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Re:Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video] by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday April 09, 2017 @07:51PM (#14074990)
Isao Tomita. Classical music mostly played on a Moog, with an increasing collection of supporting polysynths as the years went by.

Everything up to The Ravel Album is great.

Tomita probably ranks as the only true Moog virtuoso sound designer. Literally nobody else used the instrument quite so creatively, or produced such an incredible range of distinctive sounds with it.

This sounds like a recipe for cheese, but it's anything but. Everyone who owns, uses, or is even slightly interested in modular synthesizers should hear his albums.

Re:Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video] by bananaboy on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:11AM (#14076206)
Tomita's music is fantastic. I love his version of Holst's The Planets. I haven't listened to his music in years though, so I just now found out he passed away last year!
Re:Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video] by mturmon on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:40AM (#14076333)
Yes, good call. Snowflakes are dancing is a favorite.
Re:Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video] by jacquesm on Sunday April 09, 2017 @10:28PM (#14075580)
Special recommendation for Dance of the Firebird.