Isao Tomita
Japan
Born: 22 April 1932
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Electronic, New Age, International, Avant-Garde
Styles: Experimental Electronic, Modern Composition
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Pioneering Japanese composer and synthesizer expert Isao Tomita bridged the gap between note-by-note classical/electronic LPs like Switched-On Bach and the more futuristic, user-friendly interfaces developed in the 1970s. After creating one of the first personal recording studios with an array of top synthesizer gear in the early '70s, Tomita applied his visions for space-age synthesizer music to his favorite modern composers -- Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel -- though his recordings steered a course far beyond the sterile acade...
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