Last Fall, Rubicon travelled to Nagoya, Japan to produce two packs highlighting the organic sounds of the region’s contemporary electronic music scene. The second release in the Japan Editions series, Nagoya & Osaka Ambient compiles the modular, granular and unconventional sound design practices of Am Shhara and Chie Otomi, fixtures of the region’s ambient music community with releases on the Osaka label Muzan Editions. Do electronic instruments have intelligence? Am Shhara believes they are like living things. Watch the mini-documentary behind the pack, shot by Takahiro Fukaya.
