Cargo Records

These Days

Lambent is Akira Inagawa he was born in Japan but now lives in Berlin.

The album 'These Days' is a project based on tracks making a diary of a particular time in Akira's life, the basis for each track made in just one day. No computers were used in the making of the album, Akira works with samplers and synthesizers prefering a more hands on live approach to recording. He started making music as part of a sculpture project while studying sculpture at art college in London and while he was at college he met the guys from the london label 'Insine' it was then that he started to release tracks of mostly ambient music and began playing live. In 2002 he moved to Berlin and became a part of the electronica scene there playing live electronica and as a hip hop dj. He has also makes music for dance performance groups,video artists and web sites. In 2003 he toured with Arovane and the Tokyo label Progressive Form, he's also recently played in Berlin with Fluxion, Andreas Tillander, and Jamie Liddel.