Nathan Kawanishi
Producer/beatmaker/multi-instrumentalist Nathan Kawanishi makes detail-oriented lo-fi hip-hop, combining complex musicality with lush atmospheric sounds. While working toward a proper studio album, Kawanishi released several collections of his ambient instrumentals, including 2020's Throwaway Beats for a Throwaway Year, Vol. 1.
Kawanishi studied koto and played various roles in friends' bands before beginning to make his own instrumental compositions. Splitting his time between Washington and Tokyo, the producer was inspired by the innovative sound design of rappers like Mac Miller and Earl Sweatshirt, as well as ambient luminaries like Brian Eno. He started releasing tracks under his own name around 2019, winding together his influences with elements of traditional Japanese music. Soon Kawanishi had dozens of tracks that were accumulating millions of streams, including collections like 2019's Freshman Tape and 2020's Lush Loops. Kawanishi released Throwaway Beats for a Throwaway Year, Vol. 1 in 2020 while working toward a more fully realized album of his mellow and slightly nostalgic instrumentals.
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splashes of ink / yours to give
Ambient - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 27 jan. 2023
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Run to You (LoFi)
Ocie Elliott, Nathan Kawanishi
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 19 nov. 2021
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Morning-Evening
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 13 aug. 2021
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Splashes of Ink (Antithesis)
Ambient - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 10 mrt. 2023
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Places (Study Remix)
Fletcher Reed, Slumberville, Nathan Kawanishi
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 22 apr. 2022
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Pretend (Study Mix)
Fletcher Reed, Alaskan Tapes, Nathan Kawanishi
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 13 mei 2022
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In Cities in Tongues (Study Mix)
Nathan Kawanishi, Alaskan Tapes
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 18 jun. 2021
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Iconoclasm (Thesis)
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 25 nov. 2022
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Recycled Tape
Nathan Kawanishi, Fletcher Reed
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 17 jun. 2022
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Freshman Tape
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 14 nov. 2019
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Dusk-Sunrise
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 21 jan. 2022
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Toshima Neighborhoods / Rainy Shin-Okubo
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 4 mrt. 2022
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a name, a place / canvas
Ambient - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 6 jan. 2023
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Views from Yamashita Park / Hatagaya Greenways
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 9 apr. 2021
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Walking to Adachi / Neon Signage
Electronic - Released by Nettwerk Music Group on 1 jul. 2021
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