Tomita influenced a lot of
artists with his classical emulations, including Sakamoto and even Michael
Jackson, who with Tomita experimented with synthesizers, Jackson even
considered working with Tomita on an album that never materialised. It can be
said that Tomita turned a lot of people onto classical music and maybe classical
lovers onto electronic music.
“The second wave of influence was on a vast array of
U.S. musicians, ranging from funk and soul artists like Stevie Wonder,
who credited Tomita for turning him on to several classical composers,
to hip hop producers like J Dilla, Black Milk
and Flying Lotus who discovered Tomita’s music through
exhaustively “digging “. They all utilised Tomita’s music in their
productions, recognising a compatibility between their progressive beats and
Tomita’s melodic works. As a result, Tomita can be heard behind rappers as
diverse Slum Village, Guilty Simpson, Busta
Rhymes and Earl Sweatshirt.”[1]
"But the final, and perhaps
most pure of Tomita’s influences is on the individuals of the self-contained
noise scene in Tampa, Florida.[….], tells the tale of how a group of school
kids discovered Tomita’s music on a unmarked tape they found discarded near their
school yard, and how they spent years attempting to emulate the music and
identify its creator. It’s interesting to see how they interpreted Tomita’s
music, knowing nothing of its origins and having no way to contextualise it, as
well as how it led to them to creating a music which is brazen and
esoteric, rather than melodic and accessible. This is a true indication of how
widespread Tomita’s influence really is, and how significant his music has been
on music that has followed."[2]
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