Yosi Horikawa, Whispers from an Angel

Yosi Horikawa layers exquisite, often melancholic, melodies over found sounds: a pen pushed to paper, a running stream, a raging waterfall, a fist thumping on a rock or the ambient soup of the forest. So obsessed with sound is Horikawa that he even builds his own loudspeakers. His Bandcamp bio reads as follows: “Yosi Horikawa is a Japanese producer whose sound truly deserves the adjective original. Born in Osaka, Yosi first started making music at age 12, recording music in his bedroom using his voice and various other found and made sounds – tapping on the side of his bed soon became a kick drum. Overdubbing across two tape decks, Yosi started on his own musical journey in a style that continues to define him today. The music Yosi makes draws deeply from these early experiments by bringing unusual found sounds into his compositions, sounds which often form the core of his songs and give them a truly unique organic quality. Whether it be birds chirping in the forest, the everyday sounds of a city or even the noises your kitchen utensils can make, everything is a potential sound source to Yosi.”

Some inspiring videoclips from Yosi

Whispers from an Angel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6eV2sh3vo

Layered Memories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=OLN7jr59wjw