Chihei Hatakeyama Explained

Native Name Lang:	ja
Native Name:	畠山地平
Birth Place:	Kanagawa Prefecture

is an electronic music artist from Tokyo, Japan. He grew up in the suburbs of Fujisawa.^[1] He released his first full-length album, Minima Moralia on Kranky in 2006. He is the owner of the record label White Paddy Mountain which he launched in 2010.^{[2] [3]}

Hatakeyama's music is characteristically very slow, composed by repeatedly processing guitars, pianos, and vibraphones on a laptop. The result is a mix of droning chords and sparse single instruments rising above the mix. His music may be classified as either ambient music, experimental music or new-age music. Chihei Hatakeyama has released over 70 albums as of 2020.^[4]

Discography

• Minima Moralia (2006), Kranky
• Dedication (2008), Magic Book
• Saunter (2009), Under the Spire
• August (2009), Room40
• The River (2009), Hibernate
• The Secret Distance of Tochka (2009), Boid
• White Sun (2009), taâlem
• Live at Nagoya (2009)
• A Long Journey (2010), Home Normal
• Ghostly Garden (2010), Own
• Variations (2010), Soundscaping
• Void (2010), White Paddy Mountain
• Mirror (2011), Room40
• Air (2011), Whereabouts – with naph
• White Night (2011), White Paddy Mountain
• Red (2011), White Paddy Mountain
• Void II (2012), White Paddy Mountain
• Norma (2012), Small Fragments
• Scale Compositions (2012), Home Normal – with Asuna
• Void III (2013), White Paddy Mountain
• Bare Strata (2013), Whereabouts
• The Bull Head Emperor (2013), Rural Colours
• Alone by the Sea (2013), White Paddy Mountain
• Void IV (2013), White Paddy Mountain
• Midnight in Hsinking (2013), duenn
• Sacrifice for Pleasure (2013), Airplane
• Void V (2014), White Paddy Mountain
• Void VI (2014), White Paddy Mountain
• It Is, It Isn't (2014) – Chihei Hatakeyama & Hakobune
• Winter Storm (2014)
• Too Much Sadness (2014)
• Falling Sun (2014), Rural Colours – with Good Weather for an Airstrike
• Live at Ftarri Doubtmusic Festival (2014), Meenna – with Kiyoshi Mizutani and Hello
• Mist (2015), White Paddy Mountain
• Frozen Silence (2015), White Paddy Mountain – with Sakana Hosomi
• Moon Light Reflecting Over Mountains (2015), Room40
• Void VII (2015), White Paddy Mountain
• Magical Imaginary Child (2015), White Paddy Mountain – with Federico Durand
• Five Dreams (2015), White Paddy Mountain
• Void VIII (2015), White Paddy Mountain
• Moss (2015), White Paddy Mountain – with Ken Ikeda
• The Storm of Silence (2016), Glacial Movements – with Dirk Serries
• Void IX (2016), White Paddy Mountain
• You're Still in It (2016), Constellation Tatsu
• Requiem for Black Night and Earth Spiders (2016), White Paddy Mountain
• Euphotic (2016), White Paddy Mountain – with Corey Fuller
• Grace (2016), White Paddy Mountain
• The Fall Rises (2016), White Paddy Mountain – with Hakobune
• Coastal Railroads in Memories (2016), White Paddy Mountain
• Above the Desert (2016), Dronarivm
• Sora (2017), White Paddy Mountain – with Federico Durand
• Void X (2017), White Paddy Mountain
• Void XI (2017), White Paddy Mountain
• Void XII (2017), White Paddy Mountain
• Mirage (2017), Room40
• Void XIII (2017), White Paddy Mountain
• Lunar Eclipse (2017), White Paddy Mountain – with Tamaru
• Void XIV (2017), White Paddy Mountain
• Maybe (2017), White Paddy Mountain
• Heavy Snow (2017), White Paddy Mountain
• Far From the Atmosphere (2017), Hiss Noise
• Void XV (2018), White Paddy Mountain
• Solitary Universe (2018), Aagoo – with Eraldo Bernocchi
• Void XVI (2018), White Paddy Mountain
• Journey to the End of August (2018), Hidden Vibes
• Scene (2018), Constellation Tatsu
• Butterfly's Summer and Vanished (2018), White Paddy Mountain
• FTS002 (2018), First Terrace – with Vida Vojić
• Afterimage (2018), White Paddy Mountain
• Void XVII (2018), White Paddy Mountain
• Live at St Giles (2018), First Terrace – with Specimens
• Erroribus humanis et antinomy, OTOOTO (2019) – with Tetuzi Akiyama and Ken Ikeda
• Void XVIII (2019), White Paddy Mountain
• Jodo (2019), White Paddy Mountain – with Stijn Hüwels
• Void XIX (2019), White Paddy Mountain
• Ghost Woods (2019), White Paddy Mountain
• Forgotten Hill (2019), Room40
• Illusion Harbor (2020), Subcontinental
• Crescent Moon (2020), EndTitles
• Void XX (2020), White Paddy Mountain
• Blue Goat (2020), Longform Editions
• Studio Improvisation in June 12th (2020), Ochiai Soup
• Late Spring (2021), Gearbox Records

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-02-16. An interview with Chihei Hatakeyama. live. 2021-03-01. Gearbox Records Blog. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210301132635/https://gearboxrecordsblog.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/an-interview-with-chihei-hatakeyama/ . 2021-03-01 .
2. Web site: Interview with Chihei Hatakeyama. Headphone Commute.
3. Web site: Strashnov. Mitch. 2020-03-24. Chihei Hatakeyama delivers a resonant mix for Newtype Rhythms. 2021-03-01. Inverted Audio. en-GB.
4. Web site: Chihei Hatakeyama Discography . . 28 June 2020.