How to Find Answers in Sound: The Majestic Immersive Music of Hinako Omori

Ambient music has gained a lot more popularity since streaming services have become increasingly accessible.

It’s a genre that isn’t always immediately enthralling but once engulfed, it’s as if you’ve discovered a new world. The ambient genre is like the soft-spoken sibling in the music family: attentive, soothing, and dreamy, it’s generally an underrated and misunderstood category. 

Sound exploration is a complex art. There is necessarily a need to master digital recording devices, instruments, good-enough vocals, and more, which can easily be a lot on one’s plate. Piecing together sounds and rhythms is incredibly rewarding, though. As seen in Hinako Omori’s artistry, the world of audio is presented in its Sunday best when captured whole and ripe. 

Born in Yokohama but based in London, Hinako Omori is one of the most sought-out upcoming musicians. Her music feels alive, as it breathes in tenderness and exhales vivacity.

Synths and keyboards align harmoniously with field recordings of bodies of water, the tremors of the forest, and therapeutic chimes. What Omori composes is nearly sound meditation but it tells the story of her experiments and inspirations. 

Omori gives an enchanting experience at every listen thanks to her immersive audio: she has stated that she places around multiple recording devices to give the sound a 360 feel. It’s a dream-like catharsis, a release of everything, and her feathery vocals enhance the liberation of each track. Hinako Omori is a new essential to the genre. 

About the Author:

Mizuki Khoury

Born in Montreal, based in Tokyo. Sabukaru’s senior writer and works as an artist under Exit Number Five.