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Kōya Ogata

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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.

Artist Profile

  • Kōya Ogata

    He joined COMME des GARÇONS as a fresh graduate and left the company after two years. At THE CHERRY COKE$ I belonged until 2014, I appeared in various music festivals throughout the country, including COUNT DOWN JAPAN / FUJIROCK FESTIVAL. Passing from one place to another, and finally I started music activities as solo in 2017, centering on Minimal Music/Post classical/Ambient Music. In November 2017, in New York, I took charge of soundscape design at a solo exhibition of Mr. Noriyuki Misawa who is a shoes artist. In concert with performances abroad, I presented a music for the solo exhibition which will be the first work after solo. In December 2018, in London, I took charge of soundscape design at a solo exhibition of Mr. Noriyuki Misawa. The first cassette SENSE1 was released in 2018. In January 2020, he joined a compilation album from the Italian contemporary music label "Blue Spiral Records". The second cassette SENSE2 was released in 2020. The third cassette SENSE3 was released in 2022. In May of the same year, he was in charge of sound art for Misawa's solo exhibition in Sapporo. In March 2023, in Singapore, I took charge of soundscape design at a solo exhibition of Mr. Noriyuki Misawa. In February 2024, in Paris, I took charge of soundscape design at a solo exhibition of Mr. Noriyuki Misawa. In January 2025, in Tokyo, I took charge of soundscape design at a solo exhibition of Mr. Noriyuki Misawa. In May 2025, Music for Noriyuki Misawa's exhibition video at Expo '25 Osaka/Kansai. As of 2025, the album has charted at No. 1 in 11 countries and in the top 10 in 29 countries on iTunes/apple music.

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