Spiritual Rockers
East To West

Coming 7 years after his first release "Structures", this opus features 8 tracks of a radical, meditative and introspective contemporary dub music. The origin of « Looking North » takes place during the years 2018-19 when Adi Shankara repetitively visited Dublin. He spent hours admiring the bay, wanderings into the docks, between the sea and the industrial infrastructures. This truly fascinated him. « Looking North » expresses his nostalgia of the city through subtle contemplative and hypnotic compositions, where many musical influences meet, from incidental music to vaporous dub-techno and strong stepper beats. Worthy heir of the distinctive French electro dub touch, Adi Shankara delivers here a true masterpiece. Let yourself be hypnotized, and maybe you’ll perceive some shapes emerging through the fog.

Re-opening the vault of our “YYK Showcase Series”—first launched in 2017 at Robert Johnson, Concrete and OFF Barcelona (Discogs)—Yoyaku celebrates a decade of boundary-pending sound with a brand-new split EP from two of the family’s most singular voices.A-side | HostomSleek, low-slung rhythms built for after-hours hypnosis. Sub-bass punches under pin-sharp percussion, teasing micro-textures that bloom on a big system.B-side | Aline UmberWarm, propulsive funk kissed by ethereal vocals and shimmering pads. A peak-time glide that locks dancers into its mesmerizing orbit.Pressed on heavyweight black wax and limited:50% available during OFF Week at the Yoyaku Record Store pop-up at Bridge48, Barcelona50% available in-store at Yoyaku ParisBoth artists will feature at our flagship OFF Week event:Yoyaku × [a:rpia:r] – Poble Espanyol, 14 June 2025

Two stories from very important yet very different parts of my life. This time blending pop influences with f***** up club aesthetics and movie like melodrama, focusing on story telling and the thin line between contradictory emotions.

Hostom strikes again