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Jim O'Rourke

real name James Henry O'Rourke

Jim O'Rourke is credited on 680 releases across 332 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1988–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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680

Credits

332

Albums

5

Decades active

691

In collections

Biography

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Jim O'Rourke (January 18, 1969, Chicago, Illinois) is a Tokyo-based American performer, composer and record producer.
O'Rourke collaborated with a long list of musicians including Illusion Of Safety, Christoph Heemann, David Grubbs, Loren Connors, Wilco, Henry Kaiser, K.K. Null, Günter Müller, Voice Crack, Evan Parker, Phill Niblock, Mats Gustafsson, Tony Conrad, Faust, Space Streakings, Loose Fur, Sonic Youth, Fennesz, Diskaholics Anonymous Trio, Carlos Giffoni, Keiji Haino, Masami Akita, Masaya Nakahara, Takehisa Kosugi, FIRE!, Akira Sakata, Oren Ambarchi (among others...)
O'Rourke scored several films and ran Moikai & Dexter's Cigar labels.

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Credited work

680 releases · 332 albums · active 1988–2026

  • Performance · 1,119
  • Engineering · 220
  • Production · 160
  • Other credits · 158
  • Mastering · 81

Studios: Steamroom, Chicago · Solid Sound Studios, Hoffman Estates, IL · Steamroom, Tokyo · Electrical Audio

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