", "Spool", "Stitch", "Fiber"--are an indication of what to expect; a clinically-executed examination of sound texture. But to Yokota's credit the formalism is expertly reigned in to let the music breathe. "Weave" gently undulates with material created from disparate musical strands. "Reflux" gradually regiments the elements to a stuttering beat while maintaining a dark seam underneath while "Unravel" is the sound of incongruent elements rubbing against each other. "Metabolic" is timed to a thumping heartbeat which Yokota gradually overpowers with multiple layers of irregularly-timed rhythms. Magic Thread is a record to get wrapped up in.--Chris Campion


The Wire

'extraordinary... fluxus electronica... simple yet tremendous'

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gentle sounds of Japanese ambient wizard, 18 Oct 2003
By Jay M "jay_mc" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This album came before his success with the more widely known 'Sakura' and 'Grinning Cat'. However it has the same ambient themes as those two albums and can be seen as a precursor to them.

All the ideas for those affore-mentioned albums can be seen forming on this album. Whereas it lacks the immediacy of those albums, it is a charming exploration in sound sculpture nonetheless. I really like it though and I think you will too. After further listens, it really is as good as his later work.

Lilting melodies, softly shifting bass, echoing voices and all manner of means of exotic instruments makes this into a gorgeous album full of gentle ambience and subtle sounds.

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