An in-demand headliner in dark rooms worldwide and one of techno’s most distinctive producers, Wata Igarashi has achieved a perfect harmony between his work as a musician and a selector. Born in Tokyo in the late ’80s, with significant parts of his youth spent in England and Spain, he spent time in skate punk and avant-garde jazz circles before taking to DJing and production. His earliest explorations of Detroit textures and Villalobos-esque minimalism were released on buzzy labels like DJ Nobu’s Bitta, Midgar in Berlin, and long-standing New York label/party booking company the Bunker NY. His debut record, 2023’s Agartha, veered into Krautrock-tinged explorations of hazy ambient, Space Age easy listening, and the Moogsploitation of Wendy Carlos…