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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.

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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.

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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.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Audio Sports
  • David Sylvian
  • Ground-Zero
  • Steve Beresford
  • Television Power Electric
  • Ground Zero (3)
  • Blank (2)

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