![UVA's Starship Studio. Akimi's debut single, Schadenfreude, was recorded in this studio across a lenghty 12 hour session. It was the first time Akimi and her producer worked together. What resulted is her most popular release to date.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/676330/36e28274cfc1a7af0ee0fc19cadd789692d3426a/original/c11b50a2-3dd8-4790-9a86-ffeaa006c91e-2.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
UVA's Starship Studio. Akimi's debut single, Schadenfreude, was recorded in this studio across a lenghty 12 hour session. It was the first time Akimi and her producer worked together. What resulted is her most popular release to date.
![Key instruments make up Akimi's sound that listeners often struggle to place into one genre. Can you guess what they are?](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/676330/c57069661165002d9b2a758d28daace0c531e278/original/7ab5178b-23e2-45ed-933f-e27c88ac70c9-2.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Key instruments make up Akimi's sound that listeners often struggle to place into one genre. Can you guess what they are?
![Akimi visiting UVA as a recent grad to finish recording her EP. She stands in front of Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on UVA grounds, located in Charlottesville, VA. Herbal tea in hand, she's ready to record.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/676330/13f77e479159968a60560c88c010b8a6ca8e0f87/original/img-0780.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Akimi visiting UVA as a recent grad to finish recording her EP. She stands in front of Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on UVA grounds, located in Charlottesville, VA. Herbal tea in hand, she's ready to record.