Wikipedia:Ukiyo (Musician)

Timothy James Arnott (born 23 October 1996), known professionally as Ukiyo, is a producer, musician and songwriter from Perth, Australia. At 23 years of age, Arnott has notched distinctions and syncs across TV and celebrity series ─ including on Kevin Hart’s What the Fit reality show and Will Smith’s The Bucket List ─ and amassed over 27 million streams.

Early Life
Timothy James Arnott was born on 23 October 1996 in Perth, Australia to father Robert Arnott, and mother Pamela Formby. He grew up in Perth and attended Bicton Primary for primary school and Christian Brother College, Fremantle for secondary school. He began producing music in 2011 when asked to create an original song in his year 10 music class. In 2015, Arnott released his first self-titled instrumental EP under the project "Timothy James" containing the three tracks "Interstellar", "Diversify" and "Transmission".

2016-2017: Calling
The Ukiyo project was born in July, 2016 when prominent YouTuber Casey Neistat premiered the then-unreleased track "Calling" to his subscribers in a video titled "I GOT A NEW STUDIO!!". The attention attracted overnight success for Ukiyo who quickly undertook the rebranding from his former "Timothy James" project to better fit the new style of music he was creating. The name "Ukiyo" comes from the Japanese word meaning "the floating world" and is associated with living in the moment and detaching oneself from the bothers of life. Ukiyo assembled the "Calling" EP, a four track release including the title track "Calling" alongside "Sleep In", "In Style" and "idk", which released on 13 July 2016 and quickly found a fanbase and caught the eye of filmmakers including prominent YouTubers Casey Neistat and PewDiePie. The use of the songs in these videos on YouTube, as well as the many YouTube influencers who subsequently followed their lead and included Ukiyo’s tracks in their own videos, led to a viral spread of the Calling EP and subsequent tracks across the internet. Ukiyo’s music quickly transcended the digital space and broke into traditional advertising, with other notable syncs including the 2017 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and countless brands, from American Eagle and Ripcurl to Microsoft and Volkswagen, who have used his work in various ad campaigns.

To follow up the success of the Calling EP, Ukiyo re-released Calling on 3 February 2017 with additional vocal from Your Girl Pho which gained support from such major publications as Nylon, Vice’s NOISEY vertical, PressPlayOK, Indie Shuffle, Clash Music, and Culture Collide. Prolific artist, songwriter, and producer Pharrell Williams playlisted Calling on his OTHERtone radio show and playlist, alongside the likes of Maggie Rogers, SZA, and Perfume Genius. The song also landed on Dutch DJ and producer Martin Garrix’s The Martin Garrix Show, a weekly playlist that boasts over 140,000 followers.

2018: Fantasy
On 18 January 2018, Ukiyo released the first single for a new era titled "Something Like This", featuring vocals from Australian singer Feelds, which reached number one on Hype Machine. In April he released the second single "Go", featuring the Sydney duo Chymes. The six track Fantasy EP was released on August 1 which included the two singles as well as 4 additional instrumental tracks "Clicky", "Drive", "Life" and "Lonesome".

2020: Midnight Sun and debut album
In early February 2020, Ukiyo released "Midnight Sun", a collaboration with critically acclaimed Atlanta-based producer OTR, which was premiered in Netflix’s To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You soundtrack. The track was also released on OTR's debut album "Lost At Midnight", released through Astralwerks.

Ukiyo has teased on social media that a full length album is due in 2020.

Discography

 * Studio EPs
 * Calling (EP) (2016)
 * Fantasy (EP) (2018)


 * Mixtapes
 * Ukiyo Mixtape, Vol. 1 (2019)