Latte Chill Music

Tag: oriental

  • [Single] Sakura Latte

    Sakura Latte by Latte Chill

    Quick disclaimer: if you just want to download Sakura Latte single, click on the cover. Further in this article I will share a few points on the production of the single.

    About Sakura Latte lo-fi beat

    The title song as well as Café Tokyo in general aimed to create an authentic oriental vibe of Japan. The lo-fi-ness what cafés can offer mixed with chill vibe. I decided to work on a little EP like this. I was not concentrating on length or anything. When I felt like it is ready, I finished it. In case of Café Tokyo that was 5 songs. All were produced with PO-33 KO and Koala Sampler.

    Sakura Latte features that mix as well, I loaded the samples with Koala Sampler whereas melody and drums were all produced with the PO-33. I finished the song somewhere in early 2022 but wished to finish and master it to boost vibe.

    Café Tokyo music videos?

    Yes, I can confirm it here that music videos will come for all the 5 songs. Sakura Latte starts the line. I use sample videos this time as I used up all my original videos of Tokyo since 2019. So May will unfold some more chill materials. Keep following and thanks for listening~

  • [EP #35] Café Tokyo

    tokyo café

    Click on the cover to discover Café Tokyo. My 35th EP is now available with 5 new lo-fi songs. Enjoy sakura (cherry blossom) with a mug of hot coffee and cracking lo-fi piano beats. That is what Café Tokyo offers to you.

    Enjoy the beats on Spotify and scroll for more platforms below.

    Originally, Café Tokyo was composed on PO-33 KO and Koala Sampler. The Pocket Operator is the perfect pocket sampler to play lead and focus on drums. On the other hand Koala Sampler works fine with samples adding the lo-fi vibe to the songs. Chords, piano and easy beats. The perfect mix for a coffee music.

    Tracklist:
    Coffee to Go
    Cold Brew
    Sakura Latte
    Bar Piano
    Urban Latte

    The cover features the entrance of Harajuku. The pedestrian shopping street full of fashion and cafés in Tokyo. A never sleeping place, worth visiting both daylight and at night. You may find here cat cafés, owl cafés and many interesting places.

    I plan adding new videos supporting the songs in the near future. Keep following my channel. I will try to post about them both here and on my social media channels. Finally, invite me for a ko-fi, if you can. Thank you!

  • [Album] Wabi-Sabi Extended

    Click on the cover or go the Wabi-Sabi Extended page to read more about the extended version of the oriental lo-fi beats album.

    Why I released Wabi-Sabi Extended

    Truth to be told Wabi-Sabi album was very close to my heart from the very beginning. It was my first ever album I produced using PO-33 KO only. Which was a challenge, looking back now. I mean PO-33 KO is a great pocket sampler fitting anyone’s budget. Maybe Koala Sampler is cheaper assuming you have at least a mid-level smartphone in your pocket. Anyways it felt uplifting to understand the way how sampled beat production is generally working away from keyboard.

    On the other hand, it gave me bunch of challenges. Lo-fi is generally about low-fidelity. Great quality is not the most important part of the vibe. Still, if you use DAW for awhile, you get used to its benefits. I mean I can edit the different instruments separately. Change them after I listened etc. Now with PO-33 KO you almost record straight to your phone or dictaphone. No edits, no changes.

    And as I had some stage experience from the past, playing melodies with less mistake was kind of OK. However mixing literally the whole song before it was played was a bit difficult.

    I mean yes, you can edit in EQ afterwards. Still, if the bass is too loud compare to kick, no way to mend it after the record. And also, let us not forget vinyl vibe, compressors etc. The while process became different.

    Which was a challenge. I have to say I enjoyed it and still enjoying but I am making mistakes.

    Wabi-Sabi for example turned out to be too silent compare to other Latte Chill releases. In order to mend it, I completely remastered the album and changed it to Wabi-Sabi Extended. Hence I wished to offer you something more, so I added 4 new songs to the album.

    More oriental lo-fi singles to come for free~