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Nicole Wakabayashi

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RUNNING TOWARDS - FULL EP OUT NOW EVERYWHERE!

my eternal gratitude and love to Casey Barth, Tess Greenham, Geo Jordan, Lou Roy, John Snow, Patrick Sargent, Malia Civetz, Lilliana de los Reyes, Anna Schulze, Flora de la Mortiere, Stefan Hanegraaf and Lachlan Mason, without whom this record wouldn’t have been possible.

happy listening ✨ by @____waka_____

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RUNNING TOWARDS - here are all the beautiful friends that made this record possible🙏 my gratitude is endless.

If you don’t already, get into the habit of looking at the credits of anything you listen to - the songwriters, the composers, the producers, the engineers, the instrumental or vocal features, the arrangers, the visual creatives, or anyone who might be a little less visible than the “main“ artist. They matter!!
Scroll through and give all of these folks a follow and go check out the glorious things they’re making ✨

EP out this Thursday, August 27th!

NICOLE WAKABAYASHI - piano, synthesizers, vocals, vocal arranging, lyrics, composition, production
CASEY BARTH - Production/Engineering
TESS GREENHAM - Mastering
GEO JORDAN - Production/Instrumentalist
LOU ROY - Vocalist
JOHN SNOW - Bass
MALIA CIVETZ - Vocalist
LILLIANA DE LOS REYES - Vocalist
PATRICK SARGENT - Saxophone
STEFAN HANEGRAAF - Photography
FLORA DE LA MORTIÈRE - Poetry Recitation
LACHLAN MASON - Typography/Design

Casey Barth - @_caseydaniel @arches_hlp
Casey is a producer, songwriter and engineer based in Highland Park, Los Angeles. His recordings pair emotional honesty with tactile and expansive soundscapes. Through a grounded, holistic approach to recording, he hosts and collaborates with artists at his studio and creative retreat, Arches Studio & Gardens.

Tess Greenham - @tessgreenham
Tess is a mastering engineer at Clearlight Mastering in Los Angeles. Since 2019, Tess has worked alongside her father and mentor, John Greenham, assisting him on many projects for artists including Billie Eilish, Gracie Abrams, Slayyyter, Tinashe, Nessa Barrett, Girl In Red, Liam Gallagher, and Joe Jonas. Through this work, Tess acquired some of the most important skills a mastering engineer can learn: listening, feeling, understanding. This helped her develop a more sensory, emotion-based approach to mastering, rather than a strictly clinical, numbers-based approach.

Tess’ client list includes artists such as Sure Sure, Déyyess, Trousdale, Rosie Carney, Ashley Singh, Ryn Weaver, Ella Vos, Transviolet, and more. Today John and Tess still work together today at the Clearlight Mastering studio by @____waka_____

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RUNNING TOWARDS •27 AUGUST 2026•

full EP comin’ to you very very soon

photography - @stefan.g.hanegraaf

typography/design - @lachlan__mason by @____waka_____

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one month of Running Towards
thank you for all the love and listens 🤍 by @____waka_____

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a very british summer

slide 3 - BBC 📷Mark Allen by @____waka_____

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a month ago

rehoming some new goodies in my stuuuuuu courtesy of the one and only, @itsgeojordan 🎹 by @____waka_____

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a month ago

Songs My Mother Taught Me - OUT NOW ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS!

Songs My Mother Taught Me, No. 108 from 114 Songs
(1895)
Music: Charles Ives
Poetry: Alfred Heyduk

Piano: Nicole Wakabayashi

Vocals: Lou Roy @_louroy

Bass: John Snow @johnclaudesnow

Production/Engineering: Casey Barth at Arches Studio and Gardens @_caseydaniel @arches_hlp

Mastering: Tess Greenham @tessgreenham by @____waka_____

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tomorrow
@_louroy @johnclaudesnow @_caseydaniel by @____waka_____

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How Long Will I Long - OUT NOW ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS! ✨

The biggest thank you to Casey Barth for his keen musical sensitivity and joining me on this journey. Grateful for you.

Piano/Synthesizers/Production: Nicole Wakabayashi

Production / Mixing: Casey Barth @_caseydaniel
at the beautiful @arches_hlp

Saxophone: Patrick Sargent @patricksargent

Mastering: Tess Greenham @tessgreenham at Clearlight Mastering

Photography: Stefan Hanegraaf @stefan.g.hanegraaf

FULL EP “Running Towards” out August 27! by @____waka_____

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This Friday, 26 June: first single from the EP comin’ to you on all streaming platforms 🙏 by @____waka_____

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How Long Will I Long • 26/06/26 •

first single from my forthcoming EP comes out in a month! excited for this one ✨

📷 @stefan.g.hanegraaf by @____waka_____

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altain magtaal 🏔️💙🇲🇳 by @____waka_____

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