Osamu Sato

Osamu Sato (佐藤 理) is a Japanese digital artist, photographer, and composer. His first work was the ambient music album "Objectless", which released in 1983. 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. 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.

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
 * 2020 – Grateful in All Things
 * 2020 – Collected Ambient Grooves 1993 – 2001
 * 2020 – Transformed Collection
 * 2022 – ROOT(S)

Video games

 * 1994 – Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou (東脳) (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) (PC)
 * 1997 – Banabana MK.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) (PC)
 * 1998 – LSD: Dream Emulator (PS1)
 * 1999 – Tokyo Planet Planetokio (東京惑星プラネトキオ) (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

Video works

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