Nadia Struiwigh // IKIGAI LP

オランダのテクノ作家Nadia Struiwighが、2026年3月に自主リリースしたレコードです。

ジャングル〜アンビエント・テクノ8曲を収録。

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12" black vinyl.
NOTE: vinyl tracks contains fewer tracks than digital album version. See below for details.  

Tracklist:

1A. Phantom Frequency
2A. Debugging the Soul
3A. Gaian
4A. 4 4 4
1B. Circle the Sun
2B. Night Changer
3B. Kokoro
4B. IKIGAI

Text excerpt from the label:

"Nadia Struiwigh’s creative journey over the past decade has seen the Berlin-based, Rotterdam-born artist make bold statements on seminal electronic labels such as CPU, Nous’Klaer Audio and Dekmantel. Oscillating between deep pools of ambience and the powerful mechanisms of techno, electro and jungle, as explored during her ongoing residency at seminal Berlin club, Tresor.

For her fifth album, Struiwigh returns home to her own imprint Distorted Waves, giving voice to her most personal and essential work so far. Written instinctively following the sudden death of her father, ‘IKIGAI’ captures Struiwigh in a vulnerable creative process, patiently drawing on visceral textures and understated rhythms. The eight-track tapestry that follows unfolds as emotional catharsis for Struiwigh, and a meditative space for those she has invited to listen in.

“The name IKIGAI, a Japanese word for 'reason for being', found me when I was at a crossroads”, explains Struiwigh. “The kind of moment where you ask yourself: Why am I still here? What am I still creating for? What part of me still believes in beauty when everything feels like it’s falling apart?”

IKIGAI was written in Struiwigh’s apartment in Berlin, metres from Hermannplatz, the bustling welcome point of the city’s culturally diverse Neukolln district, and a space constantly aglow in a free-flowing, frenetic exchange of energy. In contrast, IKIGAI looks inward and boldly holds space with both the creative and emotional process, maintaining Struiwigh’s unbreakable connection with her machines, itself a special bond. The eight tracks on the album represent only a few moments of hours of fixated production, working through shock, grief, hope and ultimately, something beginning to resemble acceptance.

“Every sound, every sequence, every texture carries his fingerprints”, explains Struiwigh, reflecting on the passing of her father. “Not because he made music, but because he made me love gadgets. Circuits, signals, blinking lights. He was the man who opened me up to machines and taught me how, eventually, to listen to them and use them for my craft.”..."

Artist : Nadia Struiwigh

Label : Distorted Wave2

cat no : DW2601V

Release date : 6th March 2026