Sakura is a full-length album from electronic artist
Susumu Yokota, released in 1999 in Japan on Skintone Records (STR03) and on 11 September 2000 in the
United Kingdom on
The Leaf Label (BAY13). It was named as the top electronic release of the year 2000 by
The Wire.
Some tracks sample elements of
Harold Budd's album "
The Pavilion of Dreams". Track two, "Tobiume", samples the opening track ("Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rahim"); track four, "Hagoromo", features a sample from "Let Us Go Into The House of the Lord/Butterfly Sunday", and track eleven - "Shinsen" - opens with a sample from "Rosetti Noise/Chrystal Garden and a Coda".
Track six, "Gekkoh", features a sample from the opening of
Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians", and also contains elements of
Young Marble Giants' "The Taxi" (from their album
Colossal Youth).
Sakura is a full-length album from electronic artist
Susumu Yokota, released in 1999 in Japan on Skintone Records (STR03) and on 11 September 2000 in the
United Kingdom on
The Leaf Label (BAY13). It was named as the top electronic release of the year 2000 by
The Wire.
Some tracks sample elements of
Harold Budd's album "
The Pavilion of Dreams". Track two, "Tobiume", samples the opening track ("Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rahim"); track four, "Hagoromo", features a sample from "Let Us Go Into The House of the Lord/Butterfly Sunday", and track eleven - "Shinsen" - opens with a sample from "Rosetti Noise/Chrystal Garden and a Coda".
Track six, "Gekkoh", features a sample from the opening of
Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians", and also contains elements of
Young Marble Giants' "The Taxi" (from their album
Colossal Youth).