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Mr. Tomita was the first person to bring a Moog III into Japan at a time when synths were still incredibly expensive and rare. In 1974 he was the first Japanese artist to be nominated for a Grammy. Using multitracking and old fashioned editing, no devices to synchronize devices, one voice at a time, he became famous for recording of Holst's Planets, Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition and Firebird among many distinguished recordings.
The first time I heard Tomita was at our record store in the mall in the early eighties, from a CD demonstration album played on the in-store audio system. Years later I would acquire the LP and would find myself echoing some of Des-Lab's thoughts about CDs, YES, the LP did sound better than I remembered the CD sounding.
Isao Tomita, pioneer and master of synthesizer music, died of heart failure in a Tokyo hospital on May 5th.
The first time I heard Tomita was at our record store in the mall in the early eighties, from a CD demonstration album played on the in-store audio system. Years later I would acquire the LP and would find myself echoing some of Des-Lab's thoughts about CDs, YES, the LP did sound better than I remembered the CD sounding.
Isao Tomita, pioneer and master of synthesizer music, died of heart failure in a Tokyo hospital on May 5th.
