is a Japanese

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ist, photographer, and composer. His first work was the

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album "Objectless", which released in 1983. His first work in the

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was '' Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou'', which first released in Japan for

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in 1994, and in North America for

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the following year. In 1998, he produced and composed the music for the video game '' LSD: Dream Emulator'' on the

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, which later became his most recognizable work outside of Japan.

Works

Music

* 1983 – '' Objectless'' * 1994 – ''Transmigration'' * 1995 – ''Equal'' * 1997 – ''Linen Sampler'' * 1998 – ''LSD & Remixes'' * 1998 – ''Lucy in the Sky with Dynamites'' * 2017 – ''Mono'' (EP) * 2017 – ''Objectless (Classic Ambient Works and More)'' * 2017 – ''All Things Must Be Equal'' * 2018 – ''LSD Revamped'' * 2018 – ''Grateful in All Things'' * 2020 – ''Collected Ambient Grooves 1993 – 2001'' * 2020 – ''Transformed Collection''

Video games

* 1994 – ( PC) * 1995 – (PC) * 1997 – (PC) * 1997 – (PC) * 1998 – '' LSD: Dream Emulator'' ( PS1) * 1999 – (PS1) * 2000 – (PS1)

Art books and publications

* 1991 – ''The Alphabetical Orgasm'' * 1992 – ''Anonymous Animals'' * 1993 – ''The Art of Computer Designing: A Black and White Approach'' * 1998 – ''LSD - Lovely Sweet Dream'' * 2017 – ''All Things Must Be Equal'' * 2020 – ''Grateful in All Things''

Exhibitions

* 1991 – ''The Alphabetical Orgasm'', Tokyo * 1992 – ''The Alphabetical Orgasm'', Kyoto * 1992 – ''Anonymous Animals'', Tokyo * 1998 – Osamu Sato and LSD Expo, Tokyo * 2017 – ''All Things Must Be Equal'' * 2018 – ''LSD Revamped ~Neo Psychedelia~'', Tokyo * 2020 – ''Grateful in All Things'', Tokyo

Video works

* 1994 – ''Compu Movie'' (VHS Tape) * 1994 – ''The Esoteric Retina'' (Video CD)

References

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* 1960 births Japanese composers Japanese graphic designers Japanese male composers Japanese multimedia artists Japanese photographers Living people People from Kyoto Japanese techno musicians Video game artists Digital artists {{Japan-bio-stub