[sdiy] My favourite synth artist

[James Patchell]

I am fairly familiar with his music...I have quite a few of his recordings 
on vinyl.  I would have to say my fav out of the bunch is "Snowflakes are 
Dancing".  His recordings are very amazing especially when you consider 
them in the context of when they were done.

At 02:23 AM 5/29/2005 -0400, Jesse Yoder wrote:
>Isao Tomita.
>
>I am not sure how many people in the analogue synth world are familiar
>with his stuff; I know I have never met anybody who has ever heard of
>him.  He is my all-time favourite synth artist.  He's been making
>music since the early 70's on massive modular analogue synths and
>4-track tape recorders, and has done some absolutely breathtaking
>work.  I have most of his albums on vinyl and love his stuff.  Most of
>his early stuff (the best stuff imho) was composed on massive modular
>analogue synth equipment, much of it completely monophonic.  He
>composed these massive orchestral pieces note by note, recording a bit
>here and there, bouncing down to one track, and adding to it.  Amazing
>stuff.
>
>A brief bit about the equipment he used - from the largest unofficial
>fan site: http://www.isaotomita.net/technology.html
>
>A discography: - he mostly covered classical pieces and did some
>classical composing of his own, including the score for an old anime
>series: http://www.artskool.biz/jem/itc.html
>
>I've been listening to this guy for most of my life and he's been my
>major synth influence (well, I do love a bit of tangerine dream of
>course.)  Love Tomita and greatly admire his work.  Anybody here
>familiar with him?  If not, please check him out - you will be
>pleasantly surprised.
>
>Peace out,
>~~Ponyboy

         -Jim
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