Yamasuki’s 1971 psychedelic pop cult favourite reissued
A delirious cult concept album disguised as pop, first released in 1971, where psychedelic grooves, funk and global rhythms meet phonetic pseudo-Japanese chants, judo-master ritual cries and a children’s choir. Sampled by Erykah Badu, Madlib and DopeLemon, and the unlikely spark behind Bananarama’s debut. This can only be the fabulous world of Yamasuki.
In the spring of 1971, somewhere between Brussels, Paris and a collective pop fever dream, Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki landed on vinyl. It sounded like nothing else then and it still does not today. More than half a century later, Sdban Records proudly presents a reissue of this singular cult album, available from April 3, 2026 on vinyl.
The album was produced by Jean Kluger and written both by Jean and Daniel Vangarde (aka Bangalter, later the father of Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk), who were already well ahead of their time, long before electronic music rewrote the rules of pop culture.
This new reissue of Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki proves the renewed interest and respect for this cult album, faithful to the original spirit while finally giving it back the physical presence it deserves. In an era obsessed with genres and algorithmic neatness, Yamasuki still laughs, dances and karate-kicks its way past definitions. It reminds us that pop music can be playful without being disposable, strange without being cynical and joyful without explanation. The world of Yamasuki was always fabulous, we are just lucky it found its way back to us!
Tracklist
A1. Yamasuki – Yamasuki
A2. Yamasuki – Aisere I Love You
A3. Yamasuki – Kono Samourai
A4. Yamasuki – Yamamoto Kakapote
A5. Yamasuki – Okawa
A6. Yamasuki – Aieaoa
B1. Yamasuki – Abana Bakana
B2. Yamasuki – Seyu Sayonara
B3. Yamasuki – Yama Yama
B4. Yamasuki – Fudji Yama
B5. Yamasuki – Yokomo
B6. Yamasuki – Kashi Kofima
Sdban will release Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki on April 3, 2026