MOTM

Yeah, as soon as Tomita started forsaking his Moog in favor of the Con Brio
and other digital stuff, it seemed like the life went out of his music. I
haven't even heard his last bunch of albums... now I understand there's a
Japan-only release of him doing Bach? I can't imagine what that's like. His
sensibility was more the "watercolor/impressionism" which worked well with
his free tone colors, contrasted with Carlos being more precise and doing
Bach. Now Tomita's doing Bach? I shudder to think.

But I could listen to "The Planets" forever.

Ken.Tkacs@... writes:

>>Yeah, as soon as Tomita started forsaking his Moog in favor of the Con Brio
 and other digital stuff, it seemed like the life went out of his music. I
 haven't even heard his last bunch of albums... now I understand there's a
 Japan-only release of him doing Bach? I can't imagine what that's like. His
 sensibility was more the "watercolor/impressionism" which worked well with
 his free tone colors, contrasted with Carlos being more precise and doing
 Bach. Now Tomita's doing Bach? I shudder to think.<<

His latest Bach album is the only one I don't have.  From what I heard, he 
sampled his Moog for use in that, so it may not contain much digital.  Tomita 
did do Bach in "Sea Named Solaris" on this Kosmos album.  That worked well 
because it was in his usual spacey style.  He also did Bach in a more 
conventional way on "Dawn Chorus".  I believe both those tracks have also 
been included on his latest Bach release.

-Elhardt

That's true; "Sea named Solaris" was good. It was Bach, but more like Bach
poking through Tomita-esque washes of white noise.

If someone has the new Bach album I'd love to hear if it's worth the $60 it
costs to get a copy shipped over here from Japan.

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From: Elhardt@...

Tomita 
did do Bach in "Sea Named Solaris" on this Kosmos album.  That worked
well 
because it was in his usual spacey style.  He also did Bach in a more 
conventional way on "Dawn Chorus".  I believe both those tracks have
also 
been included on his latest Bach release.