Shgendō - EP

3 bonus tracks and limited edition artwork are included with purchase on BandCamp.

This work, created in 2022, is the first release under the name Shota Hasimoto.

As the title suggests, it was produced with the intention of undergoing a kind of training.

Since hearing Trickfinger's album in 2015, I have been continually fascinated by making music with machines and, by extension, electronic music.

In an age where DAWs are the main tool for composition, creating rhythms by directly inputting patterns into a drum machine may be inefficient.

However, through this inefficient process, I was able to learn a lot about programming.

Some Spotify playlist curators have mocked it as the work of a beginner just starting to use DAWs, but that's just one part of the growth process.

I am fully aware that both the melodies and rhythm patterns are incomplete and uneven.

Even so, I have no intention of stopping my self-expression through electronic music.

Music by Shota Hasimoto
Mastered by Shota Hasimoto
Artwork by Megumi Ueda