Japanese electronic artist known as Yamato has spent years making a name for himself within global EDM culture. A common place you may have spotted him previously would be his DJ set series which started around 7 years ago. As seen here, he would go to highly eye catching places around the globe and play out phenomenal DJ sets – these sets got very personal in the sense that you can see exactly the actions Yamato was doing with his hands that resulted in the change or effect it had on the music.
Yamato has been invited to play under the name of some of the biggest brands in the world, like Ultra via their yearly Japan showcase. On top of this, he’s gained support via names like Zedd, won the ‘World DJ Contest 2013 Japan,’ and was even the first Japanese artist to perform with Avicii in Japan. A huge honor.
Today, he’s poured all of his life experience and ideas into one highly defining and diverse release. He is calling it Essentials EP. Featuring 4 tracks, the releases features 3 collaborators and boasts different sounds per song. If you’ve heard past releases from Yamato, you’ll recognized plenty of designs and queues that sound like his style, yet there’s plenty of originality built in across this EP as well.
Hear for yourself below and get to know Yamato better via his videos and his Essentials EP
