SUSUMU YOKOTA - "Acid Mt. Fuji" 2xLP

Susumu Yokota - Acid Mt. Fuji 2xLP (Midgar, 2021) "Susumu Yokota shapeshifted through his 30-year career. He might be known best for his ambient works from the early '00s, but he rose to prominence as a diverse house and techno producer. During the '90s he released hard psychedelic trance (The Frankfurt-Tokyo Connection) and dreamier electronica (Cat, Mouse And Me) on Sven Väth's former label, Harthouse, and trippy acid techno as Ebi on the label Space Teddy. The rest of Yokota's output—touching on techno and breakbeat, deep and jazzy house, and even disco, as on 1999—landed mostly on Japan's Sublime Records. He also toured throughout Europe during the time, notably performing at the inaugural Interference Festival in Berlin during Love Parade 1994. In 1999, when Yokota launched his own imprint, Skintone, forming a UK licensing deal with The Leaf Label, a shift occurred. Over the following decade he would release some of his best-loved and critically acclaimed records: Grinning Cat, Th