I might mention the work of a Japanese friend of mine I met while
living in Japan in 1988. Fumitaka Anzai is a film and TV composer who
got into the business working for Roland soldering circuit boards, and
won the Roland tape contest in the late 70s. He went on to create a
musical scores and has a number of albums available. A couple of URLs:
http://www.anz123.com/http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=btpro Anz ('anzu' is Japanese for 'apricot' thus his musical pen name of the
80s 'apricot systematic') has an impressive studio, but perhaps most
impressive is his ability to perform live. He enjoys Carlos-style
classical exercises using synthesizers, and has recorded a number of
demo reels (see youtube URL).
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