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Aube
Aube
Japanese noise musician
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Masahiko Togashi
Masahiko Togashi
Japanese jazz percussionist and drummer (1940-2007)
2
Ryo Kawasaki
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
3
Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
4
T. M. Stevens
T. M. Stevens
American musician
5
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
6
Cathedral Quartet
Cathedral Quartet
Former Southern Gospel Quartet
7
Peter and the Test Tube Babies
Peter and the Test Tube Babies
band that plays punk rock
8
Albert Collins
Albert Collins
American blues musician, recording artist, songwriter
9
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
10
Robin Williamson
Robin Williamson
Scottish musician
11
Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
12
Incapacitants
Incapacitants
Japanese noise group
13
Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen
Swedish rock musician
14
Dann Huff
Dann Huff
American musician and record producer
15
Billy Childish
Billy Childish
British musician
16
Final
Final
band
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Michael Landau
Michael Landau
American musician
18
Takashi Kako
Takashi Kako
Japanese composer
19
Anthony Jackson
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
20
Robben Ford
Robben Ford
American blues, jazz and rock guitarist
21
Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine
American musician
22
Yōsuke Yamashita
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
23
Shadowfax
Shadowfax
band
24
Issei Noro
Issei Noro
Japanese guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor
25
Paul Jackson, Jr.
Paul Jackson, Jr.
American musician
26
Henry Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver
27
Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
28
Ronnie Burrage
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
29
Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
British songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
30
Joëlle Léandre
Joëlle Léandre
French double bassist, vocalist and composer
31
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
English guitarist, composer and record producer
32
G. E. Smith
G. E. Smith
American musician
33
René Berg
René Berg
British musician
34
Hiram Bullock
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
35
Pino Palladino
Pino Palladino
Welsh bassist
36
Leland Sklar
Leland Sklar
American musician
37
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
American guitarist, songwriter and recording artist
38
Popeda
Popeda
Finnish rock band
39
Scream
Scream
American band
40
Steve Vai
Steve Vai
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
41
Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats
Canadian synthpop and new wave band
42
Big Country
Big Country
Scottish rock band
43
Junior Brown
Junior Brown
American musician
44
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
45
Frehley's Comet
Frehley's Comet
American heavy metal 1980s rock band formed and led by ex-Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley
46
The Meatmen
The Meatmen
American punk band
47
Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne
American musician and music critic
48
Anti Cimex
Anti Cimex
band
49
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
50
Naná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
51
Justin Sullivan
Justin Sullivan
English singer-songwriter
52
Warren Cuccurullo
Warren Cuccurullo
American musician, singer, songwriter and former body builder
53
Carnivore
Carnivore
American crossover thrash band
54
William Hooker
William Hooker
American musician
55
Huw Lloyd-Langton
Huw Lloyd-Langton
English guitarist
56
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
British rock band
57
Greg Ginn
Greg Ginn
American musician
58
Otomo Yoshihide
Otomo Yoshihide
Japanese composer, guitarist (1959-)
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Mike Rutherford
Mike Rutherford
English guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and singer
60
The Gun Club
The Gun Club
band
61
Kevin Eubanks
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
62
Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
American bass guitarist (1956-)
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Peter Kowald
Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
64
Shunzo Ohno
Shunzo Ohno
Japanese jazz trumpet player, composer and arranger (1949-)
65
Scott Henderson
Scott Henderson
jazz fusion and blues guitarist
66
Omar Hakim
Omar Hakim
musician
67
Carlo Actis Dato
Carlo Actis Dato
Italian saxophonist and composer
68
Steve Morse
Steve Morse
American guitarist and composer
69
Würzel
Würzel
English rock musician
70
Abraham Laboriel
Abraham Laboriel
Mexican musician
71
Conflict
Conflict
British anarcho-punk band
72
Terumasa Hino
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
73
The Power Station
The Power Station
American-British rock supergroup
74
Billy Sheehan
Billy Sheehan
American musician
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Solmania (ソルマニア, Sorumania) is a Japanese noise music project, founded in 1984 by Masahiko Ohno (大野雅彦). He was later joined by Katsumi Sugahara (菅原克己) (ex Outo), who first appears on Trembling Tongues (1995). Ohno is known for making his own experimental electric guitars out of spare parts and using them in his live performances and recordings; the guitars usually take an extremely bizarre form, utilizing unconventional body shapes, extra necks, strings and pickups in unusual places, and various extraneous gadgets such as microphones. Most of their instruments are multi-neck guitars and harp guitars.

Masahiko Ohno also works as a graphic designer, and has worked on almost all the releases on Alchemy Records and Hören.