“My ambient album ‘Erased Dreams’ is out today! Incredibly grateful with the response so far! When I’m working on club music I sort of know what a record is supposed to sound like, what works and what does not. With beatless, ambient music I honestly have no idea so the creative process was more genuine and intuitive. I also have no clue if the music is any good, which is kind of exciting. I like it, but don’t know if anyone else does! I do hope that you enjoy it and it provides you with a moment of peace and reflection in a world that keeps moving with an accelerating pace every day.” – Yotto
The first full-length downtempo project from Helsinki based producer Yotto, ‘Erased Dreams’, may seem like a departure from his usual style but he’s always been making music like this. With Reflections, he finally found a home for it.
Throughout his sparkling career Yotto has produced ambient tracks to help him look inward and recharge his creative battery. But when COVID hit, his inner world took over. Structured like a journal ‘Erased Dreams’ is a documentation of his inner workings and sentiments during the lockdown.
Buy or stream the album, available digitally and on a limited run of signed 12” vinyl, available to pre-order now.
The result is more of a continuous soundscape than an album; an ethereal and dreamy experience designed to accompany the listener as they turn inward and drift away. If club music is a form of escape, then this is too – but instead of turning outward, we lose ourselves inward.
Yotto found the experience of creating this album surprisingly liberating. He has spent his whole career being defined by a certain sound, and with ‘Erased Dreams’ he’s revealing how much more there is to him as an artist – a sentiment that’s reflected in the album title.
“This music usually gets deleted or erased or pushed to the side because I’m focusing on something clubby. And it all sounds very dreamy and nostalgic.”
| Club music will always be at the core of Yotto’s work, but his ambient catalog will no longer sit in the shadows. Together, these parallel forms of expression don’t dilute Yotto’s artistry; they make it even stronger. |