Switched on rock - Electric Samurai (Isao Tomita)

[@miko50474]

Tomita , one of my absolute greatest favorite Artist of all times.

[@MorganMakhina]

Many thanks for this upload - and the tastefully chosen visuals.

[@gordonrix3853]

Thank you

[@charlesnolan7602]

thank you Isao, I have been listening to your sounds since 1975!

[@russell_szabados]

Were you also into Tangerine Dream in the mid to late 70's? Just curious!

[@bettyleeist]

I have all of Isao Tomita’s records in my mom’s record box in my apartment.My mom used one of his album’s for a ballet 🩰 that she had done in;1993.It had an:’ocean sound’to the music.The students all danced to it,back then.Tomita sure knew how to play that synthesizer!It must be nice in which to do this?😊

[@岩切仁志]

これば幻のアルバムと言っていいのではないでしょうか。氏の晩年のトークショーで過去を語られることは何度もありましたが、同じ年に発表された「銀河鉄道の夜」のことは話されても、このアルバムのことは語られませんでした。出来具合からしても、ご本人からすれば、「古傷を触られる」みたいで触れたくなかったのでしょう。しかし、ファンからすれば、後のシンセサイザー作品の数々の面影を感じられて貴重な作品です。

[@charlesnolan7602]

Isao, whatever universe you are roaming around in, I hope MUSIC is part of it!

[@robertBuckinghamB-uh5nx]

Got to hear this version without ads truly magic god rest his soul and we were blessed to have him and his music ✨✨✨🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@gordonrix3853]

The ads on KZbin are a bloody nuisance !

[@saint_yves]

A synthesizer cover of literally all of my favorite Beatles songs... Oh, Tomita is DEFINITELY for me!

[@crimsonwolf9099]

Tomita is always entertaining with a great sense of whimsical humor. This one, his "light fare" versions of pop hits, is so very clever and just plain fun. Still, technically it is not lightweight at all. Love his work!

[@singingwater69]

I actually missed this album before, and I have always been a big fan ...Loving the song El Condor Pasa at the moment I write this. What a phenomenal artist Tomita was....very inspiring & imaginative, he has always taken me away to other galaxies with his music...and it seems like an alien influence is at work here...simply brilliant

[@ProckGnosis]

I'm glad to say Tomita put his chops, patches, and creativity to better use after this, but you have to admit a lot of the "flavor" of this ended up in his later work as well. Pretty interesting to hear. Thanks for posting.

[@wavesgroup2768]

I had no idea this even existed - Hey Jude is genius :)

[@DrTomoculus]

Isao Tomita is MY SYNTHESISER GURU. He was a GIANT. A GIANT.

[@gerardotinajero7649]

Siempre resulta fabuloso ver como plasma su estilo muy singular y grandioso en cada pieza que toca este señor Agradezco a quien se tomo la molestia de proporcionarnos este increíble álbum y mis mejores parabienes.

[@firstnamelastname3574]

Gordon Rix: THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US! I'VE LOVED SYNTHESIZERS EVER SINCE THE BEATLES "ABBEY ROAD" album! I also have enjoyed TOMITA ever since I bought PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION! THIS ALBUM IS A COMPLETE SURPRISE! It's NOT what I would have expected from TOMITA, but I see 'where he's coming from': WALTER CARLOS had released SWITCHED ON BACH which I've listened to MAYBE TWICE. (I think that is because I hadn't heard any of those pieces before.). TOMITA couldn't do an album of classical music right away, so, he chose to do these songs. Obviously, it didn't get to #1 on the record charts, but it has a cute/fun/comical charm! He gave us more of that in the "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in Their Shells"! SO, I HAVE THIS BOOKMARKED on my Kindle Fire, AND I will enjoy it for the rest of my life! THANX, AGAIN!!!!!!!

[@gordonrix3853]

Thanks for your comments. As well as the Moog, Tomita made extensive use of the Mellotron on his "synth" albums, something that Tomita himself never mentioned (as far as I know) in interviews ! In particular, the Mellotron played a huge part on Pictures at an exhibition. The first track opens with the Mellotron. Ironically, the Mellotron was credited as an "accessory" on this and other albums !

[@firstnamelastname3574]

As Artie Johnson (of ROWAN AND MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN fame) used to say "VERY INTERESTING..." Also, the use of guitars, bass, and drums! If you don't own any synthesizers (I could NEVER afford even one!): Check out CAUSTIC 3.* from the app store! It has around 9 synthesizers, fx, a mixer, a beat box, a vocoder, and more! I HAVE IT ON MY TABLET. The other day I discovered that I can have downloaded music playing AND go to CAUSTIC 3 and play the synthesizers along with it! There is a modular synth. Using the Machine Input module(s) you can play other synths through the modular synths and alter those through the modular synth! It's a BLAST!!!

[@MrAurelius77]

a retrospective pop vision from the future, awesome .

[@dinglegonzo]

The star hustler brought me here! I love this guy!

[@antonioavonce8230]

Wao exepcional maestro isao tomita.

[@whirlpoodle2823]

"Let It Be" sounds exactly like how I sung it at choir karaoke in junior high school.

[@and7barton]

I used to cause havoc at school assembly ...... singing hymns with the entire school....... I had learned my own gutteral version of throat singing and occasionally slipped into this. Never got identified as the culprit of the horrendous noise but I could see some teachers looking around.

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

Its like how it would be sing in a Peanuts cartoon

[@symmetrytherapy7107]

No one has played synthesizer like this before or since in the neighboring nine galaxies.

[@paulionescu3342]

Try some Rick Wakeman. Maybe Jon Anderson, Mort Garson, Vangelis ... everyone is unique. I agree Tomita is damn good but not the only one.

[@Zebrails]

Wendle/Walter Carlos

[@firstnamelastname3574]

WENDY (formerly WALTER) CARLOS!

[@firstnamelastname3574]

Symmetry Therapy: I was going to say KEITH EMERSON, BUT, EVEN THOUGH I REALLY LIKE WHAT HE DID, WITH HIS MOOG SYNTHESIZER (CALLED "THE BEAST") I ALWAYS FELT THAT HE COULD/SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE CREATIVE! I have a KINDLE FIRE TABLET, and got an all called CAUSTIC 3.2. It has MANY different synthesizers, including a modular synth. There are many modules that you can out to use: I did one the other day that had SIX waveform generators (6 oscillators), and connected them ALL to an oscilloscope, which REALLY creates some INTERESTING SOUND WAVES!! ANYONE INTERESTED IN SUCH THINGS AS THESE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, NEEDS TO GET CAUSTIC 3.2! YOU CAN EVEN SET IT UP SO THAT 'RE USING MULTIPLE SYNTHESIZERS AT THE SAME TIME! LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF IT!!!!!!

[@and7barton]

And there was I, smugly thinking I had every one of his albums....... then this one pops up.

[@gordonrix3853]

This album was a real deal maker for me. After previously listening to Wendy Carlos and Jean Jacques Perrey, it literally blew me away ! I've said this before that, it's a shame that Tomita didn't acknowledge his strong reliance of the Mellotron on most of his albums.

[@Bunhar64]

I just heard of his passing this morning on NHK World. Another innovator & creative soul lost to us!

[@uweb1147]

About Isao Tomita: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Tomita. He died on 5 May 2016. I am sorry for him.

[@clumsiii]

@@uweb1147 i'm just learning now - he lives on

[@uweb1147]

he lives on what?

[@clumsiii]

lol @@uweb1147 he lives on in my HEART in the music i hear after in the air through the leaves - the wind and the theremin (probably no theremin here but who cares! Tomita!(((((

[@uweb1147]

thanks

[@machiwoomiapoo]

Thanks for the upload. I love it. :)

[@deaniepops]

electronic music mastery.

[@symmetrytherapy7107]

Miss Robinson I think is a highlight, you have to wait for it....around 19:00

[@firstnamelastname3574]

And, technically, the song title is "Mrs. Robinson"

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

@@firstnamelastname3574 she probably got a divorce after hearing this version :)

[@感謝します-f4y]

thank you for sharing👍

[@gordonrix3853]

Thank you !

[@AndreasK6rgend]

how dare someone dislike this and not explain why .

[@gordonrix3853]

I totally agree !

[@clumsiii]

we know why, though. and they can just go on their way: up on outta here lol

[@ehlerhog]

I love the man and his take on pop music for the most part but this does sound a little dated (cheesy). But then I put on The Bermuda Triangle and everything is fine 👍

Majestuoso!

[@YMO-t4q]

僕は冨田さんが大好きなんだけれどもこの作品は知らなかったです。

[@fdbaez]

This way of playing those synths is unique.

[@lpsp442]

So much Japanese music makes sense when you listen to this record. In particular, the music produced for the Paper Mario games, for Killer7, the prevalence of vocaloid and other synthetic speech forms, and the very japanese-influenced Daft Punk all leap from any speaker playing these songs. I can even hear a little Rammstein inbetween the bouncier overtures.

[@sdjklsdjksdjklf]

LP SP You've got one helluva ear!

[@es_fernyy]

Wait I totally see what you mean and yea definitely gotta agree. I'm like.. just thinking about all my favorite video game soundtracks and undoubtedly the influence origins are around here!

[@bettyleeist]

My mom liked the humor in Isao Tomita’s music!She discovered him in the early 1980”s.I have a few of his album’s at home in my music 🎶 box.

[@sdjklsdjksdjklf]

Pretty amazing.

[@davidrepresa5976]

Excelente!!

[@Silverlining1111]

thanks for sharing. this is my first time listen these tunes. after 40 years, ISAO's music still beautiful and kick ass. btw, why there are so many crap keep releasing reissue, but good music like ISAO's only can found on youtube?

[@colincampbell616]

❤ 2020 😷

[@wojciechjastrzebski5572]

I once had the album "Pictures from the exhibition" . I liked the album.

[@gordonrix3853]

There you go ..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/lavFZYd3o8hnhdUsi=sW8YY7Wy9Rv5pXxG

[@trfesok]

"Let it Be" sounds like the lead vocal is being performed by the chickens from The Muppets!

[@EndingSimple]

Sounds like an alien civilization trying to communicate with us after hearing our music on the electromagnetic haves passing by them in distant space.

[@Slavin-c4x]

❤❤❤

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Domo arigato tomita sama

[@johnfraraccio99]

Like to compare and contrast? Find and listen to Dick Hyman's The Age of Electronicus and Mort Garson's Electronic Hair Pieces.

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

thanks for the heads up

[@fueledbylove]

On Let It Be, Is Yoko Ono trapped inside of his Moog Synthesizer? 777

[@Cpt.Sailor]

I took 3 50mg concerta and punched holes in my drywall to this

[@anthonyonfire]

HEY JUDE FT BLUE FROM BLUES CLUES

[@Terre117]

studied.

[@davidhtate]

Beatles sound just fine in Moog, don't 'ya think? Hey, Paul, whaddya think, dude?

[@danteshydratshirt2360]

omg Let It Be is stripped of its pompous attitude hahahahaha

[@NOWtheband]

Kawaii

[@MegaCirse]

En un mot comme en cent, c'est une japoniaiserie à la crème fouettée .................................. ;)

[@中村耕太郎-f7m]

冨田さんは「スイッチト・オン・バッハ」を聴いて、「僕ならこんな感じにはしない」と言っていたと思うんだけど、ウォルター・カーロス＋安っぽいイージーリスニング・ロックみたいになってしまっている。 冨田さんお得意のヒューマン・ボイスは今聴くと古臭い。

[@gordonrix3853]

Google translation : Kotaro Nakamura I think Mr. Tomita listened to "Switched on Bach" and said, "I wouldn't do it like this," but it looks like Walter Carlos + cheesy easy listening rock. Mr. Tomita's favorite human voice is old-fashioned when I listen to it now.

[@gordonrix3853]

Kotaro Nakamura I agree, although Wendy Carlos did "return fire" with her 1975 By request album, including some pretty outrageous takes on Eleanor Rigby and What's new pussycat. The By request album was subsequently withdrawn from the U.K soon after its release, due to legal action by the Elgar estate. Apparently they were not impressed with Wendy Carlos' Pompous circumstances variation and fantasy.

[@miechenka]

let it be初音ミクみたい

[@flamindigo]

cheap

[@tiempoveganoprovida2247]

Suena como si faltara un canal...