‘Araki’ is the second album from young Japanese producer Takashi Wada. His first ‘Meguro’, which came out in 2003 was a gorgeous ambient record and was rightly compared to the best of Kompakt’s ‘Pop Ambient’ series, ‘Araki’ however ditches the blissful ambient textures almost entirely. What we have in place of the floating melodies are glitchy beats, pseudo breaks and midi guitars. Of course, the production quality is of the expected high standard, making for a nice addition to Onitor’s ever-diversifying catalogue