Profile
Gak Sato
producer, DJ, Thereminist, sound artist. teacher of sound design.
was born in Tokyo in 1969. from ‘90s living in Milan.
Education
Musashino Art University Tokyo : Space design :scenography course– diploma 1989
Experience
1999-2008 Artistic Director of Temposphere label at Right Tempo Records (milan)
Teaching
2002 - 2013 Accademia Carrara di Bergamo : Sound project course
2008 - Istituto Europeo Design milan : Sound research course
Solo
2022 V.A. “Colors” Toyro Music compilation Vol.1
2019 rephase
2014 “All Those Moments” JammHot / Sekitova rmx (unknown season)
2012 Play for Japan 12 vol.5
2011 gF "o.s.t. giuliano Fujiwara” (Manual of Errors)
2011 Play for Japan vol.10
2010 furniture music vol.3 (sfera)
2007 furniture music vol.2 feat. mama! milk (sfera)
2006 furniture music vol.1(sfera)
2006 "Clapsoy remixes"by Jimi Tenor / Kid Loco (Temposphere)
2006 informed consent (Temposphere)
2001 "Tangram"remixes by Yukihiro Fukutomi / Flanger (Temposphere)
2001 Exercises 1995-2001 (Temposphere)
2001 Tangram (Temposphere)
1999 io,Aoi
1999 "hip wagging, Foot shuffling" remix by Amon Tobin (Temposphere)
1998 post-echo（Temposphere)
1998 arbos luce (Arbos)
1996 V.A."Nativi, Residenti, Di Passaggio" “Ambiente, Basso E Batteria” (milano 2000)
2013 ”pacific league” Fug rmx (unknown season)
1996 ZOO “choo choo Train” remix with Jazz Brothers(forLife)
1996 Caoli Cano “les rendez-vous de paris” remix (Epic Sony)
1995 multidirection 2 (brown’s wood/Talkin’loud)
2023 Omnine 「Omnine」(GS)
2018 GaMaPaWa「White Gardenia」Story Telling」(Jazz-o-Tech)
2016 Omnine 「You are Home」(Apparel Tronic)
2008 Bang Bang / il rumore diventa musica (provincia di Milano /UnDo.net)
2007 CrowdofOne「The Boxman」 (Rai Trade)
2005 Steve Piccolo,Luca Gemma & Gak Sato 「Expedition 」(Temposphere)
mama! milk「Charade」(’21) 「Vanilla」(’15)「Fragrance of Notes」(’08 Musica Moschata)
Casino Royale 「Quarantine Scenario 」(’20 Aldebaran Records)
Elliott Sharp「Syzygy」 (’20 dodicilune)
Vinicio Capossela「Ballate per Uomini e Bestie」(’19)「Ovunque Proteggi 」(’06 Warner Music)
Le Grand Escroc 「Portraits」(’14 COMEDY TONIGHT/SPACE SHOWE MUSIC)
Toshiyuki Yasuda 「Nameless God's Blue」(’15 MEGADOLLY MD1506)
Any other / stillness, stop: you have a right to remember (’24 42 Records)
■ Remixes
Piero Umiliani「Mah-Nà Mah-Nà」(’97)「Lady Magnolia」(‘98)「Motore a Ioni」(’99)「Gadget」(’99 Temposphere)
Ennio Morricone 「Metti una Sera a Cena」(’99 cover Temposphere)
Armando Trovajoli 「Sessomatto」(’97)「Masquerade」(’98 Temposphere)
Lesiman 「Messaggio」(’00 Temposphere)
Berto Pisano 「To Jean」(‘99)「Kill Them All!」(‘99 Temposphere)
The Transistors 「Mission on Venus」(’00)「Spyderotica」(’02 Temposphere)
Painé 「Sponteneous」(’03 Temposphere)
Acoustic Dub Messengers 「Sabara」「Ham & Egg」「Mugiminipichi」
「Holyday of Erinora」(’03 emposphere)
Kid Loco 「Relax'n with Cherry 」(’98 Yellow Productions)
Mukka Makka 「Trip Hopping in the planet drug」(’98 Cinevox)
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra「Jazzie Speaks」(’99 Justa Records)
Yukihiro Fukutomi「The Spinning Wheel」(’01 Cutting Edge)
Arkestra One 「I Really Want You」(’03 Cosmic Sound)
Leo Cesari 「La Beguine du Macka」「Twist Drama」（’00 Cinevox)
Club Montepulciano 「Viva! Planet M」(’00 Club Montepulciano Recordings)
Esquivel 「Bye Bye Blues」(’06 Sony BMG-Indipendent Recordings)
Xavier Cugat 「Pianolo」(‘08 Indipendent Recordings)
Raymond Scott 「Night in Venice」(’13 w Vagabond CPA LI'L DAISY)
Tryst 「Ueno Falls」(’18 Apparel Tronic)
etc…
■ Advertising works
Heineken, Aperol Soda, Nike, Scottex,Parmigiano Reggiano, Findus, American Express,Persol, Mc Donald Japan,
Ginza, Hobo-Nichi, Lumine & Ginza, Good Design, Land-Rover, NHK etc...
■ music for exhibitions/films
2021 ONODA by Arthur Harari w Andrea Poggio, Enrico Gabrieli,Sebastiano de Gennaro e Olivier Marguerit
2021 Emma Ciceri “nascita aperta” (Castello Sforzesco Milano)
2017 Max Huber “fotografie” (Gallery Sugata kyoto & Tokyo)
2016 Simone Rovellini “ABCD” (L'ultimo episodio”D” played Theremin)
2007 Marcella Vanzo “mindfield”
2005 Gabriele de Mateo “voyage sur le terre” w Steve Piccolo
2004 Adrian Paci “Hymns” w Steve Piccolo
2004 BTcino “Domoscape” w Steve Piccolo
2004 ADI "50 anni di compasso d’oro” w Steve Piccolo
f■ musica for Milano Collection
2015 genny (2015 SS)
2006 - 2013 Ter et Bantine (w Steve Piccolo)
2005- 2011 Giuliano Fujiwara
2005 - 2014 byblos
1999 - 2005 Mila Schön
■ for Products
2009 ALESSI PHONE (design by Stefano Giovannoni) 10 ringtones
2004 MUTECH 830 (design by Ichiro Iwasaki) Telephone hold sound
2002 MUTECH 610 (design by Ichiro Iwasaki) Telefphone ringtone
■ Performance / Exhibition
2023 Omnine Live Triennale Milano
2023 Rabotaroom Milano “Yes or No” w Gabriele di Mateo, Marc Kalinka, Steve Piccolo
2022 Kyoto Art Center “John Cage David Tudor”
2022 Fabbrica del vapore (Milano) PG/Gak Sato (Pietro Grossi contribute live)
2021 Piano City (Milano)
2021 “Parade Electronique” (Milano)
2020 Longlake 2020 (Lugano)
2020 Estate Sforzesca Outsound Jazz Festival (Milano)
2020 I Suoni Diventano Parole Conservatorio Verdi (Milano)
2019 Stereo Spasms Luc Ferrari 90th Anniversary (Tokyo)
2019 Mudam Luxembourg Museum Isola Reunion w Steve Piccolo
2018 Teatro Arsenale Milano Luc Ferrari (Tautologos III)
2018-2019 Tour for Andrea Poggio (Italy,Germany)
2016-17 Tour for Omnine (Italy)
2015 Venice art Biennale (Greek pavilions)
2015 Castello Sforzesco Milano, Tokyo, w mama! milk
2014 Vienna Secession
2014 Museo Pecci (Milano) w e il Topo
2013 Teatro i (Milano)
2012 Festival della Filosofia (Modena) w Steve Piccolo
2012 Contemporary Locus (Bergamo)
2012 John Cage 100th Anniversary (Kyoto Art Center)
2011 Milano Film Festival w Steve Piccolo
2011 I Miss My Enemies (Venice art Biennale) w Steve Piccolo
2011 Teatro Studio Scandicci w Steve Piccolo
2010 (un)defined festival (Merano) w Steve Piccolo
2010 Novara Jazz Festival w Steve Piccolo
2009 City of Piacenza public art project w Steve Piccolo
2009 Casino Luxembourg w/Steve Piccolo and Xabier Iriondo (Isola Arts Club Band).
2008 City of Bergamo public art project w Steve Piccolo
2008 MAGA Museum Gallarate w Steve Piccolo/Giancarlo Norese
2008 Spazio Oberdan (Milano)
2007 flowing Karasuma Kyoto,w mama! milk.
2007 Tecnoform Monterrey(Mexico),
2007 The Stone(NYC) w Steve Piccolo
2007 MiArt (Milano) w Steve Piccolo
2006 Babel Festival (Bellinzona) w Steve Piccolo
2006 Kettle’s Yard (Cambridge) w Steve Piccolo/Luca Pancrazzi
2006 Turchin Center for the Arts Boone (NC USA) w Steve Piccolo
2006 Trinity College (Wales) w Steve Piccolo
2006 Berlin Jazz Fes.w Steve Piccolo,Walter Prati, Eliott Sharp, Massimo Falascone,
2006 Tokyo Design Tide w mama! milk
2006 Tour for Vinicio Capossela
2006 Galleria Mazzoli (Modena) w Steve Piccolo
2006 Galleria Peccolo (Livorno) w Steve Piccolo
2005,07,14 Itineraio Festival (Cesena) w Steve Piccolo
2005 Sant’Arcangelo Festival w Steve Piccolo/ Etherguys (w Vincenzo Vasi, Sabine Meyer)
2005 Swiss Cultural Center Milan w Steve Piccolo
2005 Villa Croce (Genova) w Steve Piccolo
2005 "Expedition" tour NYC, Italy w Steve Piccolo
2004 MusicaContinua (Venice) w Etherguys (w Vincenzo Vasi, Sabine Meyer)
2004 Base Gakkery (Firenze) w Steve Piccolo
2004 La Rada (Locarno) w Steve Piccolo
2003,05,07 Palazzo delle Papesse (Siena) w Steve Piccolo
2003 MAMCO (Geneva) w Steve Piccolo
2003 Japanese Insitute of Culture Rome w Steve Piccolo
2002,04,05,07,09 Triennale Milano w Steve Piccolo
2002- Isola Art Center (Milano)
2002 Tangram"tour London,Monaco,Porto,Italy...
1999 Sonar Festival (Barcellona Spain), DJ tour Grece, France, Japan,
1999-2003 Right Tempo night (Tunnel/Blue Note/ Leoncavallo, Milano)
1997-1999 Resident DJ at Tunnel /molto plastic (Milano)