First re-issue album from the Skintone Edition Volume 1 Box Set

Magic Thread is Susumu Yokota’s deeply soothing and delicate debut release on the Skintone label. With a spartan palette of sounds and textures, Yokota taps into a fundamentally human need to fuse and connect disparate fibres, magically forming work which glistens and pulsates with life.

Magic Thread originally came out in 1998 as a limited-edition CD release of 500 copies. Initially intended for the Japanese market, it came without any artwork in a standard transparent CD case adorned only by a sticker containing essential album information and a quote:

‘Somewhere in the process of evolution, the spinning and weaving of thread became possible for humankind. How did this come to pass? It can only be that the thread is possessed of magical properties.’ – Yokota, 1998.

Vinyl includes:

- Custom 7mm spine reverse board outer sleeve with die cut square centre panel & belly band
- Each disc is housed in a printed inner with PMS print with spot gloss and features an abstract of the original album’s artwork
- Gold coloured vinyl
- Extensive Sleeve notes for each album
- 4 page insert + 4 panel poster

CD includes:

- Single Dsc Glass mastered CD
- 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board
- Printed sleeve notes