Image Tracks

Ladi (breakthrough/Physical Sound Sport)'s ambient approach album 'Image Tracks', capturing phenomena and experiences encountered in both everyday and extraordinary moments through sound.
DJ/artist Ladi is known for his work with the unit "breakthrough" alongside DJ Jin (RHYMESTER) and Masaya Fantasista (Jazzy Sport), as well as the project "Physical Sound Sport" with Masaya Fantasista and engineer Taiji Okuda (studio MSR).

With a career background rooted in the 90s hip-hop scene, Ladi has not only worked as a DJ/trackmaker but also as a record shop staff member and in music/video production. Possessing deep and extensive knowledge of contemporary beats/electronic music, as well as rare grooves like jazz and soul, reggae/ dub, and world music. He continues to garner unwavering respect through his uniquely free-form, ever-evolving DJ sets and music production.

The album "Image Tracks" presented here is a work that paints soundscapes of phenomena and experiences encountered in both the everyday and extraordinary-time, temperature, light, seasons, life, plants, travel, emotions. It consists of eight tracks comsed with an ambient approach.

It begins with "Flow," where pleasant echoes resonate with soft, warm vitality. "Dawn" warms the body with gentle rhythmic sounds. "Summer Night" paints scenes with insect sounds and pandora-like melodic cycles. "Rebirth" blends ambient textures with pulsing electronic energy. "Spirit Realm" ripples with mysterious waves. "Fragments" that stir the soul like cries amidst drifting, "Shift" enveloping the body with radiant, light-like sounds, and finally "Beginning" conveying gentle waves through overlapping resonance and rhythm. This sequence of eight sound experiences creates a captivating album that takes the listener's ears, body, and mind on a journey.