An emblematic figure in Japanese electronic music, Hiroshi Watanabe, also known as Kaito, brings together on ‘Collection’ nine ambient, melodious tracks composed during the circumscribed time of the Covid-19 pandemic. These compositions impose their majesty as minimal, harmonious therapy in the face of the adversities of the world at the time, as much as they testify to the producer’s return to the peak of his art. 

Renowned as both an artist and DJ within the Japanese electronic music and international ambient scenes, the highly prolific Hiroshi Watanabe, based in Saitama near Tokyo, has amassed an impressive body of work over the past twenty-nine years. With over twenty albums and nearly a hundred singles to his name, including several tracks on german label Kompakt, Watanabe has delved into various electronic music genres under a multitude of pseudonyms.