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Otomo Yoshihide
Yokohama, Japan
Otomo Yoshihide is credited on 187 releases across 104 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1985–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
187
Pressings credited
104
Albums
5
Decades active
17
In collections
Biography
Otomo Yoshihide (大友 良英, Ōtomo Yoshihide; born August 1, 1959) is a Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist. He mainly plays guitar, turntables and electronics. He first came to international prominence in the 1990s as the leader of the experimental rock group Ground Zero, and has since worked in a variety of contexts, ranging from free improvisation to noise, jazz, avant-garde and contemporary classical. He is also a pioneering figure in the EAI-scene, and is featured on important records on labels like Erstwhile Records. He has composed music for many films, television dramas, and commercials. In 2017, Otomo became the 2nd Guest Artistic Director of The Sapporo International Art Festival 2017.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
187 releases · 104 albums · active 1985–2026
- Performance · 349
- Other credits · 101
- Engineering · 26
- Production · 18
- Mastering · 4
Studios: GOK Sound · A-102 Studio · Samadhisound · Extrapool
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Attempted Martyr
2024

Manafon
2009

A Tribute To Ryuichi Sakamoto - To The Moon And Back
2022

Playing The Schoolhouse
2015

正しい相対性理論
2011

Died In The Wool | Manafon Variations
2011

Profanation (Preparation For A Coming Darkness)
2008

To Play (The Blemish Sessions)
2006

Last Concert
1999

革命京劇 Revolutionary Pekinese Opera
1995
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Audio Sports
- David Sylvian
- Ground-Zero
- Steve Beresford
- Television Power Electric
- Ground Zero (3)
- Blank (2)
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