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Isao Tomita Dies at 84

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Posted on May 13, 2016 at 08:44:25
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A pioneer in electronic music-
he will be missed
RIP
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RE: Isao Tomita Dies at 84, posted on May 13, 2016 at 10:34:37
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Sad news, posted on May 13, 2016 at 11:11:47
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I was always for of his "Planets" and his "snowflakes are dancing".
Jack

 

in the times obit..., posted on May 13, 2016 at 11:26:56
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it states that tomita's version of pictures at an exhibition would disappoint the serious classical music lover. i must heartily disagree, it is arguably the definitive version for many of us.

an example is Alice Artz, a classical guitar player trained by Segovia. she reviewed pictures in tas performed by Kazuhito Yamashita, criticizing him for attempting pix on guitar as not complex enough an instrument. she went on to laud him for the job he had done, however.

she then stated, what amounted to a shocking statement, that her favorite performance was that of Isao Tomita. yes, it shocked me but validated my feelings in the same direction. that is quite a compliment coming from a known classical guitarist.
...regards...tr

 

the obit is even worse than that, posted on May 13, 2016 at 12:37:45
The obit contains a quote from a music critic in 1975 who says Tomita's version of Pictures "will disappoint the more musically minded, though it will just as certainly titillate the quad nuts". Many critics at the time, including this one, dismissed the Moog synthesizer of Walter Carlos and Tomita as a high-tech New Age hippie gimmick.
A very short-sighted (hard of hearing?) opinion, imo. Synthesized electronic music is an important element in a very wide range of genres today, right up to Pulitzer Prize, Grammy and Oscar winning classical "neoromantic" (i.e., mostly tonal) composer John Corigliano. Carlos and Tomita were creative pioneers. That's obvious even to someone, like me, who prefers the acoustic version of Pictures and Bach that is switched-off.

 

Are those Koss Pro 4AA's?, posted on May 13, 2016 at 13:19:39
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Man, they were hot on the treble end, and sounded great to me at the time.

 

RE: Are those Koss Pro 4AA's?, posted on May 13, 2016 at 15:12:56
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And they were heavy and sweaty, too.


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RE: Isao Tomita Dies at 84, posted on May 13, 2016 at 19:32:42
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R.I.P.

 

RE: Are those Koss Pro 4AA's?, posted on May 14, 2016 at 10:32:32
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Audio "hot in the treble" was very popular in the 1970s...... (The popularity of electrostatic, "plasma", "air motion transformer", "ribbon", "leaf", "EMIT", and other exotic tweeters in loudspeakers at that time.) I was kind of into that sound personally..... Until I started attending live concerts.

The "hot in the treble" sound fell out of favor once mainstream audio became digitized.

 

RE: Are those Koss Pro 4AA's?, posted on May 14, 2016 at 10:54:34
Travis
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The "hot in the treble" sound fell out of favor once mainstream audio became digitized.

Then we got that smooth digital top end.

Right?




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RE: Isao Tomita Dies at 84, posted on May 16, 2016 at 09:09:52
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My first exposure to Tomita was his album Snowflakes Are Dancing, mentioned in the article. A true pioneer in electronic music. RIP.

 

RE: in the times obit..., posted on May 23, 2016 at 07:33:39
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Well, I always liked the Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks from Tomita's Pictures.
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