Mirae Arts is thrilled to announce the release of "The Way I Am and The Way You Yawn," the debut album from Katsunori Sawa under his new KWARP alias. This six-track album marks a significant evolution in Sawa's musical journey, blending his experimental roots with fresh, vibrant textures. 

"The Way I Am and The Way You Yawn" reflects on the fleeting nature of youth and the aspiration to maintain a childlike curiosity, while also acknowledging the fatigue that comes with aging. Mostly produced with modular synthesizers and analog equipment, the album takes listeners on an auditory adventure through a series of imaginative soundscapes. 

The album opens with "Frog FM," a track characterized by forward-driving hi-hats and alien voices echoing and clashing, reminiscent of a scrambled FM frequency or a child playing with an analog radio dial. "Light Dash" follows, placing the listener in the cockpit of an unknown vehicle emitting reverberating artificial sounds. Side A closes with "The Spectator," featuring voices from above and creatures talking with one another. 

Side B begins with "PlayStation," evoking the sounds of a gaming console booting up. "Metal Gear" reflects the inner metallic workings powering our entertainment. The album concludes with "Ultra," a track filled with belching aggression and mechanical expressions, almost as if the music itself is trying to escape the speakers. 

KWARP's "The Way I Am and The Way You Yawn" is a testament to Katsunori Sawa's innovative spirit and his ability to push the boundaries of electronic music. The album's artwork and illustrations are done by the talented Jesse Osborne-Lanthier, adding a visual dimension that complements the auditory experience. The mastering and lacquer have been precisely crafted by Beau Thomas.

Music by Katsunori Sawa 
Vinyl Mastering & Lacquer by Beau Thomas 
Artwork by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier 
Music Video by Trevor Sias

KWARP - The Way I Am and The Way You Yawn (LP, Digital / Album) [Mirae Arts]

Mixes

KWARP (Katsunori Sawa ) on Neil Radio in 22 Mar 2023

Blake Creighton:
https://soundcloud.com/blakecreighton

Netil Radio:
https://www.netilradio.com

It's Not Too Late  w/Blake Creighton & KWARP

The third single from KWARP (wɔːrp), another name for 10 LABEL founder Katsunori Sawa, was released on this artist page. Works are monster children emerge from him.

released November 3, 2023

PROD + MASTERING: KATSUNORI SAWA
LOGO: JASON SMITH
ARTWORK: ZODIAK

KWARP - RECONCILING

KWARP - NEW ARISING

KWARP - SUB ORDER / SQUAD

2ND Single in the Series.
His Sound is Mix of D&A, with BIO EMO, CORE ENG.

PROD+MASTERING: KATSUNORI SAWA
LOGO: JASON SMITH
ARTWORK: ZODIAK

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KWARP.BANDCAMP.COM

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KWARP - SUB ORDER

KWARP - SQUAD

KWARP - WEEK / ＿ー＿ 

SINGLE 03: AW 2023 
TECH’N ROLL, PERCUSSIVE DANCE TRACK 
DRY WASH, D&A, VACUUM TUBE SOUND 

In this piece, he use lo-fi radio samples and a little bit of mischief 
If you feel the groove, you'll surely move your body 
( Track 1: 140BPM / Track 2: 134BPM )

Release: Dec 5 2023

MUSIC: KATSUNORI SAWA 
LOGO: JASON SMITH 
ARTWORK: ZODIAK 

Special Thanks to All 
If You are Walking in the Same Direction as I am, 
Please give me a shout* 
Have a Happy Bag 2024 
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KWARP.BANDCAMP.COM 

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KWARP - WEEK ( Preview)

KWARP - ＿ー＿ ( Preview)

Kwarp - FIN 4 10

Coccyx  w/ Katsunori Sawa - 16/04/2024

Mirae Arts announces the release of The Way I Am and The Way You Yawn, the debut album from Katsunori Sawa under his new KWARP alias. Katsunori Sawa is a distinguished figure in Kyoto's experimental music scene. Sawa first made waves in 2008 on the UK-based Ai Records under his EOC alias. Over the years, he has contributed significantly to the music world by running the now-defunct 10 Label and collaborating with renowned artists like Yuji Kondo (as Steven Porter), Martsman (as Bokeh), and DJ Nobu (Nobusawa). These collaborations have seen releases on prestigious labels such as Kynant Records, SNTS, and Token.

As a solo artist, Sawa's music is crafted in his hidden studio, nestled within the cement walls of a Tadao Ando-designed building. His unique sound, characterized by rhythmic noise and undulating bottom-end rave abstractions, has earned him an album release on Opal Tapes, making him the label's first Japanese artist. 

This six-track album marks a significant evolution in Sawa's musical journey, blending his experimental roots with fresh, vibrant textures. The Way I Am and The Way You Yawn reflects on the fleeting nature of youth and the aspiration to maintain a childlike curiosity, while also acknowledging the fatigue that comes with aging. Mostly produced with modular synthesizers and analog equipment, the album takes listeners on an auditory adventure through a series of imaginative soundscapes.

The album opens with Frog FM, a track characterized by forward-driving hi-hats and alien voices echoing and clashing, reminiscent of a scrambled FM frequency or a child playing with an analog radio dial. Light Dash follows, placing the listener in the cockpit of an unknown vehicle emitting reverberating artificial sounds. Side A closes with The Spectator, featuring voices from above and creatures talking with one another.

Side B begins with PlayStation, evoking the sounds of a gaming console booting up. Metal Gear reflects the inner metallic workings powering our entertainment. The album concludes with Ultra, a track filled with belching aggression and mechanical expressions, almost as if the music itself is trying to escape the speakers.

Release date: October 18th, 2024.

The Way I Am and The Way You Yawn

Premiere: KWARP - The Spectator [Mirae Arts]

https://miraearts.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-i-am-and-the-way-you-yawn

KWARP - PlayStation (Official Music Video): youtu.be/Sf01p55zTHk

KWARP - PlayStation

'Frog FM', a track characterized by forward-driving hi-hats and alien voices echoing and clashing, reminiscent of a scrambled FM frequency or a child playing with an analog radio dial.

https://www.instagram.com/katsunori_sawa
https://www.instagram.com/mirae_arts

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Release date: October 24th

PREMIERE: KWARP - Frog FM [Mirae Arts]

Mix #465 in our series comes from KWARP. 

KWARP is the alias of Japan-based producer, Katsunori Sawa. His debut album under the KWARP alias, 'The Way I Am & The Way You Yawn' is released this Friday (October 18th) on Mirae Arts.
 

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/enormous-oclock
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katsunori_sawa/

Hypnotic Groove Mix #465 - KWARP

We premiere, 'Metal Gear' in conjunction with the release of The Way I Am and The Way You Yawn, the debut album from Katsunori Sawa under his new KWARP alias. This six-track album marks a significant evolution in Sawa's musical journey. It holds Kwarps previous ventures into pulsating rhythms with tasteful raw textures along with well versed structures. 'Metal Gear' is especially intriguing, with scuffy textures and bass inspired structures that can place it in club at 3am to listening session in a lounge room at 3pm. 

Read: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-kwarp-metal-gear-mirea-arts

Premiere: Kwarp - Metal Gear(Mirae Arts)

Tracklist: 
PHYLISS JAXSON - YUNG SHOTTA
Kami-O - Clash
Katiusha - Creeper Deluxe
NikNak - You Were Supposed To Be Good (Feat. Grifton Forbes Amos & Cassie Kinoshi)
N95 - RSDRLL
COIDO - Little Snitch
Joy Orbison - flight fm
Matt Karmil - No Going Back
ALFA ELECTRONICS - ro3hon4-3-ofde
Warzou - Zip
Ben Pest - Strict Saws VIP
Chico Naral - Darbuka Tool
Bjarki - 10'000 Steps But Still Biting My Nails
LB aka LABAT - LB aka LABAT - I WANNA RAVE (KiNK Remix)
Cardozo & Gipsyan - Reufstuff
JCow - In my elem3nt7 (Exael's swampbuggy remix)
and Bootlegs

https://soundcloud.com/enormous-oclock

KWARP Mixtape for KALTBLUT Magazine

Kyoto-based experimental musician KWARP accompanied this week's techno-heavy TANK Mix with an enigmatic statement: 

“The year 2025 has begun. The creatures have escaped the tunnels of darkness. They all seem to be dancing.”

Tracklist:
Photay - Forecast
Ourman & 207 - Dégoûtant
Gesture - SKYPAWS
Super 180 - TikTok Teens
The Lazy Jesus - DLBCN (Original Mix)
PHYLISS JAXSON - CASH QUEEN
The Advent - Non Human
KWARP - Unreleased
Klass Sirius - Time to go home
Kabay - Melting Sensation
ALFA Juniors FC - three pm
Kerozn - 2C-B
Jurango - Sink
Hassan Abou Alam - Khalsana ft. Ziad Zaza
KWARP - PlayStation
upsammy - Embrytone
Alkini - Whale Dance
AHHK - Fog
gyrofield - Flower Burial
Glauque - MaybeYouShould_CantSeeUrName
qanossonap - Heartache
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Wet Land
Green-House - Soft Meadow
bootlegs

TANK Mix: KWARP

Reissue of the 2012 record release including remix of Rebound by KWARP.

Written and produced by Martin Heinze. Mastering for tracks Destabilize, Aloof, Rebound by LXC. Remix and additional engineering by Katsunori Sawa.

Bonus material includes a scan of the photo the release's artwork is based on.

Anthone - Rebound (KWARP Remix)

1.  Walking Barefoot In The Snow
2.  Abrupt
3.  Divine Wisdom
4.  Trust in the Lord
5.  Cattle In A Field
6.  Sphere
7.  Since 1941
8.  The Expanding Window
9.  Fascinating Facts
10. Conveying The Spirit
11. Blooming In A Harsh Environment

This ambient album is a sonic journey designed to accompany solitary moments and vast landscapes, crafted from minimal, elemental sounds. Three rhythmic tracks pulse in sync with the human heartbeat, animating the scenery in a vivid, immersive experience that unfolds above and within you.

The music weaves transparent textures, a haunting sense of nostalgia, and the cyclical dance of emotional destruction and renewal. These sounds transcend place, shaped only by the passage of time.

Step into the world of PERFUME this Autumn and Winter. Which scent will you choose from the fleeting scenes you encounter? These are moments and vistas rarely seen or felt. As you listen, the old self fades, giving way to a new world unlike any you’ve known.

Be reborn in the light. Return to the sun.

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release date: September 1, 2025

W&P by Katsunori Sawa

Special Thanks to Elbert Choi, Yuji Kondo

PERFUME

PERFUME ( full-album / self ) [ snippet ]

KWARP - Money Glitch

Sounds created primarily using Eurorack for an experimental noise event “3 Extremes”

Emphasizing analog character with light sound treatment.

Free DL

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KWARP - Money Glitch 2

Sounds created primarily using Eurorack for an experimental noise event “3 Extremes”

Emphasizing analog character with light sound treatment.

Money Glitch 2

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KWARP (wɔːrp)

Katsunori Sawa launched his new project KWARP
Hailing from Kyoto, Japan, co-founder of 10 Label (ex), producing and performing as solo artist under his own name as well as alias EOC

Various collaborations with The Weevil Neighbourhood's Anthone (as Bokeh), Chafik Chennouf and DJ Nobu (as Nobusawa), earlier collaborative projects included Steven Porter with Yuji Kondo. 

Even though Sawa debuted already in 2008 under his EOC alias on UK based AI Records, he made his first major appearance remix Jimmy Edgar’s "Sleight of Mouth" on Semantica Records in 2010, the same year he kicked off his own "10 Label"

Katsunori Sawa’s trademark sound strives for the more industrial territories of techno. His work exists in a state of semi-organic flux reflective of traditional music, improvisation and the wide classical traditions of Europe, Africa and Asia, Space.

KWARP

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