Shinichi Atobe

Shinichi Atobe is a Japanese producer of dub techno and deep house who lives in Saitama. He made his debut in 2001 with the Ship-Scope 12-inch on Chain Reaction, the Berlin label linked to Basic Channel, and then released nothing for more than a decade. Since 2014 his records have come out on DDS, the label run by Demdike Stare. He rarely performs live and has given very few interviews. Atobe was tracked down by Miles Whittaker and Sean Canty of Demdike Stare, who compiled the album Butterfly Effect (2014) from his unreleased music.