Yasuaki Shimizu
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is a composer, saxophonist and producer. He is known for his interpretations of the music of J.S. Bach, in particular the "Cello Suites 1-6
" re-arranged for and performed on tenor saxophone
.
Since 1981 he has composed, produced or arranged for artists as diverse as jazz vocalist Helen Merrill
, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
, and DJ Towa Tei
. During this time he has lived in London, Paris and Tokyo.
Mariah’s final recording Utakata no Hibi (1983) weaved traditional Japanese festival rhythms with rock tempos and sounds. Over the same period Shimizu recorded solo albums including IQ 179 (1981) and Kakashi (1982), which built on the alternative-music foundations set down by Mariah.
From these beginnings Shimizu’s delight in pushing boundaries is apparent in such projects as the satellite link-up performance of Bye Bye Kipling with Ryuichi Sakamoto
for a Nam June Paik
happening (1986), or his enigmatic, solo “live installation” as a Human Cuckoo Clock in Tokyo
(2002).
This was followed by Stardust (1985), Latin (1991) and Time and Again (1993); the latter revisiting the textures of L'Automne à Pékin with original compositions highlighting Shimizu’s orchestral arrangements and his tenor saxophone.
The Saxophonettes project released Shimizu’s landmark Cello Suites albums in 1996 (nos 1-3) and 1999 (nos 4-6). These were reissued in 2007 as a two-disc set (nos 1-6).
and London
, making his contribution to the multicultural and re-energized European music scene by recording, collaborating and performing with various international artists. His experiences over this period also gave him an altogether new perspective on his own musical roots.
He made three albums: Subliminal (1987) with French producer Martin Meissonnier
, Dementos (1988) with various British artists including ex-Flying Lizards David Cunningham, and Aduna (1989) with Senegalese vocalist Wasis Diop
, whose 1994 album No Sant Shimizu co-produced.
In 1997 his mini-album Bach Box won the Best Production prize at the 39th annual Japan Record Awards. This recording, while expressing the highest respect for the baroque master, revisited Bach’s music with an audacious approach to form and flashes of wit, interweaving the original musical structures with treated voices and intermittent sine wave
signals.
On his Cello Suites projects Shimizu utilized unconventional acoustic environments, which he selected for their high degree of reverberation—an underground quarry, a mine in Japan, a palazzo in Italy—in order to “play the space” as a resonating instrument.
This approach is also reflected in his "Bach-Saxophone-Space" concert series performed at such locations as Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto
in 1996 (Osaka Shinbun 6 Dec 1996), the Niitsu, Genichiro-Inokuma and Mito
art museums between 2000 and 2003, and an underground car park in Shibuya
(Mainichi Daily Sept 1997), Tokyo (1997).
and two baritone saxophone
s.
Their album Pentatonica (2007) transcends genre limitations in a recording based on the five-note pentatonic scale
. Featuring new compositions as well as arrangements of Ethiopia
n traditional music, it displays Shimizu's individuality: from his choice of recording locations and painstaking approach to sound production, to the immediacy of live performance conveyed through the interplay between musicians.
Beyond recording, the group has performed extensively in Japan as well as in Moscow
and Havana
, with other tours in the works.
At a performance in Tokyo in February 2010, Shimizu reaffirmed his passion for Bach by premiering the world’s first saxophone/contrabass interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations
, adding four contrabasses to his saxophone quintet.
Havre (1985), Oscar-winner Yojiro Takita’s
We Are Not Alone (1993), three films by Mitsuo Yanagimachi
including most recently Who's Camus Anyway? (2006), and contributed a piece to Peter Greenaway's
Pillow Book (1996).
He has also composed the soundtracks for Hiroyuki Nakano’s
art video Issey Miyake Dancing Pleats (1993), the feature film Stereo Future (2000) and in 2008 the two short films Ferris Wheel at 3:03:15 PM, and Seven Samurai.
The album Music for Commercials, a collection of his melodies aired as TV jingles, was released in 1987. He authored the “sound identity” for TV film channel Cinefil Imagica, then released an album of related tracks entitled Cinefil (2001).
In 2007 Japanese national broadcaster NHK TV
adopted his music for the educational series Mathematica II.
A major event in 2008 saw Shimizu compose music for a one-off screening of the newly restored 1925 silent film Orochi
, a samurai “chambara” sword-fighting drama. He performed this “live soundtrack” with the Saxophonettes and a 23-piece orchestra inside the grounds of Meiji Shrine
in Tokyo.
In 2009 he scored the music for the film Symbol by iconic Japanese comedian and director Hitoshi Matsumoto
.
In 2004 he composed music for the sound installations featured in “Dream Garden Factory,” a landscape of six gardens with different themes at the Pacific Flora 2004 expo. Excerpts from the installation were released on the album Seventh Garden (2004).
Between 2006 and 2007, his concerts with the Saxophonettes at venues in Tokyo and Osaka featured as guest artist the contemporary dancer Masako Yasumoto.
As a composer-producer-arranger, he has collaborated with artists as diverse as Japanese enka balladeer Saburo Kitajima
, composers Ryuchi Sakamoto and Koji Ueno
, jazz vocalists Helen Merrill
and Karin Krog
, guitarist Kazumi Watanabe
, French pop singer Pierre Barouh
, and DJ Towa Tei
. He has also contributed to recordings by trumpeter Toshinori Kondo
, DJ Dee Nasty
, Bjork
and others.
Live collaborations include appearances with Bill Laswell
, Elvin Jones
, Yosuke Yamashita
, Van Dyke Parks
, Urban Sax
, Manu Dibango
and David Cunningham.
From 1991 to 1994 he teamed up with ex-YMO
artist Haruomi Hosono
to produce the Tokyo Mura Mura Festival, presenting improbable line-ups of talents such as Michael Nyman
, John Zorn
, Julee Cruise
, and The Orb
.
Cello Suites (Bach)
The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach are some of the most performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello...
" re-arranged for and performed on tenor saxophone
Tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
.
Since 1981 he has composed, produced or arranged for artists as diverse as jazz vocalist Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill is an internationally known jazz vocalist.Merrill's recording career has spanned six decades and she is popular with fans of jazz in Japan and Italy as well as in her native United States...
, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto
After working as a session musician with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi in 1977, the trio formed the internationally successful electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978. Known for their seminal influence on electronic music, the group helped pioneer electronic genres such as...
, and DJ Towa Tei
Towa Tei
is a DJ, artist and record producer in Yokahoma, Japan.Tōwa debuted as a member of Deee-Lite, from the U.S. label Elektra Records in 1990, and shot to fame via their international hit single, "Groove Is In the Heart"...
. During this time he has lived in London, Paris and Tokyo.
Early career
Shimizu’s career as a saxophone player took off in the 1970s. He released his first solo album, Get You, in 1978 and from 1980 won a following with his experimental rock band Mariah, with whom he released five albums.Mariah’s final recording Utakata no Hibi (1983) weaved traditional Japanese festival rhythms with rock tempos and sounds. Over the same period Shimizu recorded solo albums including IQ 179 (1981) and Kakashi (1982), which built on the alternative-music foundations set down by Mariah.
From these beginnings Shimizu’s delight in pushing boundaries is apparent in such projects as the satellite link-up performance of Bye Bye Kipling with Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto
After working as a session musician with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi in 1977, the trio formed the internationally successful electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978. Known for their seminal influence on electronic music, the group helped pioneer electronic genres such as...
for a Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist....
happening (1986), or his enigmatic, solo “live installation” as a Human Cuckoo Clock in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
(2002).
The Saxohophonettes I
In 1983, he created the Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes project—initially a one-man band—which has since become the main focus of his recording activities. His first recording as the Saxophonettes was L'Automne à Pékin (1983), a tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood: classic soundtrack-flavored tunes rendered with a combination of lush yet minimal orchestration and layered electronic sounds laid over reggae bass and drums.This was followed by Stardust (1985), Latin (1991) and Time and Again (1993); the latter revisiting the textures of L'Automne à Pékin with original compositions highlighting Shimizu’s orchestral arrangements and his tenor saxophone.
The Saxophonettes project released Shimizu’s landmark Cello Suites albums in 1996 (nos 1-3) and 1999 (nos 4-6). These were reissued in 2007 as a two-disc set (nos 1-6).
Europe
From 1985 through 1991 Shimizu divided his time between ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, making his contribution to the multicultural and re-energized European music scene by recording, collaborating and performing with various international artists. His experiences over this period also gave him an altogether new perspective on his own musical roots.
He made three albums: Subliminal (1987) with French producer Martin Meissonnier
Martin Meissonnier
Martin Meissonnier is a French journalist, producer, director and composer. Formerly a journalist for Libération, he has made a specialty of discovering new types of music...
, Dementos (1988) with various British artists including ex-Flying Lizards David Cunningham, and Aduna (1989) with Senegalese vocalist Wasis Diop
Wasis Diop
Wasis Diop is a Senegalese musician of international renown, known for blending traditional Senegalese folk music with modern pop and jazz...
, whose 1994 album No Sant Shimizu co-produced.
Bach recordings
Shimizu has always paid meticulous attention to recording and studio techniques.In 1997 his mini-album Bach Box won the Best Production prize at the 39th annual Japan Record Awards. This recording, while expressing the highest respect for the baroque master, revisited Bach’s music with an audacious approach to form and flashes of wit, interweaving the original musical structures with treated voices and intermittent sine wave
Sine wave
The sine wave or sinusoid is a mathematical function that describes a smooth repetitive oscillation. It occurs often in pure mathematics, as well as physics, signal processing, electrical engineering and many other fields...
signals.
On his Cello Suites projects Shimizu utilized unconventional acoustic environments, which he selected for their high degree of reverberation—an underground quarry, a mine in Japan, a palazzo in Italy—in order to “play the space” as a resonating instrument.
This approach is also reflected in his "Bach-Saxophone-Space" concert series performed at such locations as Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto
Kyoto
is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
in 1996 (Osaka Shinbun 6 Dec 1996), the Niitsu, Genichiro-Inokuma and Mito
Mito
Mito can refer to:a person*Anji Mito, a fictional character from the video game Guilty Geara place name:*Mito, Ibaraki, a Japanese city*Mito, Aichi, a Japanese town*Mito, Shimane, a Japanese town*Mitō, Yamaguchi, a Japanese town...
art museums between 2000 and 2003, and an underground car park in Shibuya
Shibuya, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, it has an estimated population of 208,371 and a population density of 13,540 persons per km². The total area is 15.11 km²....
(Mainichi Daily Sept 1997), Tokyo (1997).
The Saxophonettes II
In 2006, Shimizu made his playful one-man-band concept of the Saxophonettes into a real-life quintet, featuring Ryoko Egawa, Hirokazu Hayashida, Ryota Higashi and Hiroshi Suzuki in an ensemble of three tenorTenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
and two baritone saxophone
Baritone saxophone
The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...
s.
Their album Pentatonica (2007) transcends genre limitations in a recording based on the five-note pentatonic scale
Pentatonic scale
A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave in contrast to a heptatonic scale such as the major scale and minor scale...
. Featuring new compositions as well as arrangements of Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n traditional music, it displays Shimizu's individuality: from his choice of recording locations and painstaking approach to sound production, to the immediacy of live performance conveyed through the interplay between musicians.
Beyond recording, the group has performed extensively in Japan as well as in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, with other tours in the works.
At a performance in Tokyo in February 2010, Shimizu reaffirmed his passion for Bach by premiering the world’s first saxophone/contrabass interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations
Goldberg Variations
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a work for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, the work is considered to be one of the most important examples of variation form...
, adding four contrabasses to his saxophone quintet.
Film and TV
Shimizu created music for Juliet Berto'sJuliet Berto
Juliet Berto was a French actress. A member of the same loose group of student radicals as Anne Wiazemsky, she first appeared in Jean-Luc Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her, and would go on to appear in many of Godard's subsequent films, including La Chinoise, Week End, Le Gai Savoir,...
Havre (1985), Oscar-winner Yojiro Takita’s
Yojiro Takita
Yōjirō Takita , is a Japanese filmmaker.-Career:Yōjirō Takita entered the film industry throughMukai Productions, where he served as an assistant director...
We Are Not Alone (1993), three films by Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Mitsuo Yanagimachi is an award-winning Japanese screenwriter and film director.-Career:...
including most recently Who's Camus Anyway? (2006), and contributed a piece to Peter Greenaway's
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway, CBE is a British film director. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular...
Pillow Book (1996).
He has also composed the soundtracks for Hiroyuki Nakano’s
Hiroyuki Nakano
is a Japanese film director.-Filmography:# Tajomaru # Return # Slow Is Beautiful # Stereo Future # Red Shadow # Pop Group Killers # Samurai Fiction...
art video Issey Miyake Dancing Pleats (1993), the feature film Stereo Future (2000) and in 2008 the two short films Ferris Wheel at 3:03:15 PM, and Seven Samurai.
The album Music for Commercials, a collection of his melodies aired as TV jingles, was released in 1987. He authored the “sound identity” for TV film channel Cinefil Imagica, then released an album of related tracks entitled Cinefil (2001).
In 2007 Japanese national broadcaster NHK TV
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
adopted his music for the educational series Mathematica II.
A major event in 2008 saw Shimizu compose music for a one-off screening of the newly restored 1925 silent film Orochi
Orochi (film)
is a 1925 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Buntarō Futagawa. This is the most popular and beloved film of Tsumasaburō Bandō, featuring the star at the height of his fame.-Synopsis:...
, a samurai “chambara” sword-fighting drama. He performed this “live soundtrack” with the Saxophonettes and a 23-piece orchestra inside the grounds of Meiji Shrine
Meiji Shrine
', located in Shibuya, Tokyo, is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken.-History:...
in Tokyo.
In 2009 he scored the music for the film Symbol by iconic Japanese comedian and director Hitoshi Matsumoto
Hitoshi Matsumoto
, or Matchan as he is commonly known, is a Japanese comedian best known as the boke half the popular owarai duo Downtown alongside Masatoshi Hamada...
.
Collaborations
Shimizu’s partnerships with video, multimedia, and dance artists include commissions for Mao Kawaguchi’s video installations La Cite Délire (1987) and Niwa (1992), the performances by butoh dancer Goro Namerikawa Kioku no Gekijo (1990) and Flaneur vol. 5 (1997), and the Simon James art installations Look Don't Touch (1998), and Chasing Light (2002).In 2004 he composed music for the sound installations featured in “Dream Garden Factory,” a landscape of six gardens with different themes at the Pacific Flora 2004 expo. Excerpts from the installation were released on the album Seventh Garden (2004).
Between 2006 and 2007, his concerts with the Saxophonettes at venues in Tokyo and Osaka featured as guest artist the contemporary dancer Masako Yasumoto.
As a composer-producer-arranger, he has collaborated with artists as diverse as Japanese enka balladeer Saburo Kitajima
Saburo Kitajima
is a well-known Japanese enka singer, lyricist and composer.He was born Minoru Ōno , in a little town in Hokkaidō to a fisherman. He was very poor because of the effects of World War II, and he was forced to work while he studied....
, composers Ryuchi Sakamoto and Koji Ueno
Koji Ueno
is an award-winning Japanese composer, musician, arranger and keyboardist. He is noted for his unique style of music.He graduated from Nihon University's department of music at its faculty of art, and in 1978, began his career in music with his first music ensemble, 8&1/2, after which he worked...
, jazz vocalists Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill is an internationally known jazz vocalist.Merrill's recording career has spanned six decades and she is popular with fans of jazz in Japan and Italy as well as in her native United States...
and Karin Krog
Karin Krog
Karin Krog is a Norwegian jazz vocalist.- Life and career :She started to sing at an early age and in 1955 she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet.Her great grandfather is Anders Heyerdahl...
, guitarist Kazumi Watanabe
Kazumi Watanabe
Kazumi Watanabe is a jazz and jazz fusion guitarist, from Tokyo, Japan. He was born on October 14, 1953 Kazumi learned to play guitar from Sadanori Nakamure, one of Japan's grandmaster guitarists. Kazumi released his first recording in 1971, and quickly became a promising guitarist in his own right...
, French pop singer Pierre Barouh
Pierre Barouh
Pierre Barouh is a French writer-composer-singer best known for his work on Claude Lelouch's film A Man and a Woman both as actor, and as lyric writer/singer for Francis Lai's music for the film....
, and DJ Towa Tei
Towa Tei
is a DJ, artist and record producer in Yokahoma, Japan.Tōwa debuted as a member of Deee-Lite, from the U.S. label Elektra Records in 1990, and shot to fame via their international hit single, "Groove Is In the Heart"...
. He has also contributed to recordings by trumpeter Toshinori Kondo
Toshinori Kondo
Toshinori Kondo is an avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter. He resides in Tokyo, New York City, and Amsterdam....
, DJ Dee Nasty
Dee Nasty
Dee Nasty is a DJ, producer, and Hip-Hop pioneer in Paris, France. Dee Nasty, the Parisian father of Hip Hop, is one of Radio Nova’s original DJs. Dee Nasty is best known for producing France’s first Hip Hop record.- Career :...
, Bjork
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
and others.
Live collaborations include appearances with Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
, Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac, Michigan....
, Yosuke Yamashita
Yosuke Yamashita
Yōsuke Yamashita is an acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, essayist, and writer from Tokyo, Japan.He is praised by critics for his unique piano style...
, Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, author and actor. Parks is perhaps best known for his contributions as a lyricist on the Beach Boys album Smile....
, Urban Sax
Urban Sax
Urban Sax is an ensemble founded by the French composer Gilbert Artman made up of massive numbers of saxophones, accompanied by percussion and sometimes voices...
, Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango
-External links:*...
and David Cunningham.
From 1991 to 1994 he teamed up with ex-YMO
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Sakamoto first worked with Hosono as a member of his live band in 1976, while Takahashi recruited Sakamoto to produce his debut solo recording in 1977 following the split of the Sadistic Mika Band...
artist Haruomi Hosono
Haruomi Hosono
, also known as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese popular musician, best known internationally as a key member of the rock band Happy End and the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra.-Biography:...
to produce the Tokyo Mura Mura Festival, presenting improbable line-ups of talents such as Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman
Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for the many film scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano...
, John Zorn
John Zorn
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
, Julee Cruise
Julee Cruise
Julee Cruise is an American singer, and actress.With a distinctive, airy voice, Cruise has recorded three albums, but is probably best known for the lead vocal on "Falling," the theme song for the cult U.S. television series Twin Peaks...
, and The Orb
The Orb
Throughout 1989, the Orb, along with Martin Glover, developed the musical genre of ambient house through the use of a diverse array of samples and recordings. The culmination of its musical work came toward the end of the year when the group recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1...
.
Yasuaki Shimizu
- Get You (1978)
- Mariah (1979)
- Far East Express (1979)
- Berlin (1980)
- IQ 179 (1981)
- Kakashi (1982)
- Music for Commercials (1987) Compilation of jingles for TV commercials
- Subliminal (1987)
- Dementos (1988)
- Aduna (1989)
- Shadow of China (1990) Film soundtrack
- Pao-Jiang-Hu (1995) Film documentary soundtrack
- X (1996) Film soundtrack
- Juvenile (2000) Film soundtrack
- Cinefil (2001) Compilation from the film channel Cinefil Imagica
- Stereo Future (2001) Film soundtrack (Various Artists: disc 1 Yasuaki Shimizu)
- Seventh Garden (2004) Excerpts from Pacific Flora 2004: Dream Garden Factory sound installation
- One Hundred (2009) Live recording with David Cunningham
Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes
- L’Automne à Pekin (1983)
- Stardust (1985)
- Latin (1991)
- Time and Again (1993)
- Suite1 (1996)
- Cello Suites 1.2.3 (1996)
- From the Cello Suites (1996)
- Bach Box (1997) Prize for Best Production, 39th Japan Record Awards
- Cello Suites 4.5.6 (1999)
- Cello Suites (2003) DVD-Audio
- Pentatonica (2007)
- Cello Suites (2007) Cello Suites 1.2.3 and Cello Suites 4.5.6 reissued as double album
Mariah
- Yen Tricks (1980)
- Auschwitz Dream (1981)
- Marginal Love (1981)
- Red Party (1982)
- Utakata no Hibi (1983)