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Yasuaki Shimizu
Shimada, Japan
Yasuaki Shimizu is credited on 566 releases across 218 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
566
Credits
218
Albums
6
Decades active
79
In collections
Biography
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Japanese saxophonist, composer and music producer.
Born: August 9, 1954 (Shizuoka, Japan)
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
566 releases · 218 albums · active 1977–2025
- Performance · 1,127
- Other credits · 148
- Production · 68
- Engineering · 7
Studios: Onkio Haus · Victor Studio · Nippon Columbia Studio · CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Sunshower
1977

環境音楽 = Kankyō Ongaku (Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980 - 1990)
2019

Kakashi = 案山子
1982

Hyperballad
1996

Mignonne = ミニヨン
1978

Heisei No Oto (Japanese Left-Field Pop From The CD Age, 1989-1996)
2021

うたかたの日々
1983

Japanese Jazz Spectacle (Deep, Heavy And Beautiful Jazz From Japan) (1962-1985) (The King Records Masters)
2022

J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan (Volume 3)
2021

Kylyn
1979

The Fantastic Plastic Machine
1997

Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond The Call Of Duty: The Orb Remix Project
1996

N . D . E
1995

Omni Sight Seeing
1989

Music For Commercials
1987

Surf & Snow - Volume One = サーフ・アンド・スノウ
1980

Sound Museum
1997

Sweet Robots Against The Machine
1997

Tokyo Joe
1982

Le Pollen = 花粉
1982

Prophetic Dream = 予言者の夢
1982

One Night Stand
1982

Fine!
1982

The September Wind = 九月の風 ~通り過ぎた夏~
1982
Frequent collaborators
- Naoya Matsuoka
- Various
- Mariah (3)
- Taeko Ohnuki
- Towa Tei
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Wasis Diop
- Pierre Barouh
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