Lo Recordings is honoured to announce the release of the seminal works of the Japanese electronic and ambient musician Susumu Yokota. Yokota redefined ambient music with a series of 14 extraordinary albums, released from 1998 through to 2012.

Skintone Edition commemorates the singular talent of this music pioneer with the re-release of all of his albums released via his own Skintone label.

Over a 20 year period Yokota released 30 albums and countless 12s under a variety of aliases, across more than a dozen pre-eminent labels. Yokota received domestic and international acclaim as a house and techno DJ and producer throughout the nineties. Part of the vanguard of the Tokyo scene, his influential release Acid Mt. Fuji inspires techno artists to this day.

In 1998 though, at the height of his success, he established his Skintone imprint, which came to eclipse all of his previous achievements.

Skintone shone a light on the diverse new directions in which his creativity had blown, from delicate, cyclical tape-loop meditations to neo-classical compositions. It also gave him the autonomy to combine his visual and music-making practices and, importantly, to create at his own pace. The label was a great success and his experiments proved foundational in the global 00s ambient canon.

Skintone shone a light on the diverse new directions in which his creativity had blown, from delicate, cyclical tape-loop meditations to neo-classical compositions. It also gave him the autonomy to combine his visual and music-making practices and, importantly, to create at his own pace. The label was a great success and his experiments proved foundational in the global 00s ambient canon.

Skintone Edition will be available as 2 box sets - the first volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of Yokota’s untimely death and the 30th year of Lo Recordings. All music has been fully re-mastered. This edition is presented with the generous assistance of the Yokota family.

• Available on 13 x 12" Color Vinyl Box Set or 7CD Box Set
• Long sought after reissues of Susumu Yokota’s most seminal work
• 6 double LPs and one singe LP, all color vinyl
• Each Disc is Housed in a Printed Inner with PMS Print, Finished with Spot Gloss Printing. Each Sleeve Features an Abstract of the Original Album’s Artwork
• 4-Page Booklet with Liner Notes
• Poster Included
• Designed by award winning graphic design duo Non-Format

01 Magic Thread:
02 Weave
03 Reflux
04 Unravel
05 Circular
06 Spool
07 Fiber
08 Potential
09 Metabolic
10 Stitch
11 Blend
12 Melt
13 Image 1983-1998:
14 Kaiten Mokuba
15 Tayutafu
16 Fukoro No Yume
17 Wani Natte
18 Sakashima
19 Morino Gakudan
20 Nisemono No Uta
21 Daremoshiranai
22 Chiisanakuni
23 Kawano Hotorino Kinoshitade
24 Yumekui Kobito
25 Amai Niyoi
26 Enogu
27 Amanogawa
28 Sakura:
29 Saku
30 Uchu Tanjyo
31 Hagoromo
32 Genshi
33 Gekkoh
34 Kirakiraboshi
35 Kodomotachi
36 Hisen
37 Tobiume
38 Naminote
39 Shinsen
40 Azukiiro No Kaori
41 Grinning Cat:
42 I Imagine
43 King Dragonfly
44 Card Nation
45 Balloon In A Cage
46 Lapis Lazuli
47 Cherry Blossom
48 Sleepy Eye
49 Love Bird
50 Fearful Dream
51 Tears Of A Poet
52 Flying Cat
53 So Red
54 Lost Child
55 Will:
56 Level 21
57 Alpine Nation
58 Red Door
59 Illusion River
60 Pegasus Man
61 Black Sea
62 Pony Tail
63 Rabbit Earring
64 The Boy And The Tree:
65 The Colour Of
66 Pomegranates
67 Live Echo
68 Fairy Link
69 Secret Garden
70 Grass Tree And Stone
71 Rose Necklace
72 Plateau On Plateau
73 Red Swan
74 Beans
75 Future Tiger
76 Thread Leads To Heaven
77 Blood And Snow
78 Laputa:
79 Rising Sun
80 Lost Ring
81 Gong Gong Gong
82 Grey Piano
83 Iconic Air
84 Light Of The Sun
85 Trip Eden
86 23 Degrees Dream
87 Hidden Love
88 True Story
89 Dragon Place
90 I Am Flying
91 Dizzy Echo
92 Heart By Heart
93 Hyper On Hyper