Shinichi Atobe is releasing a new album. Silent Way arrives March 27 on Plastic & Sounds, the label he founded last year. The Japanese producer has also shared a lead single, “Rain 1”—you can listen to it below.
Berlin-based artist Rashad Becker mixed and mastered Silent Way, and photographer Yusuke Yamatani shot its album cover. The record marks Atobe’s first full-length since 2024’s Discipline and follows the EP Ongaku 1, which he shared the same year.
Since releasing his debut 12-inch Ship-Scope on Basic Channel sublabel Chain Reaction in 2001, Atobe has put out a steady stream of albums and EPs. They include Butterfly Effect (2014), From The Heart, It’s A Start, A Work Of Art (2017), Heat (2018), Yes (2020), Love of Plastic (2022), and Peace Of Mind (2024).
Read about Discipline at No. 14 on The 30 Best Electronic Albums of 2025.
Silent Way:
01 intro 6.1
02 Phase 2
03 TRNS
04 Blurred
05 Aquarius
06 Durability
07 Rain 1
08 Syndrome
09 Fractal
10 Defect
Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the name of Atobe’s 2024 album Discipline. It has been updated with the correct title.
