Japanese experimental sound artist kent watari debuts on Phantom Limb with new album subtraction in spiral, coding deep sonics to quantum-percussion and collapsing, post-IDM glitchscapes based on a meticulously constructed metaphysical thought experiment.

“This work is centred around a very personal philosophical model,” writes kent watari (b. Tokyo, 1993). “I have constructed a metaphysical model of thought, employing concepts from philosophy and science. This thought model centres on a recursive structure. The infinite is compressed into the finite world of reality, beginning with a scene where “something happens or has happened”. Thought then unfolds through every possible development before scattering once more into the infinite beyond. Then, it returns once more to the juncture where “something happens or has happened”.

With this deep conceptual investment in their compositional work, watari employs information-overload polyrhythm and nano-particles of electrical impulse to mimic minute neuro-existential events. New album subtraction in spiral is the result of months of developmental practice, echoing a thought cluster stretched out into a compositional narrative. Its sound design crackles with percussive clamour and reverberates in soft granulation across a tour of metaphysical chambers, sometimes intense and at others dreamy.