Tomita
talks about the artists he emulated electronically and why he chose Debussy. He
speaks of the difference in art with line drawings to colour and tonality. He
expressed himself with the Moog in a sense of Timbre and feel space and time,
warmth.
“I chose Debussy because Walter Carlos worked with
Baroque music. It was from a sense of rivalry. That record was a big hit, too.
Anyway, Baroque music and Bach are reminiscent of line drawings. Any tone
quality or sound would work in the pieces. Whereas Debussy is more about
colour. Not chords or melody, but the tone. Because it’s music by a French
Impressionist. That’s why I chose Debussy. A sense of rivalry against Walter
Carlos.” (Tomita)[1]
This
much is prevalent when listening to Tomita’s rendition of Strauss and Wagner,
there is a feel to music coming from the sound design Tomita creates, emulating
the instruments of the orchestra but also sounding so different. Tonality and
timbre are key in what he was creating and trying to portray in his vision of
what these pieces could sound like if renditioned in outer space.
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