Wata Igarashi: In The Studio

XLR8R paid a vis­it to Wata Igarashis stu­dio in Tokyo.

All the 10 tracks of his much-antic­i­pat­ed debut album, Agartha, were pro­duced over 18 months in his tiny home stu­dio in Tokyo, Japan. 

Ear­li­er this year, XLR8R had a chat with Wata Igarashi in his stu­dio about the sig­nif­i­cance of a des­ig­nat­ed work­space, how to avoid blur­ring lines between work and off-time when hav­ing a home stu­dio, and his approach to com­po­si­tion min­gling ana­log gear with dig­i­tal plug-ins. 

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Some­times no mat­ter how hard you try, the pro­duc­tion block just hits you hard. I wish there was a short­cut to get around it but there isn’t.

Wata Igarashi: In The Studio

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