Tomita The Planets 2003 / Tomita on NHK

>
> Overall, fantastic. The sound is very clear and crisp. The little bell chime
> sounds on Uranus and at the begining of Mars that echo the Jupiter theme are
> clear and beautiful. The 'female' vocal on Venus is just stunning, just
> floating there in mid air. You can even hear a 'breath' sound that mimics a
> singer brathing in before singing.
>


That was from Lance's review of The Planets 2003. My copy came yesterday, and the
falsetto vocal he is talking about is actually Tomita's own voice, and its mixed much more
to the fore on this mix. It's distinctive anyway, because it starts off 'Venus' a capella. His
vocal re-occurs on 'Neptune' (which I found profoundly relaxing to listen to in surround.)

Great recording, great multichannel mix - buy it!

Ben

 

About the new Planets DVD-Audio disc, baward at blueyonder.co.uk writes :

> My copy came yesterday, and the
> falsetto vocal he is talking about is actually Tomita's own voice, and its
> mixed much more
> to the fore on this mix. It's distinctive anyway, because it starts off '
> Venus' a capella. His
> vocal re-occurs on 'Neptune' (which I found profoundly relaxing to listen
to
> in surround.)


If that really is Tomita's voice, I wonder if he did some kind of pitch
shifting via tape speed doubling or other means. That really did sound like a
female's voice to me.

I guess it's time for another listen.

Andrew Sanchez

 

What is this project you are talking about?
--- Ben Ward <baward at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Overall, fantastic. The sound is very clear and
> crisp. The little bell chime
> > sounds on Uranus and at the begining of Mars that
> echo the Jupiter theme are
> > clear and beautiful. The 'female' vocal on Venus
> is just stunning, just
> > floating there in mid air. You can even hear a
> 'breath' sound that mimics a
> > singer brathing in before singing.
> >
>
>
> That was from Lance's review of The Planets 2003. My
> copy came yesterday, and the
> falsetto vocal he is talking about is actually
> Tomita's own voice, and its mixed much more
> to the fore on this mix. It's distinctive anyway,
> because it starts off 'Venus' a capella. His
> vocal re-occurs on 'Neptune' (which I found
> profoundly relaxing to listen to in surround.)
>
> Great recording, great multichannel mix - buy it!
>
> Ben
>
>


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--- In isaotomita at yahoogroups.com, ixqy at a... wrote:
>
> About the new Planets DVD-Audio disc, baward at b... writes :
>
> > My copy came yesterday, and the
> > falsetto vocal he is talking about is actually Tomita's own
voice, and its
> > mixed much more
> > to the fore on this mix. It's distinctive anyway, because it
starts off '
> > Venus' a capella. His
> > vocal re-occurs on 'Neptune' (which I found profoundly relaxing
to listen
> to
> > in surround.)
>
>
> If that really is Tomita's voice, I wonder if he did some kind of
pitch
> shifting via tape speed doubling or other means. That really did
sound like a
> female's voice to me.
>
> I guess it's time for another listen.
>
> Andrew Sanchez


Andrew,

Yes, it really is his voice; I met him for the second time in 2000
while he was recording second version of The Tale Of Genji at
Whitfield Street Studios in London. I assumed that the sound in
question was Mellotron somehow or a particularly well-programmed
synthesizer; no-one was more surprised than me to find out that it
was his voice all along, and he took great delight in telling me
this!

It's kind of obvious that it's a human voice when you think about it,
but for 25 years I thought different! In the new mix of Venus, Tomita
pushes the vocal mich higher in the mix; in fact I didn't realise it
was there until now.

I'm sure I have mentioned this in a previous message; I will check
the message archive before John set up this Yahoo Group.

It does sound like he processed it in some way, I'd agree.

Best wishes,
Ben

 

Oh this is a dvd and not c.d.

Wade
--- Ben Ward <baward at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> --- In isaotomita at yahoogroups.com, ixqy at a... wrote:
> >
> > About the new Planets DVD-Audio disc, baward at b...
> writes :
> >
> > > My copy came yesterday, and the
> > > falsetto vocal he is talking about is actually
> Tomita's own
> voice, and its
> > > mixed much more
> > > to the fore on this mix. It's distinctive
> anyway, because it
> starts off '
> > > Venus' a capella. His
> > > vocal re-occurs on 'Neptune' (which I found
> profoundly relaxing
> to listen
> > to
> > > in surround.)
> >
> >
> > If that really is Tomita's voice, I wonder if he
> did some kind of
> pitch
> > shifting via tape speed doubling or other means.
> That really did
> sound like a
> > female's voice to me.
> >
> > I guess it's time for another listen.
> >
> > Andrew Sanchez
>
>
> Andrew,
>
> Yes, it really is his voice; I met him for the
> second time in 2000
> while he was recording second version of The Tale Of
> Genji at
> Whitfield Street Studios in London. I assumed that
> the sound in
> question was Mellotron somehow or a particularly
> well-programmed
> synthesizer; no-one was more surprised than me to
> find out that it
> was his voice all along, and he took great delight
> in telling me
> this!
>
> It's kind of obvious that it's a human voice when
> you think about it,
> but for 25 years I thought different! In the new mix
> of Venus, Tomita
> pushes the vocal mich higher in the mix; in fact I
> didn't realise it
> was there until now.
>
> I'm sure I have mentioned this in a previous
> message; I will check
> the message archive before John set up this Yahoo
> Group.
>
> It does sound like he processed it in some way, I'd
> agree.
>
> Best wishes,
> Ben
>
>


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