He is a well known musical presence in Japan recognised for his cross-over pop hits, film soundtrack work and a host of high profile live commissions, installations and collaborations with the likes of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Björk, Van Dyke Parks and David Cunningham. Yasuaki's music reached a wider audience in the West following the reissue of his band Mariah’s classic 1983 record Utakata No Hibi on Palto Flats, a masterful hybrid of Japanese folk and pop idioms filtered via a honed electronic/disco production aesthetic that makes it sound fresher than ever today.