https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/country/japan/Latest entries for the tag JapanenWed, 15 Nov 2023 15:12:03 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hinako-omori-finding-stillness/Amidst the chaos of a world marked by seemingly permanent crisis, producer and composer Hinako Omori encourages us to tune back into the stillness of our natural surroundings. Although she was raised in London, Omori’s work is rooted in a respect for nature and tranquility that she ascribes more to…Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:12:03 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hinako-omori-finding-stillness/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/shima-full-autonomy-over-everything/How important is it to have creative control over your music? For Japanese-American singer, producer and engineer Tina Johnson, AKA Shima, it’s worth giving up a promising pop career and starting again from scratch. These days, Shima owns every stage in the creation of her shimmering contemporary synth-pop releases; from…Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:34:25 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/shima-full-autonomy-over-everything/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sugai-ken-the-shibui-of-field-recording-and-electronics/In recent years, field recording has been slowly moving from the fringes to the mainstream. From its academic origins as a method of keeping a record or audio snapshot of a time and place for cultural-anthropological purposes, field recordings now often appear in popular contexts such as ASMR videos and…Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:51:56 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sugai-ken-the-shibui-of-field-recording-and-electronics/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/takashi-okamoto-workflow-tips-speed-and-creativity/We’re pretty sure that, at least at one point, you’ve thought to yourself, “I wish I could finish this track faster!” Whether you’re up against a deadline with a project, or just working on music at your own pace, it never feels good to leave a track unfinished. And working…Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:21:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/takashi-okamoto-workflow-tips-speed-and-creativity/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/wonk-seamlessly-connecting-musicality/With a next-generation, groove-infused sound described as “experimental soul”, Japanese band WONK have been making waves with their unique creativity, mixing traditional jazz and R&B instrumentation with hip-hop style sampling and modern electronics. All the members of WONK use Ableton Live as a fundamental part of the group’s music production…Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:12:26 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/wonk-seamlessly-connecting-musicality/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/foodman-raw-sounds-japan/One of the interesting things about dance music is that there is no universal definition of dance music. Of course, there are plenty of releases out there that pretty much everyone would agree are at least intended to function as dance music. But where things get less clear and potentially...Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:36:22 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/foodman-raw-sounds-japan/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/akiko-kiyama-aalko-and-world-beyond-techno/Striking out in a new direction is a challenge for any music maker but it’s especially tricky when you’ve already made a name for yourself in a particular scene. How do you overcome the fear of being misunderstood (or even rejected) by the fan base that you’ve built up through...Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:18:55 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/akiko-kiyama-aalko-and-world-beyond-techno/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/visible-cloaks-synthesis-and-systems/According to the dictionary, synthesis is the combining of constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity. Apart from the familiar technical sense of creating complex sounds from simple waveforms, synthesis also describes what we do when we take our influences and inspirations and...Tue, 09 May 2017 09:58:08 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/visible-cloaks-synthesis-and-systems/Artists