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Subject: RE: [motm] OT - - Isao Tomita Albums Never Released in the US

From: "Tkacs, Ken" <ken.tkacs@...>
Date: 2001-01-19

Someonelast year posted a link to a recent review with Tomita, who as I remember was abit surprised that anyone still cared about modulars when asked if “SoundCreature” would ever be re-released. But once reminded of the modular, heseemed to wax poetic about how that modular was the only instrument thatoffered him the ability to ‘find his sound.’ I’m kind of paraphrasing frommemory on that one.

 

The lastthing I believe he released in the US was “Canon of the Three Stars” (that wasthe US name…different Japan title). Then he did “Bach fantasy” which never madeit here, plus the others I mentioned. It’s like pulling teeth getting any ofhis stuff these days, except for the 3,227th re-release of “Snowflakes.”

 

But onCanon, he was still using the Moog a tiny bit I think, but mostly moving overto the digital synth. I miss the old sounds. I wish he would do an “old style”album, another “Planets.”

 

There areseveral web sites that list his module compliment at any point in time.

 

 

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Ah!At last a thread about the Mighty Master of the Moog!..BTW..sadly I believe heno longer uses his Modular Moog and has sold it long ago?  BTW can anyoneanswer with authority what was the last cd he used it on?...and what its modulecompliments were?..serious matters all!

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Thanks! (I half expected it to be "Storm from the East," meaningthere were
less albums than I thought! :) )

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Sent:      Friday, 19 January, 2001 1:24 PM
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Tkacs, Ken wrote:

> Does anyone know anything about the Tomita albums "Storm from the
> East" or "Shin Nihon Kikou" ?

  All I know is shin Nihon kikou translates as "Listen to NewJapan."

Crow

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