Tetsu Inoue (テツ・イノウエ) is a former producer of minimalist electronic music from Japan. His style could be described as Digital minimalism or Lowercase: ambient with a heavy minimalist influence. He has lived in Japan, San Francisco, and New York, and has collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Bill Laswell, Andrew Deutsch, Terre Thaemlitz, Jonah Sharp, Taylor Deupree, and Uwe Schmidt. After the release of his last album Inland in 2007, Tetsu completely disappeared from the public eye.