Susumu Yokota
Laputa (Skintone Edition)
Lo Recordings • SKU: LO257
€46.00
Preorder • Apr 10, 2026
Tracklist / Audio Preview
A1 · Rising Sun
A2 · Lost Ring
A3 · Gong Gong Gong
B1 · Iconic Air
B2 · Light Of The Sun
B3 · Grey Piano
B4 · 23 Degrees Dream
C1 · Hidden Love
C2 · Trip Eden
C3 · True Story
C4 · Dragon Place
D1 · I Am Flying
D2 · Dizzy Echo
Additional Data
Artists
Label
SKU: LO257
Genres
Styles
- Condition
- NEW
- Media Condition
- Mint (M)
- Sleeve Condition
- Mint (M)
- Format
- 1 • Vinyl • 12" • 12inch Vinyl
Description
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. Lo Recordings hope Laputa can now ascend to its rightful place... hovering above us.