Chihei Hatakeyama (畠山地平, Hatakeyama Chihei, born in 1978, Kanagawa Prefecture[1]) is an electronic music artist from Tokyo, Japan.
[2] He released his first full-length album, Minima Moralia on Kranky in 2006.
He is the owner of the record label White Paddy Mountain which he launched in 2010.
[3][4] Hatakeyama's music is characteristically very slow, composed by repeatedly processing guitars, pianos, and vibraphones on a laptop.
Chihei Hatakeyama has released over 70 albums as of 2020.