Nao Sugimoto biography
mondii is the alias of Nao Sugimoto a resident in Tokyo, Japan working as a free lance record label A&R, designer, translator. Nao had grown up in Chicago, USA, learning piano from early on. He studied ethnic music at university and played guitar in several bands. In parallel he followed his interest in making solo music on computers. After working as a sound designer for TV commercials, he has started to run the Plop label. Nao has released from various international labels such as Hefty records, Lo recordings, Fuzzybox alongside many Japanese labels. He also plays in a band oriented project called RdL dealing with more live instruments and structured formats. Enna is his another side project that focuses on physical beat oriented tracks.The concept of his music varies in each tracks according to his state of mind and project.
Nao Sugimoto discography
| mondii | solo | |||||
| t:p | Hefty Records | US | 1999 | album |  |
| Gu 9 "Constant Friction 2" | Lo Recordings | UK | 2000 | va | |
| fpf "Out" | Flyrec | JP | 2001 | va | |
| fpf "Fuzzyboombox vol.1" | Fuzzybox | US | 2001 | va | |
| Gu 9 ".rock" | Shinkhai | JP | 2001 | va | |
| Triplex "Leap" | Quiet Records | JP | 2002 | va | |
| Spher. "Micro Blue" | Plop | JP | 2002 | va | |
| Fields "60 sound artist protest the war" | ATAK | JP | 2003 | va | |
| Skimming "A certain aquarium" | 360 Records | JP | 2004 | va | |
| Loif "Condominium" | Mousikelab | IT | 2004 | va | |
| See/Saw "version guitar" | Commune-Disc | JP | 2005 | va | |
| Between "Small Melodies" | Spekk | JP | 2005 | va | |
| Flood "water music" | Commune-Disc | JP | 2006 | va | |
| Nature Out (w/naph)"Extract" | Non Visual Objects | AUT | 2007 | va | |
| mondii rmx "Pia Fraus remix" | Kohvirecords | EST | 2005 | remix | |
| mondii rmx "Moli Herzog remixes" | Ambivalence | BEL | 2007 | remix | |
| Water Lily "Resort-View" w/Iwamoto Hiroshi | Novel-Sounds | JP | 2005 | collab. | |
| mondii rmx "Sangatsu remixes vol.3" | Weather | JP | 2001 | remix | |
| Kilmer "Afterhours Magazine" | Afterhours | JP | 2000 | extra cd | |
| First Noel "X'mas, omnibus" | Flyrec / Ontonson | JP | 2002 | extra cd | |
| Rememberence | Tu M'p3 | IT | 2003 | mp3 | |
| Fleu | Tu M'p3 | IT | 2004 | mp3 | |
| Water Lily (w/Iwamoto Hiroshi) | Fabulat | NOR | 2005 | mp3 | |
| RdL | band | |||||
| Riddle "Weather V.A" | Weather | JP | 2001 | va | |
| MN2 "Childish Music" | Staubgold | GER | 2005 | va | |
| Finale "Small Melodies" | Spekk | JP | 2005 | va | |
| RdL rmx "Springs, re:makes and mixes of RF" | Odd Shaped Case | US | 2006 | remix | |
| Home "Afterhours Magazine" | Afterhours | JP | 2000 | extra cd | |
| enna | beats | |||||
| Sometimes "Leap" | Quiet Records | JP | 2002 | va | |
