- downtempo, electronic, experimental, plunderphonics
- 45 min
- 13 tracks
- Skintone
Symbol is a studio album by Japanese electronica artist Susumu Yokota, released in 2004. This album is distinctive from others in his discography by being primarily composed of samples from classical orchestral pieces, such as Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals, as well as more modern compositions by John Cage and Meredith Monk. The cover art is a detail from the 1896 painting Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse.
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Grave, spare, character-led and cool.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Long Long Silk Bridge3:01
- 2Purple Rose Minuet3:35
- 3Traveler in the Wonderland4:20
- 4Song of the Sleeping Forest4:17
- 5The Plateau Which the Zephyr of Flora Occupies2:26
- 6Fairy Dance of Twinkle and Shadow4:18
- 7Flaming Love and Destiny4:55
- 8The Dying Black Swan2:21
- 9Blue Sky and Yellow Sunflower3:57
- 10Capriccio and the Innovative Composer2:24
- 11I Close the Door Upon Myself2:24
- 12Symbol of Life, Love, and Aesthetics3:54
- 13Music From the Lake Surface3:13
13 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Susumu Yokota
- Label
- Skintone
- Released
- October 27, 2004
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- JP
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