Interveiw

“When I walked into Tomita’s narrow studio in 1992, it was like walking through a time tunnel of electronic music history. We literally clambered over ancient reel-to-reel tape machines, discarded electronic modules, and along one wall, his original Moog synthesizer, the engine of all those early albums. Moving deeper in were the latest digital synthesizers and processors peeking out of the jumble. Just to reach his work-station, Tomita had to step over a piano bench piled with electronic gear. He was especially proud of a picture of him with Michael Jackson taken in this very same studio. But Tomita only dabbled in pop sounds, preferring the vastness of space via composers from a slightly earlier time.” Space to me is something vast and endless,” he said. “When I was a child I looked through a telescope at the stars and the moon. I’m just fascinated by the vastness of the space itself.”[1]
Tomita’s obituary describes his obsession with space scenes when describing his album Holst’s The Planets.

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[1] Isoa Tomita Switches Off, Echos.org