| Yokota, Susumu / Boy and the Tree, the |
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| Album: | Boy and the Tree, the | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Yokota, Susumu | Added: | Jan 2003 | |
| Label: | Leaf Label | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-09-06 | Pull Date: | 2004-11-07 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Nov 7 | Oct 10 | Sep 26 | Sep 19 | Sep 12 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 22, 2009: | Jena & Gomorrah Live Echo | 4. | Nov 01, 2004: | Trip Over Zero Grass, Tree and Stone | |
| 2. | May 27, 2008: | nag champa orangeasm The Colour of Pomegranates | 5. | Nov 01, 2004: | Go For Dover: Halloween Mashup Secret Garden | |
| 3. | Nov 03, 2004: | the Dog and Pony Show The Colour of Pomegranates | 6. | Oct 07, 2004: | Stirling's Approximation Grass, Tree and Stone |
| Album Review |
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| Gabe Reviewed 2004-09-01 | ||
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Ommmmm. Nature-themed ambient music that’s maybe a combination of Oren Ambarchi’s guitar drones, Jon Hassell’s organically shifting melodies, Chris Watson’s nature field recordings, and an ice-cold drink of water from a Japanese mountain brook. Mind-bogglingly evocative both of being in a particularly peaceful Japanese garden and of taking in a concert on some especially potent hallucinogenics. I’m going to break down crying at how beautiful this is. One comparison is to the Japanese psychedelic band Toho Sara (but I know that’s a real obscurity – sorry). 1. Wobbly bent-string notes and gentle but abstract wooden block percussion 2. Rhythmically looped and echoing percussion with slowly developing theme 3. Similar to track 2 but with the sppoky echoes replaced by ethereal “aaah”s 4. Simple reverbed guitar and tamboura drone builds with electronics, violin, voice, and tabla into a full-on … well, not exactly Indian song but a nice simulation 5. Slow intro gives way to rapid gamelan bells and then to gentle vocals 6. More fast gamelan bells plus a slow rhythm 7. Sampled berimbau (one-stringed Brazilian instrument) and voice 8. A bit tinkly but very placid groove 9. Casbah drone – repetitious, ominous, attractive 10. Thin-sounding keyboard scales 11. Birdsong-like (and cawing) strings, muted drumming, and a nice female chorus – just as if you were walking through the jungle; gorgeous 12. Wavering “melody” and wordless vocals | ||
| Track Listing |
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