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Timothy James Arnott (born 23 October 1996), known professionally as Ukiyo, is a producer, musician and songwriter from Perth, Australia. Ukiyo is most known for his work with Casey Neistat, with his music soundtracking many of the creator's vlogs alongside other musicians including Andrew Applepie, Joakim Karud, Jeff Kaale and Dyalla.

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 a high school music class. In 2015, Arnott created his first public release, a 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 Arnott, 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 found a fanbase amongst 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 re-released Calling on 3 February 2017 with additional vocals 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 appeared on Dutch DJ and producer Martin Garrix’s "The Martin Garrix Show".

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
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.

Discography

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


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