Experimental ambient artist Yamaneko announces new LP, Spirals Heaven Wide

Inspired by new age cassettes and video game soundtracks.

Yamaneko is releasing his fourth studio album, titled Spirals Heaven Wide, this November via Local Action.

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Recorded during Yamaneko’s final winter in London before relocating to Tokyo, Spirals Heaven Wide takes influence from new age cassettes and video game soundtracks, whilst incorporating nods to trance and hardcore.

The album follows yamaneko’s work crafting the soundtrack to 2019’s You Can Make History, a documentary about the 2013 campaign to protect the Southbank Undercroft skatepark in London.

Local Action recently released Sim Hutchings’ EP and interactive web project, Club Love.

Head here for more info in advance of its 15th of November release, check out the tracklist and artwork below.

Tracklist:

1. Spirals Heaven Wide
2. Hikikomori
3. Kalimotxo
4. Fading Embers
5. Haunts
6. This Spring Of Love 03:41
7. Balstonia
8. Fall Control
9. Like The Rain Only Gentle
10. You Envied The Stars Their Height
11. (True Ending)