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Yann Tomita
Yann Tomita is credited on 164 releases across 64 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1983–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
164
Pressings credited
64
Albums
5
Decades active
169
In collections
Biography
Yann Tomita (ヤン富田; born October 1952) is a Japanese musician, composer, record producer, writer, and steelpan player based in Tokyo. In Japan during the 1980s and 1990s, he pioneered various music genres, including hip hop, dub, acid jazz, exotica, and electronic music. He is the first professional Japanese steelpan player, first Japanese hip hop producer, and the president and founder of the record label Audio Science Laboratory.
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Credited work
164 releases · 64 albums · active 1983–2025
- Performance · 368
- Other credits · 202
- Production · 45
- Engineering · 26
Studios: Magnet Studio · Audio Science Laboratory · Tamco Studio · Onkio Haus
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Melon
- Various
- Cornelius
- Ippu-Do
- Nigo
- Doopees
- Mute Beat
- Martin Denny
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