Atau Tanaka conducts research in embodied musical interaction at the intersection of human computer interaction and gestural computer music performance. His first inspirations came upon meeting John Cage during his Norton Lectures. In the 1990s he formed Sensorband with Zbigniew Karkowski and Edwin van der Heide and in the Japanoise scene played alongside Merzbow, Otomo, KK Null. He is a member of the EAVI (Embodied AudioVisual Interaction) research group, which carries out research across topics including brain computer interfaces, physiological bio-interfaces, machine learning, and auditory culture.