Description
Japanese producer Wata Igarashi has released his debut full-length album, Agartha, which showcases his unique approach to techno and electronic music. The album takes listeners on a mystical and cosmic trip through Igarashi’s deeply personal cosmos, exploring inner landscapes and featuring a rich palette of musical influences, from techno to Steve Reich and even the smoky, improvised jazz of Miles Davis. The result is a deluxe and enchanting trip through the visionary Agartha of this unique producer’s cinematic mind’s-eye, perfectly at home with Kompakt, a label that encourages artists to make visionary music.
Agartha is a meticulously crafted album with a strong conceptual framework. Igarashi created soundtracks for specific scenes from an imaginary film based on the titular secret kingdom, drawing on his background in creating music for television and advertisements to explore the marriage of the sonic and the visual. The album’s tracks flow together seamlessly, providing a lush and dizzying listening experience, and showcasing Igarashi’s unerring ear for the right texture and tone at the right time. Agartha is a unique and visionary work that showcases Igarashi’s talents as both a producer and DJ, and establishes him as a rising star in the world of electronic music.