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- TAV // Essential Listening -

From house and techno, to ambient and trance, to break-beat and disco – there is a substantial back catalog to memorialise from Susumu Yokata's outstandingly diverse oeuvre. For us here at The Analog Vault, one of the Japanese electronic music producer’s singular moments is derived from his 1994 record Acid Mt. Fuji. By manipulating field recordings and echoey electronic percussions, Yokota crafted an oscillating auditory document dedicated to Japan’s most sacred mountain. Rife with natural and preternatural sonic signposts, Acid Mt. Fuji conjures a surreal and psychoactive atmosphere that immerses the listener into Mount Fuji’s lush landscape of wet forests and rugged highlands. Drenched in ambient mists while driven by an undulating acid techno pulse, Yokota invites the listener on a pilgrimage that is truly spiritual and mythical.

Genre: Electronic, Ambient, Techno, Experimental

[Reissue since 2023 onwards (Album release: 1994), 2LP, Midgar Records]