Greenpeace - Stevia aka Susumu Yokota Stack Records

In 1997 and 1998, the late great Japanese composer, producer, and DJ Susumu Yokota released two of the most eclectic albums of his decades-long career, Fruits of The Room and Greenpeace. Recorded under his Stevia alias for Tokyo Techno pioneer DJ Miku’s Newstage Records/NS-COM, they were Yokota-san’s homage to the foundational days of club music in Japan. This year, Glossy Mistakes are proud to present the first official vinyl editions of Fruits of The Room and Greenpeace, originally released on CD during the golden days of the format. Packaged in reimagined cover artwork created by the celebrated Japanese visual artist Masaho Anotani, these two albums perfectly capture the diversity at the heart of Yokota-san’s oeuvre. Across Greenpeace, Yokota-san conjures up a heady concoction of dusty loops, sampledelic breaks, kraut-rock, and psychedelic downbeat—a remarkable listening experience based on the inspired era of a genius. When Yokota-san wrote and produced the music on Fruits ...