Midwest-born, Shenzhen-based producer KAGAMI Smile (Ryan Hill) is a master at crafting soft-focus cinematic scenes, an achievement using a minimal sound palette and a hypnotic pulse, with subtle manipulations you feel more than hear. Inspired by Ambient Techno with touches of shoegaze and noise, the artist has released on labels such as Opal Tapes, Vill4in, Aught/Void, and Dream Catalogue, among many others. His tracks feature long-form compositions on the brink of collapse.
About the mix: Recorded in one take in my kitchen before going back to Shenzhen, China after spending a few weeks with my parents. Feelings of desolation and emptiness inspired by the recent foggy weather in the Midwest and the semi-dead landscapes of decaying towns and fields. Sleepless nights in the guest room waking up at 4 am, a sleep mix to ease the dread. Kagami Smile.
