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Symbol

~ Susumu Yokota (Artist)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (6 Jun 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Lo
  • ASIN: B0008G2FIG
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 135,163 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Long Long Silk Bridge 3:02£0.79
Listen  2. Purple Rose Minuet 3:36£0.79
Listen  3. Traveller In The Wonderland 4:21£0.79
Listen  4. Song Of The Sleeping Forest 4:19£0.79
Listen  5. The Plateau Which The Zephyr Of Flora Occupies 2:27£0.79
Listen  6. Fairy Dance Of Twinkle And Shadow 4:19£0.79
Listen  7. Flaming Love And Destiny 4:55£0.79
Listen  8. The Dying Black Swan 2:25£0.79
Listen  9. Blue Sky And Yellow Sunflower 3:59£0.79
Listen10. Capricco And The Innovative Composer 2:26£0.79
Listen11. I Close The Door Upon Myself 2:27£0.79
Listen12. Symbol Of Life, Love And Aesthetics 3:55£0.79
Listen13. Music From The Lake Surface 3:19£0.79

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Take this with you..., 26 Jun 2005
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I gradually fell in love with Sakura, and to be honest, i was anxious about buying any other Susumu album in case it didn't meet my expectations. Those of you who own Sukura will know that it is one of the most delicate yet powerful albums in existence. Remeniscent of Brian Eno and Harold Budd but with a modern edge and ever so slightly more up tempo.

I have experienced Grinning Cat, but found that a tricky listen. After that i decided to stick with Sakura and passed by The boy and The Tree many a time (although i may have to take a step back and purchase that now...)but when i saw Symbol- impulse got hold of me.

What a unique album- difficult to categorize. Much of the album stems from well known classical tunes and then cascades into something totally unexpected.

This is an album (like Sakura) to take everywhere with you. It is a travelling companion. It will become the soundtrack to your mind. A fantastic listen when on a train, flying through the country, and equally fitting, in the city, people watching. With this album i feel i am on a journey.

If you want a challenge, buy this. Or buy it for someone whom you want to challenge. The challenge will be enjoyed.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Must have. Carry a legal copy of it on your iPod, 1 Jan 2006
After the previous Susumu albums I was prepared for some more brilliance but this blew me away. Very difficult to categorise and different from his other efforts but I loved it. Imagine some easily recogniseable classic tunes ('The Nutcracker') and then mixed in with some smooth beats and shaken up with some ghostly female vocals and you come close to it. Musical smoothness and coolness. Loved it.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Inventive, but sadly not Yokota at his best, 12 Aug 2005
By C. R. Cheesman (Abergavenny, Gwent) - See all my reviews
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Are you old enough to remember classics on 45? Some bright spark had the idea to put a drum beat to collages of classical music and release it as singles. They did quite well in the charts but I don't know why. Well, Symbol is a bit like that but its far more intelligent and sophisticated than classics on 45. What you have to ask yourself is what does this treatment add to the classical music that is being used or is it just being sampled? Whilst the album has a very wide range of musical references quite a few of the tracks are badly let down by poor drum programming resulting in repetitive percussion backing. Also some of tracks feel poorly developed and end rather unsatisfactorily. Whilst there is great invention here this release lacks the maturity or development of some of Yokota's better work such as Laputa or Sakura.
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5.0 out of 5 stars prelude Nr. Yokota
I am just in the middle of the album - sitting at my desk, listening to the track Nr. 6. I have to say it is drawing my attention more than the albums I have heard so far... Read more
Published on 10 April 2007 by Mr. L. Pokorny

3.0 out of 5 stars doesn't go far enough
Yokota loops and adds beats to well-known classical works, mostly late romantic period (late 19th-early 20th century, Rachmaninoff, etc), with much sampling also from the works of... Read more
Published on 6 April 2007 by Curmudgeon

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