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Yokota, Susumu Staff Recommended Grinning Cat ...Welcome, once again, to the increasingly bewitching and playful world of Susumu Yokota. The follow up to the remarkable (and remarkably successful) Sakura, his first album of 2001 finds the influence of jazz and classical music (notably Steve Reich) stronger than ever, with the Eno-strength ambience still present and correct. Say hello to the odd sashay into nearly-house tempo. Handclaps. Windchimes. Heartbeats. Acoustic Guitar. Piano. Somehow it reminds us of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami: a best selling novel in Japan about a lost cat and many other everyday strangenesses, delights and discoveries. It evokes the same capricious, elusive feeling we get from this album (though we must admit Yokota claims ignorance of the book). It's a more episodic album than the slowly swelling rhythm of Sakura, but the idyllic Grinning Cat possesses an equally tenacious ability to settle inside your soul. Sakura was The Wire magazine's Electronica Album of the Year for 2000. But that doesn't come close to the tides of praise that flooded through from journalists, radio DJs and fans alike, all caught in Yokota's spell. Not to mention the word of mouth stories we picked up on, where friends of friends all went out and bought copies after hearing the album. While Sakura is now officially the biggest selling Leaf record to date (and still counting) the critical garlands have continued to gather this year with LeafCompilation, Yokota's mix CD comprised of Leaf back catalogue, released on his own Skintone label in Japan, and exported in limited quantities elsewhere. His fourth album for The Leaf Label, Grinning Cat is the first to be released simultaneously around the world (it is released by his own Skintone label in Japan). With another Skintone album complete (entitled Will, to be released as a limited edition vinyl only double 12" in September) and still another in preparation, it looks like Yokota will be unstoppable this year. Format: CD Album   Label: Leaf Catalog: BAY17CD Origin: UK Listed: 2001-06-09 Activity Status: Usually Available in 1 - 3 days   Price: $14.97   More titles from Yokota, Susumu : Grinning Cat Image 1983 To 1998 Love Or Die Sakura Skintone Collection Symbol The Boy And The Tree Will (Vinyl LP) Will (Vinyl) Wonder Waltz specials Bip_Hop Generation Vol. 7 - Various Price: $8.74 More Info

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