Susumu Yokota - Laputa ('Skintone' Beige Colour 2LP Vinyl)

Laputa, a title taken from the fantastical floating island of Gulliver's Travels is aptly named as 'The album that never landed' for, apart from a limited touchdown in Japan, Laputa was never released. This mystical world is a summation of Yokota's journey so far, a complex and at times challenging work but immeasurably rewarding. Beguiling and bewitching in equal measure.

Over fifteen undulating sonic fugue states, he guides listeners round a liminal world, made up of familiar materials but formed in a way defying all laws of perspective and physics. Background murmurings give way to almost uncomfortably foregrounded chattering, and one perceived soundstage segues into another impossible tableau of sonic apparitions, some recognisable in form, but all boldly decontextualised and arranged in expertly cluttered amalgams.

Laputa's obscurity was a prime reason Lo Recordings decided on the Skintone retrospective. Falling as it did between The Boy and the Tree on The Leaf Label and our own debut of Symbol. It was something of an audio crime that the album had never been properly explored and discovered. 

Limited edition Beige 2x12” vinyl LP.
- Housed in PMS printed inner sleeve, featuring custom fonts by No Format and spot gloss abstraction of the original album artwork.
- Accompanied with a double sided 2-panel insert and double sided 4 panel poster.
- All sleeved in a custom PMS reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel and belly band.

Tracklisting:

1. Rising Sun    
   
2. Lost Ring    
   
3. Gong Gong Gong    
   
4. Iconic Air    
   
5. Light Of The Sun    
   
6. Grey Piano    
   
7. 23 Degrees Dream    
   
8. Hidden Love    
   
9. Trip Eden    
   
10. True Story    
    
11. Dragon Place    
    
12. I Am Flying    
    
13. Dizzy Echo    
    
14. Heart By Heart    
    
15. Hyper On Hyper