Hinako Omori

Born in Japan and raised in the U.K., Hinako Omori is a classically trained pianist who experiments with synths, treated vocals, and field recordings to create rich, rolling, sonic landscapes. Omori's work is inspired by her pioneering predecessors -- namely, Pauline Oliveros and Suzanne Ciani -- as well as Japanese electronic minimalism of the 1980s. At the age of three, Omori moved with her family from Yokohama to London. Two years later, she began to study the piano, a discipline that remained part of her routine right up until her university years. She experimented with ...