Yokota, Susumu - The Boy And The Tree (Skintone Edition) (2LP Orange Vinyl)

Susumu Yokota - The Boy And The Tree (Skintone Edition) (2LP Orange Vinyl)

The Boy and the Tree was composed after a visit to Yakushima Island, an outstandingly beautiful world heritage site off the southern tip of Japan, scored by a deep, lush and ancient ravine, home of the ancient 7000-year old ‘Jōmon Sugi’. Tree. Also the inspiration for Miyazaki's epic anime Princess Mononoke, a conflict between the rampant greed and destructive force of humanity, and the stoic, mysterious fragility of nature.

This fleeting immersion in nature lent the album a profound introspection and mystery, and the its twelve tracks unfold in dream sequence, each drifting seamlessly into the next while still managing to steer the listener in myriad directions, from eerie butoh atmospheres, to ebullient raga, to desolate, cavernous chanson. The Boy And The Tree is definitely one of, if not the most, visually evocative and cinematic Yokota releases.

Tracklisting:

1. The Colour of Pomegranate
2. Live Echo
3. Fairy Link
4. Grass, Tree, and Stone
5. Secret Garden
6. Rose Necklace
7. Beans
8. Plateau on Plateau
9. Red Swan
10. Thread Leads to Heaven
11. Future Tiger
12. Blood and Snow