A Sound Beside You
Born in Akiya, Kanagawa, and now based in Melbourne, Raku Ito weaves together ambient, drone, field recordings, and electroacoustic textures to create a sonic landscape that quietly lingers beside the listener, tracing the flow of water, memory, and distant light.
Streamed on 8.7.2026
Archive available from 26.7.2026
Interview
What is the concept behind this Showcase?
To me, ambient music is something that quietly accompanies emotions that cannot be put into words, and offers gentle companionship during moments of solitude.
I created this mix with the hope that it would quietly resonate with the listener's inner world. Built around ambient, drone, field recordings, and electroacoustic textures, it invites you on a slow journey through water, memory, distant light, and deep spaces.
I created this mix with the hope that it would quietly resonate with the listener's inner world. Built around ambient, drone, field recordings, and electroacoustic textures, it invites you on a slow journey through water, memory, distant light, and deep spaces.
What are the highlights of this Showcase?
- 1.Utopia— zakè, Spieth, GuentnerI chose this track as the opening because it gently unfolds a sense of deep space and quiet openness.
The sound never demands attention, instead moving in step with the listener's breathing while naturally introducing the sense of stillness and introspection that runs throughout the mix. - 2.Healing Waterfall & Birds in the River— Mind GrooveThe sounds of water and birds bring a sense of nature's passage of time into the mix.
It offers a feeling of comfort that electronic sounds alone cannot provide, allowing the body to gradually relax.
I chose it because it perfectly embodies the central theme of this mix, music that quietly stays close to the heart. - 3.Xerrox Canaux— Alva NotoPlaced near the end of the mix, this track leaves behind a subtle electroacoustic presence within its gentle afterglow.
Its delicate fluctuations and shimmering textures, like tiny particles of light within the silence, stood out to me.
I chose it because I wanted the mix to end not simply in calmness, but with a lingering sense of spaciousness.
On the genres and styles featured in this Showcase
To me, ambient music accompanies moments of solitude and self-reflection, quietly embracing emotions before they can be expressed in words.
Immersing myself in sound helps regulate my breathing and awareness, leading me into a state that feels almost like meditation.
Immersing myself in sound helps regulate my breathing and awareness, leading me into a state that feels almost like meditation.
Play List
- 1.Utopiazakè, Spieth, Guentner
- 2.Abandoned SoulsNosnar
- 3.Stellar EchoesVakula
- 4.Off GridNight Sea
- 5.MirTaylor Deupree
- 6.Forest PurpleYoyu
- 7.The Observation DeckJonn Serrie
- 8.Healing Waterfall & Birds in the RiverMind Groove
- 9.Another TwilightTom James Scott
- 10.Xerrox CanauxAlva Noto