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Otomo Yoshihide

Otomo Yoshihide is credited on 512 releases across 104 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1985–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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512

Pressings credited

104

Albums

5

Decades active

14

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

512 releases · 104 albums · active 1985–2026

  • Other credits · 767
  • Performance · 684
  • Engineering · 141
  • Production · 98
  • Mastering · 4

Studios: GOK Sound · A-102 Studio · Pit Inn · M-101 Studio

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Ground-Zero
  • David Sylvian
  • Regenorchester XII
  • Kahimi Karie
  • Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden
  • Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra
  • Ground Zero (3)

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