Hikikomori

Hikikomori is a French dark ambient project from Tours, also described as a dark ambient and ritual music act. It appears on Steelwork Maschine. The project is associated with dark ambient, drone, experimental, psytrance and soundscape music.

Style and background

The name refers to a Japanese term for acute social withdrawal, but in music it is used by several different acts. The French Hikikomori project is the dark ambient one from Tours. Its music sits within dark ambient and ritual music, with links to atmospheric and drone-based approaches.