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Artist profile

Taito Otani — studio portrait
Taito Otani

Taito Otani is a Japanese musician, audiovisual artist and director born in 1995. He holds a master’s degree in engineering and began releasing sound works as a track maker and artist while still a student. After working at a production company, he joined Toei Zukun Laboratory, where he works on XR and immersive content as a technical artist and creative director. His practice spans experimental music, noise, IDM and pop electronica, as well as installations, visual and spatial direction, and XR theatre. Through the relationships between people and computers, he explores interactive expression and the design of spatial experiences.

Contact: taitootani1995@gmail.com

Source: Artist biography / JSON · About / History

Portraits and practice

Taito Otani — performing with electronic equipment
Taito Otani — performing with electronic equipment
Taito Otani — interview
Taito Otani — interview
Taito Otani — portrait
Taito Otani — portrait
Taito Otani — presentation at Ableton Meetup
Taito Otani — presentation at Ableton Meetup
Taito Otani — in conversation
Taito Otani — in conversation
Taito Otani — event artwork
Taito Otani — event artwork
Taito Otani — with an audiovisual projection
Taito Otani — with an audiovisual projection

Interviews and press

Official site guide

Official profiles

NINETEEN95 STUDIO

NINETEEN95 STUDIO produces music, movies and multimedia content, and develops creative tools. Its practice brings sound design, visual art and engineering together to explore new forms of expression.

Studio website

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Dated news and events

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Remake Gang — Koenji Fashion Show

A fashion show hosted by Koenji Fashion, themed “Remake Gang,” featuring a performance by Taito Otani (@taito_otani) and @ryojuwatanabe. 25 December 2026. Doors open at 18:00; the event is scheduled to finish at 23:00 (JST).

Event details on Instagram

Gi – Matsuri

Audiovisual live set at Moto Eigakan, Tokyo.

Event details

Processing Community Day Tokyo 2026

Taito Otani presented the lightning talk “Will sine waves still be beautiful in 25 years?” at GARAGE AKIHABARA, Tokyo, as part of the community event celebrating Processing's 25th anniversary.

Event details

Noise Journey / OT Minimal Scape.

Two releases exploring noise, minimal music and the sound of everyday life and travel.

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Reflektor — Finland

Reflektor took place in Finland on 15 October 2026.

Project catalogue (43 entries)

  1. Cognition Space Recognition — Reflektor

    Video Mapping Installation

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  2. A Whales Earth Catalog

    A Whales Earth Catalog - Designing of Algorithmic Noise Pattern.

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  3. Warp Circles - Installation Art

    An Installation Art "Warp Circles".

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  4. Coming and Going Shadows - Installation Art

    An Installation Art "Coming and Going Shadows".

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  5. Burning Japan 2023 - Installation Art

    An Installation Art "Daichi no Torch".

  6. OTO WO OMOSHIROGARU YORU2023 - Music Fes

    OTO WO OMOSHIROGARU YORU2023

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  7. BunmeiKaika an Installation @yohas2024

    BunmeiKaika an Installation @yohas2024

  8. YohaS2022 - Interactive Art

    Interactive Art Installation

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  9. Parco Happy Holidays

    Parco Happy Holidays

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  10. HyperGeek #08 Audio Visual Performance

    Audio Visual Performance

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  11. FujiRock Festival2023-ProjectionMapping

    FujiRock Festival2023 - projection mapping

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  12. Sound Sun

    Audio Visual Sketch

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  13. Audio visual Sketches

    Audio Visual Sketch

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  14. DayBreak — Commercial Sound Design

    Music production and sound design for the DayBreak signage commercial.

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  15. ARS ELECTRONICA - Exhibition

    ARS ELECTRONICA - Exhibition

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  16. Redevelopment of Bonfire — Burning Japan 2022 Installation Art

    Installation Art at Burning Japan

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  17. Sounding Building

    Nishi-Shinjuku 5G Sounding City project. Audiovisual design and creative coding.

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  18. NFT art collaboration with Kumaleon by Okazz.

    Audio Visual NFT art collaboration

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  19. Audio visual Sketches

    Audio Visual Sketch

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  20. Clock Web App

    Audio Visual Web Pages

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  21. Superhero Senki — Film

    Compositing system development using Unity for the feature film Superhero Senki.

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  22. Stay home via Computer

    Stay home via Computer Live at Virtual Audio Visual stage.

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  23. Ambient Sax 360 Experiential Videos

    Ambient Sax - Taito Otani on YouTube

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  24. Digital Kalimba Demo

    A digital instrument and synthesizer prototype for iOS.

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  25. JackTop Guitar

    Audio visual on YouTube

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  26. Taki Synth

    Taki Synth is a synthesizer for iOS. The synth can make a drone sound like a waterfall. It can be controlled using rock objects. on YouTube

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  27. Light orchestra

    Light Orchestra is an audio visual concert with Tokyo University of the Arts. We created visual expression systems.

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  28. ICONS - @Shibuya

    Shibuya, July 8–12, 2019. An interactive artwork exploring unconscious preferences and bias. Visitors use their smartphones to generate graphics and compare arrangements of squares. Four graphics were selected from 3,000 algorithmically generated compositions.

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  29. UP ON THE GREEN HILL — MASADO and MIWASCO Version

    A DREAMS COME TRUE music video made in collaboration with Sonic the Hedgehog. CG production participation in a Toei Zukun Laboratory production.

    Period: 2022

    Role: CG production

    Credit: DREAMS COME TRUE / Toei Zukun Laboratory

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  30. The Manda Pit VR

    A permanent VR exhibition at Manda Pit Station, recreating an underground coal mine that visitors can no longer enter. Produced by Toei Zukun Laboratory using digital human, motion capture and real-time CG technologies.

    Period: 2022

    Role: General direction, staging, CG & development

    Credit: Manda Pit Station / Toei Zukun Laboratory

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  31. Sanrio Characters Virtual Boat Ride

    A VRChat attraction released for Sanrio Virtual Festival 2025. Visitors travel with Cinnamoroll on a space boat, delivering party invitations to Sanrio characters. A collaborative production.

    Period: 2025

    Role: General direction, staging, CG & development

    Credit: Sanrio Characters Virtual Boat Ride / Sanrio Virtual Festival 2025

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  32. Mochipori to Asobo Wall

    An interactive monitor wall created for a limited-time corner at Sanrio Puroland. Visitors play with the display through direct interaction.

    Role: Planning, production & development

    Credit: Sanrio Puroland

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  33. An Instruments

    A projection-mapping and sound work created for a Christmas market at The Records in Chiba.

    Role: Projection & sound

    Credit: The Records, Chiba

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  34. Everytime Everywhere Noise

    A browser-based sound experiment. Explore noise and oscillator modes through a minimal interactive interface.

    Role: Web sound experiment

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  35. InfrontofDesk

    An audiovisual work pairing crack-beat rhythms with imagery exploring the universe and peace. A soundtrack-only version is also published on Audius.

    Role: Audiovisual work

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  36. Space (Fulcrum Remix)

    A Fulcrum remix of the Magic Wands track Space. Released on July 1, 2020; remix participation is also recorded in Taito Otani’s activity history.

    Period: 2020-07-01

    Role: Remix / Fulcrum

    Credit: Magic Wands / Fulcrum

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  37. Digital Block / Intention

    A two-track Fulcrum release: Digital Block and Intention. Digital Block credits composition to Taito Ohtani; Intention credits composition to Keiichi Hirokawa.

    Period: 2020-09-01

    Role: Composition / Digital Block

    Credit: Fulcrum — Taito Ohtani & Keiichi Hirokawa

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  38. Wave Biz — Long Version

    A contribution to the Signal compose compilation Un-sui. Wave Biz - Long Version appears as track 2 on the 12-track album, with a duration of 2:53.

    Period: 2024-04-27

    Role: Contributing artist / Wave Biz - Long Version

    Credit: Taito Otani / Various Artists — Signal compose

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  39. Burning Japan 2026 — Whales Camp Installation

    An audiovisual installation presented at Whales Camp, Burning Japan 2026.

    Period: 2026

    Credit: Whales Camp / Burning Japan 2026

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  40. OTClockSeqPTN — Processing 25th Anniversary Version

    A generative audiovisual sequencer made for Processing’s 25th anniversary. Three independent oscillators are played by a sequencer that moves geometric forms using Lissajous algorithms. This 2026 version updates TOKEI_SYNTH, originally posted to OpenProcessing in March 2023.

    Period: 2026

    Credit: Processing 25th anniversary / PCD 2026

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  41. The Endless Bodies

    An audiovisual installation presented at YohaS 2026.

    Period: 2026

    Credit: YohaS 2026

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  42. Dadancho and Time Travel — Immersive Comedy

    An immersive comedy staged at YohaS 2025 in Chiba Park. Actors perform in coordination with projection-mapped imagery. Taito Otani is credited with concept, direction, visuals and music.

    Period: 2025

    Role: Concept, direction, visuals & music

    Credit: YohaS 2025 / Chiba Park

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  43. Flashing Itokawa Image Data

    An audiovisual work combining music made in Ableton Live with images of Itokawa dust particles from JAXA’s digital library. The images are upscaled with AI and tiled in TouchDesigner, while Max for Live waveform analysis synchronizes image changes with the music.

    Credit: Source imagery / JAXA digital library

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Music catalogue (20 entries)

  1. OT Minimal Scape.

    Album · 2026-10-16

    Tracks: Are you Feel?; You understood?; Whose fault is it?; No one knows; That's a lie; No More; Endless end

    Apple · Bandcamp

  2. Noise Journey

    Single · 2026-10-16

    Tracks: 824; 4335; 5128

    Apple · Bandcamp

  3. Black Night

    Single · 2026-04-30

    Tracks: Black Night

    Apple

  4. Smoky Scape

    Album · 2026-04-17

    Tracks: Opennnnnning; Drones7; Drones48; Kinuta Kinuta Kinuta; Hikeytanz part2

    Bandcamp

  5. Remote Wars

    Album · 2025-04-16

    Tracks: Remote Wars; Remote Restaurant; DESSY2; Basucle; Tyo Tech; Coutup; Remote Sleep; Remote Albite; Remote Megane; RainyNight; Standby

    Apple · Bandcamp

  6. Hight Haber

    Album · 2024-07-27

    Tracks: Bulue; Jinzen; Ambient Sax; WaterFall; Fantastic Things

    Bandcamp

  7. Power and Control

    Single · 2023-02-24

    Tracks: Power and Control

    Apple

  8. The Sound of Visual

    Album · 2022-05-04

    Tracks: Paticles; Dune; Base; Mint; Haavy; Emprinse; ReCile; Ace; Hot; Warp2

    Apple

  9. Journey

    EP · 2022-05-04

    Tracks: Journey Home; Waterfall Ambients; Journney Reverside; Fukushimadaiichi

    Apple · Bandcamp

  10. The Plus

    Single · 2021-09-07

    Tracks: The Plus

    Apple

  11. Stanby

    Single · 2021-09-03

    Tracks: Stanby

    Apple

  12. Collapsing

    Single · 2021-05-04

    Tracks: Collapsing

    Apple

  13. Super Sugar

    Single · 2021-04-09

    Tracks: Super Sugar; Super Collider

    Apple · Bandcamp

  14. Next World

    Single · 2021-04-02

    Tracks: Next World

    Apple

  15. Ambient Sax

    Single · 2020-11-27

    Tracks: Ambient Sax

    Apple

  16. Hei

    Single · 2020-07-17

    Tracks: Hei

    Apple

  17. Mendis Do not regret

    Single · 2020-05-20

    Tracks: Mendis Do not regret

    Apple

  18. Flight

    Single · 2020-05-08

    Tracks: Flight

    Apple

  19. Run Turtle, Run Rabbit

    Album · 2019-08-12

    Tracks: Uio; Stranger Stranger; Tascam; Viloudness; Flows; Ambioceans; Ambiaost; Black Peace; Battry Into; Feeling Design; Front End

    Apple · Bandcamp

  20. Battery Into

    Single · 2019-02-11

    Tracks: Battery Into

    Apple