Osamu Sato (佐藤 理, Satō Osamu, born April 14, 1960 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese digital artist, photographer, and composer. His first work was the ambient music album "Objectless", which released in 1983.[1] His first work in the video game industry was Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou, which first released in Japan for Classic Mac OS in 1994, and in North America for Microsoft Windows the following year.[2] In 1998, he produced and composed the music for the video game LSD: Dream Emulator on the PlayStation, which later became his most recognizable work outside of Japan.[3][4]

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 – Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou (東脳, Tonnō) (PC)
• 1995 – Chu-Teng (中天) (PC)
• 1997 – Rolypolys: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog (ローリーポーリーズの七転び八起き, Rolypolys no Nanakorobi Yaoki) lit. 'Rolypolys' Seven Tumbles, Eight Stand-Ups' (PC)
• 1997 – Banabana No.1: Rolypolys World Tour (バナバナ一号　ローリーポーリーズの世界大冒険, Banabana Ichigō Rolypolys no Sekai Daibōken) (PC)
• 1998 – LSD: Dream Emulator (PS1)
• 1999 – Tokyo Planet Planetokio (東京惑星プラネトキオ, Tōkyō Wakusei Planetokio) (PS1)
• 2000 – Rhythm N Face (リズムンフェイス) (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[5]^{[non-primary source needed]}

Video works

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

References

External links

• Official website

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