Susumu Yokota
The Boy And The Tree
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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.
Release notes
CD in a 6 panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board.
| 1 | The Colour Of Pomegranates | ||
| 2 | Live Echo | ||
| 3 | Fairy Link | ||
| 4 | Secret Garden | ||
| 5 | Grass, Tree And Stone | ||
| 6 | Rose Necklace | ||
| 7 | Plateau On Plateau | ||
| 8 | Red Swan | ||
| 9 | Beans | ||
| 10 | Future Tiger | ||
| 11 | Thread Leads To Heaven | ||
| 12 | Blood And Snow |
- Susumu Yokota
- Design [Original], Written By, Recorded By
- ANTI
- Design [Reissue Sleeve]
- Non-Format
- Design [Reissue Sleeve]
- Carl Griffin
- Liner Notes
- Mark Beazley
- Mastered By
