SONIC ALCHEMIST RAZ OHARA
Crafted entirely live — no samples, no loops. 30 years of fearless sonic evolution distilled into nine albums of cinematic, soul-baring music. Berlin-based and boundary-less, as always.
"Vessel of Love" — pulses with emotion, tackling intimacy, repression, and liberation through a hypnotic, transcendent lens.
A shapeshifter across three decades — and now, his most soul-baring work yet. Memories of Tomorrow is an immersive world where time collapses.
Producer, songwriter, and composer Raz Ohara is not just releasing a new album — he is unveiling a world. His ninth full-length work is a cinematic journey shaped by vintage analog synths, acoustic textures, and deeply human emotion. Crafted entirely live without samples or loops, it's a testament to instinct, impermanence, and 30 years of fearless sonic evolution.
Berlin-based and boundary-less, Ohara has long been a shapeshifter — fronting projects like The Odd Orchestra and Feathered Sun, collaborating with genre-bending artists including Apparat, Chilly Gonzales, Acid Pauli, and Oliver Doerell. Racking up over 30 million plays, he also helms a residency at Ibiza's revered Babel — transporting his sound across a globe-spanning crowd.
His music fuses the rawness of Nina Simone with the fluidity of ambient electronica — always dancing between tradition and experimentation.
"It's about following what you are intending to say and being aware when you get lost and seduced by endless possibilities technology provides."
Raz OharaYou collaborated with Acid Pauli, a producer known for his genre-defying sound. What drew you to work together, and how did that collaboration influence your creative process?
Acid Pauli has been a colleague of mine for many years — a producer I respect for his free-spirited approach when it comes to DJing and producing music. Martin has been a collaborator with our collective Feathered Sun in early days, when we invented the new electronic dance music genre that became known to the world as "Downtempo."
There's a cinematic, almost ritualistic quality to your work. Do visual art, film, or literature ever play a role in shaping your sound?
I try to create a soundtrack for the visuals appearing in my mind. They may be provoked by thoughts, feelings, ideas, as well as conflicts presented to me on the sojourn of life — and in order to grow and heal.
In an age of endless digital tools, how do you stay connected to the raw, emotional core of your music?
It's about following what you are intending to say — and being aware when you get lost and seduced by endless possibilities technology provides. This goes for all humanity: what do we intend to do, where do we want to go, and why? Rather than letting technology take the lead — naive, blind, and disconnected.
Your greatest inspirations or influences?
- People I meet in everyday life
- The conflicts that arise through interactions. My struggle
- Current social problems. Activists
- Writers like Dieter Duhm. Eastern mysticism
- Science and nature
- Sex and love
Looking forward — dream collaborators, unconventional mediums, what's next?
I would like to act in a film by Vincent Gallo. Besides that, I am working on a free-jazz influenced album — I happened to record the most gifted Portuguese musicians during a week in a studio in Lisbon, in summer 2023.
Play my music and
make love out loud
for christ's sake.
Collaborators & Constellations
30 years of fearless creative partnershipCo-architect of the Downtempo genre through Feathered Sun. Unpredictable, free-spirited, and profoundly liberating as a collaborator. A permanent inspiration to break unspoken rules.
The collective where Downtempo was born — a new genre invented between friends, including Martin from Acid Pauli, that rippled outward into global electronic music culture.
One of Ohara's long-running projects — an orchestral, experimental framing that reflects his appetite for structure alongside freedom.
A natural alliance — Berlin's electronic underground meets Ohara's cinematic sensitivity. Their work together reflects a shared commitment to emotional depth in electronic music.
Another artist who refuses genre — Gonzales's tragicomic piano virtuosity found a creative partner in Ohara's soulful, ambient instincts.
The most gifted Portuguese musicians, recorded improvising in separate rooms in a Lisbon studio, summer 2023. Destined to become an experimental album of meditative soundscapes and poetry.
At Ibiza's revered theatre-turned-club Babel, Ohara holds a residency that transports his sound across a vibrant, globe-spanning crowd. It's the live incarnation of everything his studio work builds toward — immersive, ritualistic, all-enveloping.
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