Wataru Kousaka
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Wataru KousakaWataru Kousaka is a musician raised in Okinawa, Japan. He creates impressionistic and ambient instrumental music using traditional instruments from various parts of Asia, including the sanshin, sarod and dan bau. His compositions draw soundscapes that feel like paintings made of wind and light.
His music is deeply influenced by his early experience with choral singing, where each voice played a different role and supported the others.
Instruments with different tonalities and characters are not blended into uniformity, but gently brought closer through tuning adjustments, creating harmony through mutual respect rather than sameness.
Each piece offers a quiet yet vivid expression of memory, atmosphere and the breath of his island home.
Genre: Folk, WorldStart Year: 2002