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Nippy Noya
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Nippy Noya is credited on 545 releases across 160 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
545
Credits
160
Albums
6
Decades active
20
In collections
Biography
Percussionist, born February 27th 1946, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia, son of the japanese Taiko drummer Fusao Nakato San. Moved to Amsterdam in 1968 and subsequently did a lot of work with various bands and artists in Germany in the '70s and '80s as well as international touring, he has been involved in the recording of more than 200 albums.
Since 1992 Noya is head of a department at the conservatory of music in Enschede.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
545 releases · 160 albums · active 1972–2024
- Performance · 807
- Other credits · 117
- Production · 5
Studios: Soundpush Studios · Hansa Tonstudios · Country Lane Studios · Tonstudio Bauer
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Eli
1976

Ark
1983

Eric Burdon Band
1982

Jan Akkerman 3
1980

Jan Akkerman
1977

Tabaluga Und Das Leuchtende Schweigen
1986

Carambolage
1984

Batida
1984

Revanche
1980

Livehaftig
1979

Live
1978

Hip Walk
1976

Today & Yesterday (The Bert Kaempfert Anthology)
2020

Unarmed (Best Of 25th Anniversary)
2010

3 Originals
1998

The Traveler
1994

Incoming
1989

To The World Of The Future
1975

Make Up Your Make-Up
1974
Frequent collaborators
- Charly Antolini
- Peter Maffay
- Pete York
- Eric Burdon
- Various
- Eberhard Schoener
- Golden Earring
- Jan Akkerman
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