MASAHIDE SAKUMA
01 Mar.1952 born at Tokyo Japan
Known as a one of the best recording producer in Japanese music society. Also known as a composer / arranger for rock, pop music, movie scores, commercial films and TVs etc.
As an artist, he was a member of Japanese rock legend “YoninBayashi”
and “The Plastics”.
He released 4 solo albums too. He performed guitars, basses, keyboards and other instruments for a lot of recording sessions and live stages including the biggest concert with GLAY for 200,000 people at Makuhari 1999.
As a producer, his career started from 1979 for producing “P-MODEL” ‘s first album [in a model room]. After that he produced over 100 artists including BOOWY, The Blue Hearts, The Street Sliders, Jun Sky Walker(s), GLAY, Judy and Mary, Misato Watanabe, TOKIO, Hysteric Blue, The Elephant Kashimashi, L'arc en ciel, NiNa, Kuroyume, Kyosuke Himuro, 175R etc.
His own project,
"Ces Chiens" with Yoshio Hayakawa
“NiNa” with Kate Pierson (The B-52’s), Yuki (ex.Judy and Mary) , Mick Karn (ex. Japan), Steven Wolf and Takemi Shima (ex. The Plastics)
“The d.e.p” with Vivian Hsu, Gohta Yashiki, Masami Tsutiya and Mick Karn.
"unsuspected mnogram" since 2008
