Profile No. JA-236

Takashi Masuzaki

Guitar, Bass guitar — Japanese — B: December 8, 1962, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Last updated October 21, 2026

Takashi Masuzaki on the cover of his album In and Out (Zain Records, 2011). Standard copyright, all rights reserved, held by Being Inc. (Zain Records). This is not a Creative Commons or public-domain image; it is an album cover shown as an honestly disclosed editorial identification image. — https://music.apple.com/jp/album/in-and-out/466999208 (Apple Music, artwork at 800 x 800 px)

Takashi Masuzaki (増崎孝司, Masuzaki Takashi in Japanese order) is a guitarist, composer and arranger born on 8 December 1962 in Nagasaki Prefecture, and the founder and leader of the instrumental fusion band Dimension. He is also one of the busier rock and pop session guitarists in Japan, and the two careers should be stated side by side. Discogs lists about 240 entries under his name: 37 of them are Dimension records, another 37 are records by the hard-rock singer Mari Hamada, and most of the rest are J-pop, anime and game sessions. The jazz identity in this profile rests on Dimension, on his own albums, and on his guitar duos.

According to Japanese Wikipedia he worked as a roadie for a band led by Hideo Saito before turning professional in the mid-1980s, and the band's official profile has him supporting live shows and recording sessions for many artists from then on. In 1987 he debuted in the rock band Bluew with Keiji Katayama; Discogs describes Bluew as a band formed in 1986 that made four albums before splitting up in 1989. The same year he replaced Takahiro Matsumoto as touring guitarist for Mari Hamada, and Japanese Wikipedia says he has toured with her ever since and co-written four of her songs ("Antique", "Nostalgia", "Paradox" and "The Year 2000"), co-arranging three of them. In 1989 he joined the group Nagisa no All Stars, and around 1990 he joined B.B. Queens, a studio pop group that English Wikipedia says won the 32nd Japan Record Award and appeared on NHK's Kohaku Uta Gassen. B.B. Queens broke up in 1992 and reunited in 2011.

His first records under his own name came from the same Being-group label that later launched Dimension. Speaks (Rhizome, 21 August 1990) is an eleven-track album led by his guitar, with a few vocal features, and Escape (Rhizome, 21 October 1991) is a band album with the bassist Tomohito Aoki, the drummers Nobuo Eguchi and Yuichi Togashiki, the keyboardist Akira Onozuka, the percussionist Nobu Saito, a trumpet and trombone, and a vocal feature for Seiichiroh Kuribayashi. Kazuki Katsuta plays saxophone on five tracks of Speaks and on Escape, and with Onozuka he is the core of what came next.

Dimension began in 1992 as Masuzaki, Onozuka and Katsuta. The debut mini-album Le Mans (Rhizome, 24 June 1992), tied to the Le Mans 24-hour motor race, was followed by the single Round Trip and the first full album, First Dimension (21 January 1993), on which Kozo Suganuma plays drums on two tracks. The band kept to a near-annual schedule with numbered titles, through Sixth Dimension "Live" (1996, recorded over two days at Roppongi Pit Inn) and the double live album 13th Dimension Live Millennium (2000), on which Akira Jimbo is the drummer. Zain Records took over from Rhizome with 16th Dimension in 2003. 20th Dimension "-Newish-" (2007) added the bassist Chris Minh Doky and the drummer Lionel Cordew as guests. From 23 (2010) the rhythm section rotated among bassists such as Mitsuru Sutoh, Teppei Kawasaki and Ryosuke Nikamoto and drummers such as Hiroyuki Noritake, Satoshi Bandoh and Senri Kawaguchi.

The band's own site says it has played clubs and festivals in Japan and abroad, naming the Seoul Jazz Festival, Tokyo Jazz and CROSS OVER JAPAN, and gave its first one-man show in Korea in February 2008. Discogs release notes record prizes from the Japanese magazine ADLIB for Sixth Dimension "Live" (best Japanese fusion, 1996), Ninth Dimension "I Is 9th" (1997) and 21st Dimension (jazz and fusion, 2008), and Billboard Japan reported in February 2023 that 33 (2022) won the fusion division of the Album of the Year in the JAZZ JAPAN AWARD 2022.

Onozuka left in February 2020 and Dimension became a duo of Masuzaki and Katsuta with changing rhythm players. 31 (6 May 2020) was the first album of that period, with Jun Abe and Kohsuke Oshima on keyboards. In a BARKS interview published on 9 June 2020, Masuzaki said the two-man format had not been a planned reinvention, that he had approached the record more like a pop song (a rhythm loop, simple chords, a melody, then the arrangement) and that the keyboards were meant to support the saxophone and guitar rather than compete with them. 32 (2021), 33 (2022) and 34 (2024) followed, and 35, the thirty-fifth numbered album, was released on 24 June 2026. A release live for 35 is scheduled for 25 October 2026 at Blues Alley Japan in Tokyo.

Away from the band he has made a handful of records under his own name. Moon / Tsuki (Gardenian, January 2004) is a guitar duo with Koichi Yabori, with "How Low the Moon" and the Carpenters' "(They Long to Be) Close to You" among its eleven tracks, and a second duo album, Ki, appeared in April 2026. Theatre of Strings (House of Strings, 2005) is a film-theme album produced by Tak Matsumoto of B'z, shared among four guitarists, with Masuzaki on "Moon River", "Mission Impossible Theme" and "Scarborough Fair / Canticle". In and Out (Zain Records, 5 October 2011) marked twenty years since his solo debut, with Kawasaki on bass, Eguchi and Bandoh on drums, Onozuka and Jun Abe on keyboards and Masato Honda on saxophone. With the arranger Motoki Funayama he makes records as Moto & Masu (Lawn Boys Go to Manhattan, 2014, and Te Quiero, 2015). In 2018 Yamaha Music Media published his book Colorful Tones on the art of tone and playing, and since 2012 he has been a regular at the Being group's annual guitar summit concerts.

The session work is wide. Discogs credits him on electric and acoustic guitar on the Mario Kart 8 soundtrack (2015), with Katsuta, Noritake and Bandoh among the band, and on guitar on the Super Mario Odyssey soundtrack (2018). In the fusion circle he plays on three tracks of Isamu Ohashi's live album No Edit (1998), on two tracks of Katsuta's first solo album (2014), and as a guest on six tracks of Zaon (2022), the album by the group ZAON with Jun Abe, Ami Nakazono and Senri Kawaguchi. The pop credits include BoA, KinKi Kids, Koda Kumi, Namie Amuro, Nana Mizuki, Maki Ohguro and Sexy Zone.

Masuzaki plays instrumental fusion in which the guitar and the alto saxophone share the melody and a keyboard-and-rhythm section sits underneath. Discogs files every Dimension album under Jazz with the style Fusion, adding Smooth Jazz or Jazz-Rock on a few, and tags Speaks as Jazz-Rock and Fusion and In and Out as Fusion. He described the 2020 album 31 as fusion made with a new sense of joy, and said he consciously held back from virtuoso soloing in favour of songlike structures. The band's official profile says his guitar work is not limited to any one genre, and it credits his sound with influencing many guitarists. Japanese Wikipedia lists his guitars by era (Air Craft in the 1990s, Suhr in the 2000s, Sadowsky in the early 2010s, Three Dots Guitars since 2019), and a 2020 Mixwave interview has him using a Magnatone amplifier and describing a preference for touch-sensitive drive tones.

The picture has a second side that should be stated plainly. English Wikipedia files him under J-pop and pop rock, Japanese Wikipedia lists his genre as fusion but places him in its hard-rock category, and Discogs files the Mari Hamada records under Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, Theatre of Strings under Rock and Bluew under rock. Most of his output is rock and pop session work. He is treated here as a fusion guitarist because Dimension is the project he founded, leads and has recorded 35 albums with, and because the Japanese jazz press has recognised it, but a listener coming from the Hamada records or the B.B. Queens hits will be hearing a different musician.

Key Recordings

Speaks (1990, Rhizome BVCR-13) - His solo debut: eleven guitar-led tracks, including "Julia", "Sleepwalk" and "Cruise on Sunset". Buy
Le Mans (1992, Rhizome BMCR-9012, Dimension) - The debut mini-album of Masuzaki, Onozuka and Katsuta. Apple Music - Le Mans Listen · Buy
First Dimension (1993, Rhizome BMCR-6001, Dimension) - The first full album, with Kozo Suganuma on two tracks. Apple Music - First Dimension Listen · Buy
Sixth Dimension "Live" (1996, Rhizome BMCR-7004, Dimension) - The first live album, recorded at Roppongi Pit Inn and credited by Discogs with an ADLIB fusion prize. Buy
Moon / Tsuki (2004, Gardenian TAKE-003, with Koichi Yabori) - A guitar duo, taking in jazz and pop standards. Apple Music - Tsuki Listen
In and Out (2011, Zain Records ZACL-9050) - His third solo album, with Honda on saxophone and Abe and Onozuka on keyboards. Apple Music - In and Out Listen · Buy
31 (2020, Zain Records ZACL-9117, Dimension) - The first Dimension album as a duo. Spotify - 31 Listen · Buy
33 (2022, Zain Records ZACL-9132, Dimension) - The record reported as the JAZZ JAPAN AWARD 2022 fusion album of the year. Spotify - 33 Listen · Buy
35 (2026, Zain Records ZACL-9149, Dimension) - The thirty-fifth numbered album, released on 24 June 2026. Buy

Full Discography

Takashi Masuzaki (増崎孝司) - Full Discography

Japanese guitarist, composer and arranger, leader of the fusion band Dimension. Born 8 December 1962, Nagasaki Prefecture. Discogs artist 412145.

Name variations on record: Masuzaki Takashi, 増崎孝司, 増崎孝司, 增崎孝司, Takashi Masuzaki (Blue), Koji Masuzaki (a misreading of the name).

Group affiliations: Dimension (1992 onward, leader), Bluew (1986 to 1989), B.B. Queens (1990 to 1992, reunited 2011), Nagisa no All Stars, Moto & Masu (with Motoki Funayama), Mario Kart Band, H.M. Project, ラスボス009.

Discogs lists about 240 entries for him. Roughly 37 are Dimension records, another 37 are Mari Hamada records on which he plays, and the rest are mostly J-pop, anime and game sessions. The sections below put his own records and Dimension first, with the other credits listed chronologically at the end.

Leader and co-leader (albums under his own name)

Album	Year	Label	Personnel	Notes	Listen	Buy
Speaks	1990	Rhizome BVCR-13	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, bass, track 5); Tomohito Aoki (bass, tracks 1-2, 4, 6, 8-11); Masafumi Nakao (keyboards, tracks 1, 7, 9); Nobuo Eguchi (drums, tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, tracks 2, 4-6, 8, 11); Nobu Saito (percussion, tracks 2-3, 7-11); Kaoru Ohori (bass, tracks 3, 7); Seiichiroh Kuribayashi (vocals, tracks 3, 9); Yuichi Togashiki (drums, tracks 3, 5, 7, 9); Nobuo Yagi (harmonica, track 3); Haruo Togashi (keyboards, tracks 3, 7, 9); Yuiko Tsubokura (vocals, track 4); Kazuhiro Hara (programming, track 4); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone, tracks 4, 6, 8-9, 11); Hironori Sawano (trumpet, tracks 4, 8); Takanobu Masuda (keyboards, track 10)	Guitar-led album, 21 August 1990, his solo debut. Eleven tracks including "Julia", "Sleepwalk" and "Cruise on Sunset". Discogs tags it Jazz-Rock and Fusion.	not found	Amazon
Escape	1991	Rhizome BVCR-61	Tomohito Aoki (bass); Nobuo Eguchi (drums); Yuichi Togashiki (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, programming); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Nobu Saito (percussion); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Hiroyuki Nomura (trombone); Akihiko Toyama (trumpet); Seiichiroh Kuribayashi (vocals)	21 October 1991, issued in Japan only. Ten tracks, with horns and a vocal feature for Seiichiroh Kuribayashi. Discogs tags it Fusion.	not found	Amazon
Moon / Tsuki (月)	2004	Gardenian TAKE-003	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Koichi Yabori (guitar)	Guitar duo album with Koichi Yabori, released 7 January 2004 on Gardenian. Eleven tracks including "How Low the Moon" and "(They Long to Be) Close to You". Discogs tags it Fusion.	Apple Music	Amazon
Theatre of Strings	2005	House Of Strings BMCS-8002	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, tracks 4, 8, 10, 13); Tak Matsumoto (guitar, tracks 1, 5, 6, 13; producer); Michiya Haruhata (guitar, tracks 2, 7, 11, 13); Yoshinobu Ohga (guitar, tracks 3, 9, 12, 13)	Film-theme guitar album with Tak Matsumoto (producer), Michiya Haruhata and Yoshinobu Ohga; Masuzaki plays on tracks 4, 8, 10 and 13 ("Moon River", "Mission Impossible Theme", "Scarborough Fair / Canticle" and the closing four-guitar track). Discogs files it under Rock.	not found	Amazon
In and Out	2011	Zain Records ZACL-9050	Teppei Kawasaki (bass); Nobuo Eguchi (drums); Satoshi Bandoh (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Jun Abe (keyboards); Masato Honda (saxophone)	Released 5 October 2011, marking twenty years since his solo debut. Ten tracks. Discogs tags it Jazz, Fusion.	Apple Music	Amazon
季 (Ki)	2026	Gardenian	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Koichi Yabori (guitar)	Second duo album with Yabori, released 22 April 2026, a companion to Tsuki.	Apple Music	Amazon

Co-leader project: Moto & Masu

A guitar duo with the arranger and keyboardist Motoki Funayama, on the 78 Label.

Album	Year	Label	Personnel	Notes	Listen	Buy
Lawn Boys Go to Manhattan	2014	78 Label DQC-1255	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Motoki Funayama	Released 7 May 2014.	not found	Amazon
Te Quiero	2015	78 Label DQC-1495	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Motoki Funayama	Released 21 January 2015. Seven tracks including "Clair de Lune" and "A String of Pearls". Discogs tags it Jazz, Smooth Jazz.	not found	Amazon

Dimension (leader, guitar)

Dimension is the instrumental fusion band he founded in 1992 with the keyboardist Akira Onozuka and the saxophonist Kazuki Katsuta. Rhizome (part of the Being group) issued the records to 2001 and Zain Records from 2003. Onozuka left in February 2020 and the band has since been Masuzaki and Katsuta with rotating rhythm players. Albums from the mid-1990s on are numbered, and Discogs files every one under Jazz with the style Fusion (Smooth Jazz or Jazz-Rock added on a few). Personnel below is as credited on Discogs.

Album	Year	Label	Personnel	Notes	Listen	Buy
Le Mans	1992	Rhizome BMCR-9012	Tomohito Aoki (bass); Seiichiroh Kuribayashi (vocals); Yuichi Togashiki (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	Debut mini-album, 24 June 1992, six tracks, tied to the Le Mans 24-hour motor race. Guests on bass, drums and choir.	Apple Music	Amazon
Round Trip	1992	Rhizome BVDR-124	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	Mini-CD single, 21 August 1992.	not found	Amazon
First Dimension	1993	Rhizome BMCR-6001	Tomohito Aoki (bass, tracks 1-4, 6-11); Kozo Suganuma (drums, tracks 3, 9); Nobuo Eguchi (drums, tracks 4, 7-8); Yuichi Togashiki (drums, tracks 1-2, 5-6, 10-11); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, bass, track 5); Nobu Saito (percussion, tracks 2, 4-8, 10-11); Daikoh Nagato (producer); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Masafumi Nakao (keyboards, tracks 6, 10); Seiichiroh Kuribayashi (vocals, tracks 4, 6)	First full album, 21 January 1993. Guests: Kozo Suganuma and others on drums, Nobu Saito on percussion.	Apple Music	Amazon
Second Dimension	1994	Rhizome BMCR-6009	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, drums, tracks 1, 8, bass, tracks 1, 8); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Kozo Suganuma (drums, tracks 1, 6); Tomohito Aoki (bass, tracks 1-3, 5-7, 10); Masaharu Ishikawa (drums, tracks 2, 5); Nobuo Eguchi (drums, tracks 3, 7, 10); Hideaki Nakaji (trombone, track 3); Futoshi Kobayashi (trumpet, track 3); Shiro Sasaki (trumpet, track 3); Yuichi Togashiki (drums, track 4); Naoki Watanabe (bass, track 4)	3 August 1994. Includes "Beat #5".	Apple Music	Amazon
Third Dimension	1994	Rhizome BMCR-6015	Yuko Hamaya (vocals); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, bass); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	16 December 1994.	not found	Amazon
Fourth Dimension	1995	Rhizome BMCR-6017	Tomohito Aoki (bass); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		not found	Amazon
Fifth Dimension	1995	Rhizome BMCR-7003	Tomohito Aoki (bass); Masaharu Ishikawa (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		not found	Amazon
Sixth Dimension "Live"	1996	Rhizome BMCR-7004	Tomohito Aoki (bass); Masaharu Ishikawa (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	First live album, recorded over two days at Roppongi Pit Inn; Discogs release notes credit it with ADLIB magazine's 1996 best Japanese fusion prize.	not found	Amazon
Seventh Dimension	1996	Rhizome BMCR-7005	Tomohito Aoki (bass); Masaharu Ishikawa (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		Apple Music	Amazon
Eighth Dimension	1996	Rooms Records BMCR-7006	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Tomohito Aoki (bass); Masaharu Ishikawa (drums)		not found	Amazon
Ninth Dimension "I Is 9th"	1997	Rhizome BMCR-7015	Kosuke Oshima (arranger, tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, keyboards, tracks 1, 3, 5, 7); Akihito Tokunaga (bass, track 10); Tomohito Aoki (bass, tracks 2, 4, 6); Kaichi Kurose (drums, track 10); Masaharu Ishikawa (drums, tracks 2, 4, 6); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	Discogs release notes credit it with ADLIB magazine's 1997 best Japanese fusion award.	not found	Amazon
10th Dimension	1998	Rhizome BMCR-7023	Kosuke Oshima (arranger, tracks 2, 4, 7, keyboards, tracks 2, 4, 7); Masaharu Ishikawa (drums, track 6); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		not found	Amazon
11th Dimension "Key"	1998	Rhizome BMCR-7030	Akihito Tokunaga (bass, tracks 1, 9); Kaichi Kurose (drums, tracks 1, 9); Nobuo Eguchi (drums, tracks 3, 6, 8); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		not found	Amazon
12th Dimension If	1999	Rhizome BMCR-7036	Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, drums, track 6); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming, tracks 1-2, 4-7, 9, bass, tracks 4, 8, 11); Tomohito Aoki (bass, tracks 2, 10); Masaharu Ishikawa (drums, tracks 2-3, 10); Naoki Watanabe (bass, track 3); Akira Jimbo (drums, tracks 8, 11)	Guests named in the release notes: Tomohito Aoki and Naoki Watanabe (bass), Masaharu Ishikawa and Akira Jimbo (drums).	not found	Amazon
13th Dimension Live Millennium "Live Dimensional -Eighth-"	2000	Rhizome BMCR-7039~7040	Akihito Tokunaga (bass); Akira Jimbo (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	Second live album, double CD, recorded in December 1999 at Chicken George, Kobe, and Ebisu Garden Hall, Tokyo.	not found	Amazon
14th Dimension "Hearts"	2000	Rhizome BMCR-7045	Kosuke Oshima (arranger, track 2, keyboards, track 2, bass, track 2, vocals, track 8); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, bass, track 9); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming, bass, tracks 1, 3-6, 10-11); Hideo Yamaki (drums, tracks 3, 7-10); Minoru Toyoda (programming, track 6); Hideki Matsubara (bass, tracks 7-8, 10); Miyuki Iwata (vocals, track 8)		not found	Amazon
15th Dimension "Into a new world"	2001	Rhizome BMCR-8001	Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone, flute, track 4); Hideki Matsubara (bass); Takeshi Taneda (bass); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, bass, tracks 1-2, keyboards, tracks 3, 5, drums, track 3, programming, track 8); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming, tracks 1-7, 9, bass, track 3); Stealth (programming, tracks 5-6)		not found	Amazon
16th Dimension "Melody ~ Waltz for Forest"	2003	Zain Records ZACL-8009	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Tama Music Strings (strings, tracks 3-4); 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (vocals, track 8)	First album on Zain Records.	not found	Amazon
17th Dimension "Loneliness"	2004	Zain Records ZACL-9005	Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, bass); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming, bass); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Dr. Terachi (programming, track 3); Pierrot Le Fou (programming, tracks 3-4, 11); Masaharu Ishikawa (drums, tracks 6-7, 9); Wakaba Kawai (trombone, track 6); Shiro Sasaki (trumpet, track 6)		not found	Amazon
18th Dimension "Impressions"	2005	Zain Records ZACL-9006	Masaharu Ishikawa (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, bass, tracks 1-5); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming, tracks 1-8, 10, bass, track 10); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Minoru Toyoda (programming, tracks 6-7)		not found	Amazon
19th Dimension "My Rule"	2007	Zain Records ZACL-9012	Masaharu Ishikawa (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, bass); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming, bass); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		not found	Amazon
20th Dimension "-Newish-"	2007	Zain Records ZACL-9019	Chris Minh Doky (bass); Lionel Cordew (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, bass); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	Guests Chris Minh Doky (bass) and Lionel Cordew (drums).	not found	Amazon
21st Dimension	2008	Zain Records ZACL-9028	Eiji Tanaka (drums); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums); Masaharu Ishikawa (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar, bass); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, bass, programming); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	Discogs release notes credit it with the 2008 ADLIB jazz/fusion award.	not found	Amazon
22nd Dimension	2009	Zain Records ZACL-9035	Teppei Kawasaki (bass, tracks 2-8, 10); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 2, 4-5, 7); Nobuo Eguchi (drums, track 10); Taro Yoshida (drums, tracks 3, 6, 8); Akira Onozuka (bass, track 9, keyboards, programming); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		not found	Amazon
23	2010	Zain Records ZACL-9046	Teppei Kawasaki (bass, tracks 1-2, 4-10); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 4-5); Paul Wertico (drums, tracks 1, 8); Satoshi Bandoh (drums, tracks 2, 6); Taro Yoshida (drums, tracks 7, 9); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		Spotify	Amazon
24	2011	Zain Records ZACL-9051	Teppei Kawasaki (bass, tracks 1-4, 6-10, drums, track 5); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 1-2, 4, 7-9); Satoshi Bandoh (drums, tracks 3, 5); Taro Yoshida (drums, track 6); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		Spotify	Amazon
25	2012	Zain Records ZACL-9055	Mitsuru Sutoh (bass, tracks 1, 3); Takeshi Taneda (bass, tracks 4, 8); Teppei Kawasaki (bass, tracks 2, 5-7, 9-10); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 1-4, 7); Satoshi Bandoh (drums, tracks 5-6, 8-9); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Satoshi Fukuda (programming, track 10)		Spotify	Amazon
26	2013	Zain Records ZACL-9066	Mitsuru Sutoh (bass, tracks 1, 3, 5, 7); Ryosuke Nikamoto (bass, tracks 2, 10); Teppei Kawasaki (bass, tracks 4, 6, 8-9); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 2-3, 5, 7); Riku Taira (drums, track 1); Satoshi Bandoh (drums, tracks 4, 6, 10); Taro Yoshida (drums, tracks 8-9); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		Spotify	Amazon
27	2014	Zain Records ZACL-9077	Mitsuru Sutoh (bass, tracks 2, 5); Ryosuke Nikamoto (bass, tracks 1, 4, 8); Teppei Kawasaki (bass, tracks 3, 6-7, 9-10); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 1-3, 5, 7); Satoshi Bandoh (drums, tracks 4, 6, 8-10); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		Spotify	Amazon
28	2015	Zain Records ZACL-9088	Mitsuru Sutoh (bass, tracks 1, 4); Ryosuke Nikamoto (bass, tracks 2, 5, 8); Teppei Kawasaki (bass, tracks 3, 6-7, 9-10); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 1-2, 4-5, 8); Satoshi Bandoh (drums, tracks 3, 5-7, 9-10); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		Spotify	Amazon
29	2016	Zain Records ZACL-9094	Ryosuke Nikamoto (bass, tracks 2-3, 7, 9); Takeshi Taneda (bass, track 4); Teppei Kawasaki (bass, tracks 1, 5-6, 8, 10); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 1-3, 5, 7-10); Satoshi Bandoh (drums, tracks 4, 6); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		Spotify	Amazon
30	2017	Zain Records ZACL-9097	Ryosuke Nikamoto (bass, tracks 1-2, 4-5); Teppei Kawasaki (bass, tracks 3, 6-10); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 2-5, 7-9); Satoshi Bandoh (drums, tracks 1, 6, 10); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Akira Onozuka (keyboards, programming); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		Spotify	Amazon
31	2020	Zain Records ZACL-9117	Ryosuke Nikamoto (bass, tracks 1-2, 5-6, 8, 10); Teppei Kawasaki (bass, tracks 4, 7, 9); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Jun Abe (keyboards, tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-10); Kohsuke Oshima (keyboards, tracks 3, 6); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	First album after Akira Onozuka left; the band continued as a duo of Masuzaki and Katsuta.	Spotify	Amazon
32	2021	Zain Records ZACL-9123	Ryosuke Nikamoto (bass, tracks 1-8, 10); Teppei Kawasaki (bass, track 9); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 1-4, 6-8, 10); Senri Kawaguchi (drums, tracks 5, 9); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Jun Abe (keyboards, tracks 1, 3-4, 9-10); Kohsuke Oshima (keyboards, track 5); Jun Tomoda (keyboards, tracks 1-4, 6-8); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone); Kosuke Oshima (keyboards, track 5)		Spotify	Amazon
33	2022	Zain Records ZACL-9132	Mitsuru Sutoh (bass, tracks 1, 6); Ryosuke Nikamoto (bass, tracks 3-5, 7-10); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 3-4); Maoki Yamamoto (drums, tracks 1, 5, 8); Satoshi Bandoh (drums, tracks 2, 7); Senri Kawaguchi (drums, tracks 6, 9-10); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Jun Abe (keyboards, tracks 3, 5, 8-10); Jun Tomoda (keyboards, tracks 1-2, 4, 6-7); Sara Wakui (keyboards, tracks 3, 10); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	Named best fusion album of 2022 in the JAZZ JAPAN AWARD (Billboard Japan report).	Spotify	Amazon
34	2024	Zain Records ZACL-9140	Mitsuru Sutoh (bass, tracks 5, 7); Ryosuke Nikamoto (bass, tracks 4, 6, 8-10); Shingo Tanaka (bass, track 3); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 1-2); Maoki Yamamoto (drums, tracks 4, 6, 9); Satoshi Bandoh (drums, tracks 3, 7); Senri Kawaguchi (drums, tracks 5, 8, 10); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Jun Abe (keyboards, tracks 4, 6, 8-10); Jun Tomoda (keyboards, tracks 1-5, 7-8); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)		Spotify	Amazon
35	2026	Zain Records ZACL-9149	Ryosuke Nikamoto (bass, tracks 2, 5, 7, 9-10); Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, tracks 3, 5-6, 10); Maoki Yamamoto (drums, tracks 2, 7, 9); Senri Kawaguchi (drums, tracks 1, 4, 8); Takashi Masuzaki (guitar); Jun Abe (keyboards, tracks 2, 5, 7, 9-10); Jun Tomoda (keyboards, tracks 1, 3-4, 6, 8); Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone)	35th-anniversary album, released 24 June 2026.	not found	Amazon

Bluew (guitarist, 1986 to 1989)

Discogs describes Bluew as a Japanese rock band formed in 1986 that released four albums before splitting up in 1989. Members: Takashi Masuzaki, Takanobu Masuda, Kaoru Ohori, Keiji Katayama and Michiaki Ishiwata. Releases on which his credit appears:

1987: Bluew
1987: Surfbreak
1987: 南へ走れ (Minami e Hashire)
1988: ドラゴンズヘブン (Dragon's Heaven), a joint billing with Fuminori Iwasaki and Takanobu Masuda

Mari Hamada (touring and recording guitarist since 1987)

Discogs lists him on more than thirty Mari Hamada records, live albums and compilations. Hamada is a hard-rock and heavy-metal singer; none of these is a jazz record, and they make up the largest single block of his session work. Per Japanese Wikipedia he replaced Takahiro Matsumoto as her touring guitarist in 1987 and has toured with her ever since; he co-wrote "Antique", "Nostalgia", "Paradox" and "The Year 2000" with her.

1989: Return To Myself
1993: Introducing...
1994: Inclination (MCA Records)
1996: Persona
2002: Live 2002 Marigold
2003: Inclination II
2003: Live History 1985~1992 (Speedstar)
2004: 20th Anniversary Special Concert (MELDAC)
2005: One Night Magic Concert Vol. 1
2005: One Night Magic Concert Vol. 2
2005: Sincerely II (MidZet House)
2005: To You Mari Hamada In Budokan!
2007: Sur Lie (MELDAC)
2008: Reflection -Axiom Of The Two Wings- (MELDAC, Tokuma Japan Communications)
2009: 25th Anniversary Tour "On The Wing" In Tokyo (MELDAC, Tokuma Japan Communications)
2010: Aestetica (MELDAC, Tokuma Japan Communications)
2011: Live In Tokyo "Aestetica" (MELDAC, Tokuma Japan Communications)
2012: Legenda (MELDAC, Tokuma Japan Communications)
2012: Live Tour 2012 "Legenda" (MELDAC, Tokuma Japan Communications)
2013: Inclination III
2014: Beyond Tomorrow Tour’91-‘92 “Tomorrow”
2014: Blanche
2014: Colors
2014: Complete Single Collection (Victor)
2014: Elan
2014: Philosophia
2014: Tomorrow
2015: 30th Anniversary Mari Hamada Live Tour -Special- (MELDAC, Tokuma Japan Communications)
2016: Mission (MELDAC)
2017: Mari Hamada Live Tour 2016 “Mission” (MELDAC, Tokuma Japan Communications)
2018: Gracia
2019: 35th Anniversary Live "Gracia" At Budokan (Victor, Victor)
2019: Light For The Ages - 35th Anniversary Best ~ Fan's Selection -
2023: Soar
2026: Inclination IV (Victor, Victor)

Fusion and jazz-adjacent credits on other leaders' records

Album	Year	Label	Leader	His credit	Listen	Buy
No Edit	1998	Village Records	Isamu Ohashi	Guitar on tracks 1, 4 and 5 of the live album, with Kazuki Katsuta on saxophone (track 2) and Mitsuru Sutoh on bass (tracks 1, 4, 5).	not found	Amazon
Experience	2000	JVC	Tomohito Aoki	Electric guitar solo on track 4, "Bloody Mary" (bassist's album, JVC VICJ-60646, 26 July 2000).	not found	Amazon
Jazz Portraits	2007	Giza Jazz	Akane Nakajima	Electric guitar on track 8, "A Night in Tunisia" (vocal jazz album on Giza Jazz, 19 September 2007).	not found	Amazon
Rera	2010	Zain Records	Akira Onozuka	Acoustic guitar on tracks 1 and 7, electric guitar on tracks 5 and 8 (the Dimension keyboardist's solo album, Zain Records ZACL-9045, 14 July 2010).	not found	Amazon
Primitive Cool	2011	VEGA Music Entertainment	Primitive Cool	Guest guitar (VEGA Music Entertainment, 15 September 2011).	not found	Amazon
A La Mode	2013	Most Company, VEGA Music Entertainment	Senri Kawaguchi	Electric guitar on tracks 1 and 4 (the drummer's album, Most Company/VEGA MOCA-1844, 8 January 2013).	not found	Amazon
Kazuki Katsuta	2014	Zain Records	Kazuki Katsuta	Guitar on tracks 6 and 8 (the Dimension saxophonist's first solo album, Zain Records ZACL-9071, 5 March 2014).	not found	Amazon
Zaon	2022	Self-released	坐音	Guest guitar on tracks 1 to 4, 9 and 10, with Jun Abe (keyboards, producer), Ami Nakazono (saxophone) and Senri Kawaguchi (drums).	not found	Amazon

Television, game and anime soundtracks

1992: Various, The Other Side Of Midnight / テレビ朝日系木曜ドラマ「真夜中は別の顔」Original Sound Track (Japan Record)
1993: Zuntata Taito Sound Team, The Ninja Warriors Complete Album = ニンジャウォーリアーズコンプリートアルバム (Pony Canyon, Scitron)
1994: SNK 新世界楽曲雑技団, Samurai Spirits Image Album = サムライスピリッツイメージアルバム (Scitron, Pony Canyon)
1996: Various, 「メルティランサー」キャラクター・ソングコレクション = Melty Lancer キャラクター・ソングコレクション (PolyGram)
1999: Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi, Racing Lagoon Original Soundtrack
2002: Naoki Sato = 佐藤直紀, X Original Soundtrack II
2003: Noriko Matsueda & Takahito Eguchi, ファイナルファンタジーX-2 オリジナル・サウンドトラック (Final Fantasy X-2: Original Soundtrack)
2012: Rock-Men, We Are Rock-Men! 2 カプコンサウンドチーム／ロックマンシリーズアレンジCD (Suleputer, Capcom)
2012: ラスボスEX, *アニソンCX = Anison CX * (Integral Music Inc., After-burner)
2013: ラスボス009, Anison Fusion AX (Tokuma Japan Communications)
2015: Mario Kart Band, Mario Kart 8 Original Sound Track = マリオカート8 オリジナルサウンドトラック - electric and acoustic guitar, as listed on Discogs, with Kazuki Katsuta, Hiroyuki Noritake and Satoshi Bandoh among the band
2018: Nintendo, Super Mario Odyssey Original Soundtrack = スーパーマリオオデッセイオリジナルサウンドトラック (Being Group) - guitar, as listed on Discogs, with Hiroyuki Noritake on drums

Pop and other session credits (chronological)

1986: Ayumi Nakamura = 中村あゆみ, Fair Child
1987: Haruhata Michiya, Drivin'
1987: Milk, Milk
1988: 設楽りさ子 = Risako Shitara, Marginal Notes
1989: Seiichiroh Kuribayashi, La Jolla = ラ・ホーヤ (Rhizome)
1989: Players Pole Position, Vol. 1 (Air Records)
1989: Players Pole Position, Vol. 3 - Dance To The Christmas Carol (Air Records)
1990: Miharu Ataka, Kodoku No Runaway (Fun House)
1990: Yuiko Tsubokura, Loving You (Rhizome)
1990: Tomoko Aran = 亜蘭知子, Sunny Side Memories = サニー・サイド・メモリーズ
1991: Hideki Saijo, Mad Dog
1991: More Than Paradise, More Than Paradise (Fun House)
1992: W-Nao, W-Nao (Bi-tam-ing)
1992: Kenichi Fujisaki, 女王陛下は濡れてゆく
1993: Festa Mode, Festa Mode Ⅰ
1993: See-Saw, I Have A Dream (Fun House)
1993: 坪倉唯子, Je T'Aime (Rhizome)
1993: Yui Murase = 村瀬由衣, Sleeping Memories = 眠る記憶
1993: 宇徳敬子 = Keiko Utoku, あなたの夢の中そっと忍び込みたい (Zain Records)
1994: 佐藤美樹, Birth ~~金色の風~~ (Vap)
1994: Namie Amuro With Super Monkey's, Paradise Train = パラダイス・トレイン (Eastworld)
1994: Gwinko, Princess Moon (Media Remoras)
1994: Tomiko Kobayashi, Soul Wonder Land
1994: 又紀仁美, あなたが微笑むとき (Interface)
1995: Riding, Feelin' High (Sony Records)
1995: Mariko, 今度は私の番ね! (Pony Canyon)
1996: Romi, Transparence (Apollon Inc.)
1996: 宇徳敬子, 氷 (Zain Records)
1997: Various, Guitar Monster Vol.1 (Rooms Records)
1997: Nobuteru Maeda, Hard Pressed
1997: MAX, Maximum II
1999: モーニング娘。, Memory 青春の光
1999: タンポポ, Tanpopo 1
2000: Alisa Mizuki, 観月ありさ, Break All Day! (Avex Tune)
2000: KinKi Kids, KinKi Single Selection
2000: Kirari, Kirariddim (Mercury)
2000: Kirari, Toy Soldiers (Mercury)
2001: J-Friends, Always (A Song For Love)
2001: Shela, Colorless
2001: MAX, Emotional History
2001: Tomomi Kahala, Love Again (WEA Japan)
2001: Power Job, Power Job (Shiosai ZiZO)
2001: Hiro, Your Innocence
2002: Koda Kumi, Affection
2002: Laura Liza, Laura Liza (Zain Records)
2002: Hitomi Shimatani, Poinsettia ~~亜麻色ウィンターメモリーズ~~ (Avex Trax)
2002: Aika Ohno, Secret Garden (Giza Studio)
2002: Koda Kumi, Special Sampler (Rhythm Zone)
2002: W-inds., W-inds. ~~The System Of Alive~~
2002: Miho Komatsu, Wonderful World ~~Single Remixes & More~~ (Giza Studio)
2003: Kuinupana, Change The World (Boogaloo)
2003: Shela, Garden
2003: Koda Kumi, Grow Into One
2003: Beeny & Pink Bunny, Kiss! (Sony Records)
2003: Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami, Ponta 30 Years Anniversary "My Pleasure" Featuring Greatest Musicians
2003: Days, Primal (Universal J)
2003: Rina Aiuchi, Rina Aiuchi Remixes (Cool City Production Vol. 5) (Giza Studio, Cool City Production)
2003: Rina Aiuchi, Single Collection (Giza Studio)
2003: BoA, Valenti
2004: Zard, Cool City Production Vol.6 ZARD 〜What Rare Tracks!〜 (Tent House, Cool City Production)
2004: Zard, Cool City Production Vol.6 ZARD 〜What Rare Tracks!〜 Second Edit (Tent House, Cool City Production)
2004: Zard, Cool City Production Vol.6 ZARD 〜What Rare Tracks!〜 ZARD Edit
2004: KinKi Kids, KinKi Single Selection II
2004: BoA, Love & Honesty
2004: W-inds., ~~Bestracks~~ (Flight Master)
2004: Ryoko Kuninaka = 国仲涼子, ふるさと (Flight Master)
2004: BoA, メリクリ
2005: Shela / Sunny-side Up, Dear My Friends / Fly Away (Avex Trax)
2005: Maki Ohguro, Happiness (Virgin)
2005: 星井七瀬 Vs The Nanapremes, 全開ガ〜ル (Petit Virgin Records)
2006: Tomiko Van, Farewell
2006: Aya Ueto, License
2006: BoA, Outgrow
2006: Aiko Kitahara, Sea (Giza Studio)
2006: Various, Words Of Yukinojo (Speedstar)
2006: Hiro, いつか二人で / I Will Take You
2007: Ayumi Hamasaki, Guilty
2007: かとうあすか, Sunday Morning (Zazzy)
2007: Arashi, Time
2007: John-Hoon, 僕たちいつかまた・・・～Eternity～
2007: Metis, 梅は咲いたか　桜はまだかいな (Crown Gold)
2008: Mai Kuraki, One Life
2008: BoA, The Face
2009: 坂本冬美, Love Songs 〜また君に恋してる〜
2009: Ui Miyazaki, UI1 (5pb. Records)
2009: Nana Mizuki, 夢幻 (King Records)
2009: 渡り廊下走り隊, 完璧ぐ～のね (Pony Canyon)
2010: alan, Diamond / Over The Clouds
2010: 倉木麻衣, Future Kiss
2011: Arashi, Beautiful World
2011: alan, Japan Premium Best & More
2011: 島谷ひとみ, 簡単に言えたなら
2012: Sexy Zone, one Sexy Zone
2014: 讃州中学勇者部, Aurora Days (Pony Canyon)
2014: DAIGO, Daigold (Zain Records)
2014: Peter Fernandes, Q.E.D (Self-released)
2015: 嵐, Japonism
2015: Akira Onozuka, Kanto〜大空へ〜
2015: Masayuki Ando, Re:BORN / Missing You (Studio Songs)
2015: Nana Mizuki, エデン
2016: Miho Terachi, Beautiful Magic
2016: Happy Clover, Happening Lucky Rhapsody (DIVE II Entertainment)
2016: Nana Mizuki, Neogene Creation
2016: Walküre = ワルキューレ, Walküre Attack!
2016: はなこ & ヒバリ & ぼたん, あんハピ♪ キャラクターソングシリーズ4 (DIVE II Entertainment)
2016: ヒビキ & レン, あんハピ♪ キャラクターソングシリーズ5 (DIVE II Entertainment)
2016: はなこ & ぼたん & レン, あんハピ♪ キャラクターユニットソングシリーズ1 (DIVE II Entertainment)
2017: Monaca, あんハピ♪ All Music Collection ハピコレ (DIVE II Entertainment)
2017: Walküre = ワルキューレ, ワルキューレがとまらない (Flying Dog)
2018: Yu Shirota, A Singer (Sony Records Int'l)
2018: Yuko Imai, It's My Time To Shine (Bellwood Records)
2018: Sumire Uesaka, Pop Team Epic
2018: ワルキューレ, ワルキューレは裏切らない (Flying Dog)
2019: Milk, For A Week Story (Victor, plusGROUND)
2019: Airi Suzuki, I (Zetima)
2020: 結城アイラ, Leading Role (Lantis)
2021: 仮Band, KARI-BAND - with Friends.-Live at Streaming
2021: KinKi Kids, アン/ペア
2022: Airi Suzuki, 26/27 (Zetima)
2022: フランシュシュ, ゾンビランドサガリベンジフランシュシュ The Best Revenge (Avex Pictures)
2022: 田原俊彦, ロマンティストでいいじゃない
2024: Asako Toki, A Night In New York (Universal Music Group, HMV Record Shop)
2024: ブレイバーン CV: 鈴村健一, イサミ・アオ CV: 鈴木崚汰 & ルイス・スミス CV: 阿座上洋平, オリジナルTVアニメ「勇気爆発バーンブレイバーン = Bang Brave Bang Bravern」ババンと推参！バーンブレイバーン／双炎の肖像 (Cygames, Cygames Records)
2025: Kiyono Yasuno, Algorithm (DIVE II Entertainment)
2025: Miyuki Kosaka, Best Of Cantos (Universal Music Group, HMV Record Shop)
2025: Miho Morikawa, Legendary (La Vie)
2025: Franchouchou = フランシュシュ, The Best Paradise = ゾンビランドサガゆめぎんがパラダイスフランシュシュ (Avex Pictures)
2025: Miho Terachi, Urban Mirage (Elec Records)

Personnel & Collaborations

Kazuki Katsuta - saxophonist and co-founder of Dimension, in every Dimension line-up from Le Mans (1992) to 35 (2026) and on Speaks (1990) and Escape (1991). Masuzaki plays guitar on tracks 6 and 8 of Katsuta's first solo album (2014), and both are on the Mario Kart 8 soundtrack and on Ohashi's No Edit.
Akira Onozuka - keyboardist and co-founder of Dimension until he left in February 2020; also on Escape and In and Out.
Jun Abe - keyboards and programming on Dimension's 31 to 35 (2020 to 2026), on In and Out (2011) and, as producer and pianist, on Zaon (2022), where Masuzaki is a guest.
Satoshi Bandoh - drummer on ten Dimension albums (23 to 30, 33 and 34), on In and Out and on the Mario Kart 8 soundtrack.
Hiroyuki Noritake - drummer on Dimension's albums from 21st Dimension (2008) to 35 (2026), and on the Mario Kart 8 and Super Mario Odyssey soundtracks.
Mitsuru Sutoh - bassist on Dimension's 25 to 28, 33 and 34, and on tracks 1, 4 and 5 of No Edit (1998).
Masato Honda - saxophone on In and Out (2011).
Kozo Suganuma - drums on tracks 3 and 9 of Dimension's First Dimension (1993).
Akira Jimbo - drummer on Dimension's double live album 13th Dimension Live Millennium (2000).
Isamu Ohashi - leader of the live album No Edit (Village Records, 1998), on which Masuzaki plays guitar on tracks 1, 4 and 5.
Ami Nakazono - saxophonist on Zaon (2022), on which Masuzaki is a guest guitarist on six tracks.
Koichi Yabori - guitar partner on Moon / Tsuki (2004) and Ki (2026).
Tak Matsumoto, Michiya Haruhata and Yoshinobu Ohga - the other three guitarists on Theatre of Strings (2005).
Mari Hamada - hard-rock singer for whom he has been a touring and recording guitarist since 1987.
Teppei Kawasaki, Ryosuke Nikamoto, Senri Kawaguchi, Maoki Yamamoto, Jun Tomoda and Kohsuke Oshima - bass, drums and keyboard players on the Dimension albums of the 2010s and 2020s.