Synthesist Isao Tomita – best known for a series of albums featuring synthesizer arrangements of classical works – has died at the age of 84. Tomita (22 April 1932 – 5 May 2016) died of chronic cardiac failure, with family at his bedside.
The iconic John Williams Star Wars Main Title gets the ‘switched on’ treatment, in this synth cover by Kurtz Mindfields & Roman Perreton.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Flavio Sallin, captures a ‘switched-on’ style performance of Bach on an iPad.
Sunday Synth Jam: In this video, Markus Fuller, who is usually dissecting electronic music gear in his videos, shares his switched-on/classitronica style arrangement of Edvard Grieg‘s In The Hall Of The Mountain King.
Moog Music has released a new preview video for Bach To Moog – a new album, by Craig Leon, that explores using the Moog modular synthesizer as part of a classical ensemble. Bach to Moog, coming May 4th from Sony Classical, showcases the reissued Moog Modular Synthesizer, as well as other current Moog synthesizer, in… Read More ‘Bach To Moog’ Sneak Preview
The Will Gregory Moog Ensemble performs … Read More Will Gregory Moog Ensemble Plays Bach Live, In The ‘Switched On’ Style
Isao Tomita (RBMA Tokyo 2014 Lecture) was uploaded by: Red Bull Music Academy
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Reader Doug Slocum – the guru behind Synthetic Sound Labs’ modular gear – let us know about an impressive new album of music that features analog arrangements of 16th century polyphonic vocal music. Richard Galbraith’s Polyphony is a collection of 11 works, by Tallis, Byrd, de Lassus and others, arranged for modular analog synthesizer. Gailbraith… Read More Richard Galbraith’s Polyphony – Analog Arrangements Of 16th Century Polyphonic Vocal Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aByN5H-OeSY Composer & synthesist Amin Bhatia is wrapping up an Indiegogo campaign for the 25th anniversary re-release of his Interstellar Suite. The Interstellar Suite is a cult favorite for fans of classitronica and symphonic electronica. The Suite was inspired by the arrangements of Wendy Carlos and Isao Tomita, but is an original score. Bhatia is… Read More Last Chance On Interstellar Suite Surround Sound Collectors Edition
Amin Bhatia is a composer and synthesist, best known for his soundtrack work for film and television. But he’s also a self-professed ‘geek’, inspired by Holst & Tomita, sci fi and action films and classic analog gear. And he’s released two of the most important ‘classitronica’ style works of this generation, The Interstellar Suite and… Read More Revisiting The Future – Amin Bhatia & The Interstellar Suite
