Nami Hotatsu

In general, our mind is easily changed by music.

Indeed, someone, who have intolerable agony might wish to receive music therapy as alternative medicine.

However, the favorite music is quite different by each individuals and even by their occasions.

Someone might like listening minimal techno (such as “Jeff Mills”) in upper emotion but once turn in downer, he/she might prefer to listening sludge core (such as “Sunn 0)))” ).

So, when we are in downer emotion, we might be able to change by listening music.

Recently, I purchased four music CDs.
1. Ten No Niwa (=Garden of universe, my translation) / Nami Hotatsu
2. Deep Space 3 / Let there be light (Ko Ishikawa + Nami Hotatsu)
3. Stay Forever in This Dream / Let there be light (Ko Ishikawa + Nami Hotatsu)
4. Ring of Life / Nami Hotatsu

All of above are written and produced by Nami Hotatsu.
They might be categorized as Pops (1) ~ Chill out music (2~4).

Nami Hotatsu is one of a Japanese female musician, who has made extremely beautiful “chill out” (someone might regard as ambient and/or new age) music.


I think it is very difficult to differentiate chill out, ambient and new age music.
But my definition is as follows.

Chill out; the name is all. Mellow and slow tempo music, which may calm down our mind. Epicureanism.

Ambient; the founder is “Brian Eno”. Mellow and slow, but sometimes it makes melancholic.

New Age; the synonym is “healing” and “easy listening”. The music is closely related with philosophy and religion –especially oriental and/or primitive one-.


I can say “the music is one of a tool to change emotions”.

I’m very happy when I listen, and impressed her music.