Yasunao Tone


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Yasunao Tone (b. 1935, Tokyo; d. May 12, 2025) was one of the first Japanese artists active in composing events and improvisational music. He is one of the founding members of Japan's Fluxus movement and has also been an organizer and participant in many important music and performance groups such as Group Ongaku, Hi-Red Center, Team Random (the first computer art group organized in Japan). Primarily a composer, Tone has worked in many media, creating pieces for electronics, computer systems, film, radio and television, as well as environmental art. He is a pioneer in the use of prepared CDs.

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Hecker
[R·] Iso / Chall
2000, CD, Comp, Mego, Mego, ,
Abstract/Electro/Experimental
Various
From The Archives Vol. 3
2020, Cass, Ltd, Counter Culture Chronicles
Various
There Will Never Be Silence
2014
Phill Niblock
Working Title
2013, 2xDVD-V, D/Sided, PAL, Les Presses Du Réel, ,
Drone/Minimal/Spoken Word
Marc Behrens
Irregular Characters
2013
Ricardo Arias
New York / Bogotá 2000-2010
2011
Otomo Yoshihide
幽閉者 = Prisoner
2007, CD, Album, Headz, Headz
Various
Electric Ladyland (Clickhop Version 1.0)
2001
Judy Dunaway
Balloon Music
1998, CD, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
Contemporary
Barbara Held
Upper Air Observation
1992, CD, Album, Lovely Music, Ltd., ,
Musique Concrète/Contemporary/Experimental
Various
Tellus, The Audio Cassette Magazine #24 - FluxTellus
1990, Cass, Comp, Tellus, ,
Experimental
Butch Morris
Current Trends In Racism In Modern America (A Work In Progress)
1986
Various
特別公演:音楽の実験ーアメリカと日本 = Special Program: Music Experiment - U.S.A. And Japan
VHS, 愛知県文化情報センター, ,
Experimental
Various
Stolen Symphony: Fluxus & Neofluxus, Part 1
2023, 2x CD, ,
Modern
Rene Hell
RA.397
2014, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Resident Advisor, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental/Ambient/Musique Concrète
Various
14 Tracks: Digital Diaspora
2014, 14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Boomkat
Various
There Will Never Be Silence
2014
Jara Tarnovski*
Secret Thirteen Mix 008
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 192, Secret Thirteen Journal, ,
Glitch/IDM/Ambient
Rene Hell
Ssg Special - A House With Beautiful Furniture
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, mnml ssgs, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Contemporary/Minimal/Ambient
Russell Haswell
FACT Mix 236
2011, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, FACT Magazine, ,
Noise/Modern Classical/Techno/Industrial/Synth-pop/Experimental
Various
Music For Merce 1952-2009
2010, 10xCD, Comp + Box, New World Records, ,
Musique Concrète/Contemporary/Experimental/Post-Modern
a+r
ALKUjiggerypokeryMIX
2005, File, MP3, Mixed, Alku, ,
Abstract/Noise/Experimental
Various
...as...
2004, 2xCDr, Comp, Ltd, Resonance (4), ,
Experimental
Various
A Call For Silence
2004, CD, Comp, Sonic Arts Network, ,
Modern Classical/Musique Concrète/Experimental
Various
Fluxus Anthology Volume 1
2004, ,
Interview/Poetry/Experimental
Various
Warpmart 1
2003, CD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Warp Records, ,
Abstract/IDM/Experimental
Various
60 Sound Artists Protest The War
2003, CD, Comp, Atak, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Various
10時間 / Ju-Jikan: 10 Hours Of Sound From Japan
2002, 2xCD, Comp, 23five, San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art
Various
Cabinet #7: Syntax Error
2002, CD, Album, Cabinet
Various
2003 Label Sampler
2002, CDr, Smplr, Asphodel, ,
Illbient/IDM/Experimental
Various
Un Tributo To James T. Russell, Inventor Of The Compact Disc
2001, CDr, Comp, Alku, ,
Experimental
Various
Writing Aloud: The Sonics Of Language
2001, CD, Album, Comp, Errant Bodies Press, Ground Fault Recordings, ,
Experimental
Various
Mutations: Sonic City
2001, CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, Airplane Label, ,
Spoken Word/Power Electronics/Musique Concrète/Experimental/Field Recording
Various
Electric Ladyland Clickhop Version 1.0
2001, ,
Glitch/IDM/Minimal/Tech House
Various
Prix Ars Electronica CyberArts 2000
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Ars Electronica Center, ,
Experimental