06 May 2008

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!

5 comments:

Mr.Nomoniker said...

Holla.

dig your site. Found you through Hype machine on a post you did about The Bees several months ago.

Thank you for being consistent and themed. Indie is amorphous and tiring at times, but the funk is the funk.

hokwei said...

We're gonna fight. Gogol Bordello rocks!!

Anonymous said...

I love Susumo Yokota. The Skintone Collection is an excellent place to start if you are new to his work or you could just dive straight in to Sakura or Grinning Cat - they're both great!

Anonymous said...

I love Susumo Yokota. The Skintone Collection is an excellent place to start if you are new to his work or you could just dive straight in to Sakura or Grinning Cat - they're both great!

Anonymous said...

I love Susumo Yokota. The Skintone Collection is an excellent place to start if you are new to his work or you could just dive straight in to Sakura or Grinning Cat - they're both great!