In which I say farewell to the Indie Kids

Predictably, the readership around here has taken a dip since the Blog-achella project ended and I'm no longer posting the same music as every other blog in the blog-o-sphere (did I say "blog" enough in that sentence?)... but you know what? Good! I don't need fans of flavor-of-the-day blog bands around here... I need you folks who appreciate the good stuff... like so...



Assuming that you don't recognize that album cover on sight, I'll tell you it's Skintone Collection, a compilation of Japanese producer Susumu Yokota's best work on his own label (Skintone, that is). This guy isn't super-well-known in the states, but that hasn't stopped him from being ridiculously prolific... he's put out something like 32 albums - you know those crazy Japanese with their "work ethic" and "efficiency"... hmph! Now, I'm guessing with 32 albums, there's gonna be a bit of crap in there once in a while, so this is a good place to start if you wanna check what this guy's about. He does all sorts of electronic styles, but has gotten most of his steez for his Downtempo/Ambient work...

Susumu Yokota - Illusion River (ysi)

So the folks who would take me to task for calling out bands like Gogol Bordello on their suckiness... good riddance and eat a bag of dicks! To the rest of you, just keep diggin' the tunes... and holla at ya boy!