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Kōya Ogata announced the distribution of the EP "Blank Space -vol.4- &1Q" following the previous work.
Since leaving THE CHERRY COKE$ in 2014, Kōya Ogata has been steadily building up his career at his own pace, taking various approaches to music production, including participating in BiSH recordings and providing sound sources related to art and fashion.
Most recently, in January 2020, he contributed music to the Italian contemporary music label Blue Spiral Records. In July of the same year, he released his second cassette, which was selected for the Apple's official playlist "Sound Bath" and reached the top of the charts in 6 countries and the top 10 in 14 countries.
The "Blank Space" series is an instrumental hip-hop album that samples only material from "Splice Sounds," a subscription-based sample music service.
This album consists of four tracks, "Ennui," "Z," "A Little Sunny Day," and "boring," which evoke the sky and people's feelings during the rainy season.
In addition to "Blank Space -vol.4-", the album includes vol.1-3 (1Q), which have already been distributed. Throughout the 16 songs, you can fully enjoy the unique worldview of the music while using the sounds that abound in everyday life, so please give it a listen.
Kōya Ogata joined COMME des GARCONS as a fresh graduate and left after two years. Until 2014, he performed with THE CHERRY COKE$, appearing at music festivals across Japan including FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL and COUNTDOWN JAPAN. Since 2017, he has worked as a solo artist, creating ambient and soundscape works that explore the presence of sound and space. He has been responsible for soundscape design for shoe artist Noriyuki Misawa's solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, London, Singapore, Sapporo, and Tokyo Ginza. In 2025, he composed music for Misawa's exhibition film presented at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai. He has released SENSE1, SENSE2, and SENSE3, and his instrumental albums have reached No. 1 in 11 countries and the Top 10 in 29 countries on the iTunes / Apple Music instrumental album charts.
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