Tomita- Firebird

DSCN3704This was $1.00. I had never heard of Tomita before I bought this.  It looked intriguing especially after reading the back cover, which I did before I bought it. Normally, at Sig’s Lagoon, if it is a buck, I just take it and read it later.

tumblr_inline_mwr02yH4dx1qk77s5Isao Tomita (born Tokyo, Japan in 1932) is a pioneer of electronic music.  He also was instrumental in the field of space rock, no pun intended. Starting out as a composer for TV, he would move in to electronic music after being inspired by the works of Wendy Carlos and Robert Moog.  His analog synthesized arrangements  are quite famous accordint to the internet.  As this week has been hectic, any further information, you will have to dig out for yourself.

Tomita’s Web Page

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Tomita’s Wiki Page

This was Tomita’s third album.  It was released in 1975.  Along with Stavindky’s “Firebird Suite”, it also contains Debussy’s “Prelude to An Afternoon of a Faun” and Moussorgsky’s “A Night on Bare Mountain”. The album is pretty interesting if not a bit dated today.  Tomita lists all the equipment used on this album on the back cover.  It is a pretty extensive list.DSCN3705It was hard to pick a sample as I do not like posting anything longer than 5 minutes let alone 10. That excluded Debussy and Mourssorgsky.  I then was left with an excerpt from Stravinsky.  Unfortunately, this does poor service to the entire piece, taking a chunk out for sample.  Well, it had to be done. Here is the Infernal Dance of King Kastchei, from “Firebird Suite”.isao-tomita-sitting

This is an all right album.  I will call it satisfactory.

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