Isao Tomita - the girl with the flaxen hair

[bellvilbump]

haunting music from the past nothing better

[enamorada1000veces]

Don't liked this video!!

[enamorada1000veces]

Amo esta melodía...me recuerda a mi más tierna infancia viendo la telenovela "mundo de juguete"..eran tiempos muy hermosos!! Saludos a Graciela Mauri (aki) y a Doña Sara Garcia allá en el cielo..(1974)

[bill291212]

I keep coming back to this awesome video, so relaxing, thank you for making it

[trichoone]

@bill291212 Thankyou for your comment and thanks for watching .

[SGR750]

A long journey brought me to DeBussy and Tomita. The local TV station used "Snoflakes" as their theme music for the news. I found out, bought the album - yes album - back in the days of Vinyl! From what I learned about DeBussy in school I'll swear he would have LOVED these treatments of his music. I think he was, 100 years ago, writing with synthesizers in mind. He was just limited to the instruments of the period. Tomita has set DeBussy's music free to soar. And soar it does.

[jajus125100]

Isao is a master mind ,,,he allways was one of my favorites, now allready , i think for 20 years,,, Thanks for this video

[m4xpl4nck]

Well, pimp up my Debussy! I'd forgotten I ever had this music, great stuff, brings back memories, Japanned!, many thanks for the great upload and video, danke!

[tomp2008]

i wish my girl had flaxen hair..

[GuillermoMedina1]

I have this vague memory of a illustration in one of the tomita's cassettes, a spaceman, really weird, with some elements flyng aroud him... i just can't find that image on the internet and my father lost their cassetes a decade ago ...

[tabietaful]

まあ今聴くとダサいねぇ

[Leponderousone]

epic chills 2:10 - 2:35

[Booger6995]

Just blows your mind to think that he did all of this with multi-track reel to reels and modular synths. What a master. Have heard that he would just send Sony a stereo master tape and they would print from that. Just amazing.

[bill291212]

this video is like an acid trip!

[RAYGXEN]

and who is the girl from the clip, is it her? She's pretty :">

[RAYGXEN]

what does MB stand for, Sir?

[sherdow]

i want to cry

[vdwest4592]

@SuperNonblone What ever happened to poetic license? I am an artist and I see nothing wrong with using music in the public domain tastefully. Beauty is subjective so why not use this music to express feeling for a loved one who looks nothing like the original female? Think about it.

[spectrum99122]

This would have been the sort of music Star Wars would have played at clubs, but in the Indie room.

[yellowdart6666]

@spectrum99122 lol

[vdwest4592]

I don't understand why anyone doesn't like this interpretation. I guess they have never loved anyone. Trichoone thanks for uploading!

[KOLSARNIT]

That girl is fine.

[LaurentziuRo2010]

Wonderful upload, my friend !

[KOLSARNIT]

@zedster911 he also woulsd need speakers and a generator lol.

[KOLSARNIT]

Sweet

[KOLSARNIT]

Is that MB in the video?

[gratifly]

isao got me into electronic music. big up isao. also, nice tribute to your fam, rip.

[SuperNonblonde]

This video is an abomination. The girl is supposed to be a pre Raphaelite innocent looking young woman, not some brassy looking woman on a lounger.

[gratifly]

@SuperNonblonde hi there your soul is missing fix up

[KOLSARNIT]

@gratifly .

[2stepsteve]

@SuperNonblonde I strongly agree.

[KOLSARNIT]

@SuperNonblonde STFU

[ReneMalmstrom]

Really, Tomita's music is great, but man, this video sucks in a big way. I mean no offence.

[KOLSARNIT]

@ReneMalmstrom A HOLE

[vdwest4592]

@ReneMalmstrom Offense taken! Let's see you upload something better.

[ReneMalmstrom]

@vdwest4592 You are right, I can not. Apologies to all relevant parties.

[Mr68Baron]

With loving thoughts to Kathy, from her newfound MC Baron -- now my "lady" with the Flaxen Hair. EPL 17545

[Minnexyz]

This reminds me of your Clair de Lune video. Could you re-upload that one, I liked the redhead with the beautiful smile.

[elchicano2010]

Hermosa melodia, creo que debussy la estara disfrutando como nosotros disfrutamos esta bella oda a la fantasia y universos lejanos, gracias por poner esta melodia y con mucho orgullo puedo decir que ya compre el cd de tomita llamada the snowflakes are dancing y esta excelente se los recomiendo.

@mildmannered06 es cierto lo que dices desde el minuto 1:42 al 1:55 si enchina la piel oir eso, y gracias por esto y gracias a tomita por esta maravilla. arigato tomita.

[john111257]

fantastic ...so so BLOODY FANTASTIC

[elbalajazz]

gracias a tomita y a mis hermanos que fallecieron , aprendi a apreciar la musica de debussy , Ravel y Stravinsky desde que tenia como 9 años , gracias por eso Tomita

[QuantumTheorist]

This is Debussy on acid.

[jonestheminer]

another amazing interpretation from Tomita

[spectrum99122]

Just beautiful, nothing more than that.... and nothing less.

[john111257]

respects to you tri...great post...loved the album...now listen to light classics...truly beautiful

[vibrohm]

WOOHOO damn good music. Y'hear me? Damn nice tune I say.

[BronxBornBroad]

Yes. I do not know the actual date but you can look up his biography on Google.

[BronxBornBroad]

Debussy was NO ANGEL buy you are correct-He was a GENIUS!!

[Betoguerralvarez]

@BronxBornBroad is he dead??

[fluxstringer]

A lovely lady and a wonderful tribute to her.

[J03LVL]

david lkynch

[tongapuss]

There is something in this that reminds me of music in "The Time Machine". The original film not the stupid new one! AM I going loopy or can anyone else detect it. Answers on a postcard...

[tabathacat08]

This reminds me of my dad he said i was the girl with the flaxen hair

[BronxBornBroad]

Debussy would have enjoyed this!!!

[trichoone]

@BronxBornBroad , Nice that you said that , thankyou .

[BronxBornBroad]

@trichoone My pleasure! Thank you for sharing Tomita with everyone!!

[vincentjacque]

@BronxBornBroad I don't think so. Claude Debussy was an awful, pretentious, arrogant person. He probably wouldn't have apreciated this version at all, but, I don't care. Debussy was a genious and Tomita helped me to appreciate his music !

[john111257]

@BronxBornBroad DAMN GOOD..i love the album in the dark...true chill

[KOLSARNIT]

i keep revisiting this .. it has a calming effect.

[KOLSARNIT]

i love your interp. thanks for this

[SCOTCHSOLACE]

Trichoone - I am very sorry for your loss. What a very nice dedication.

[mentalzrx1100]

your cousin was a very down to earth person and he says he will be around you for ever

[silverstartrucker]

This was ground breaking music, loved by people with broad minded taste's in music. Scorned on by classical music purists...stuff them.

[trichoone]

I cant agree more my friend he brought this music to a whole new group of people me included as did nigel Kennedy with the violin .

[silverstartrucker]

Didn't notice this was your video Trich. My pleasure

[inara414]

@trichoone I love Nigel Kennedy too! He also does this piece... check him out on the luscious symphonic version of music by The Doors: "Riders on the Storm -- The Doors Concerto". And thanks for posting this piece... I'm adding it to my Tomita Playlist on my YouTube Channel. I don't make videos... I make playlists... like a curator in a "music gallery"... Blessings on YouTube where we can all create and share... for FREE! Namaste...

[santnicola]

@silverstartrucker ....... i agree...... was very groundbreaking..... 1st class elecronica

[john111257]

@silverstartrucker loved this album...and i was into glam...never looked back...glorious ...

[john111257]

@silverstartrucker got me into classical music..

[rickdynes]

@silverstartrucker Well I'm a huge classical music fan and I consider Tomita and all his work sacred.

[oekibuki]

words can not expresss, lets put it this way, over and over and over again, love to all you people who dig thisss

[KennediKingSongs]

@oekibuki This album.... Snowflakes are Dancing by Tomita... had one of the most profound impacts on my musical life!!! And this piece..... sublime!! ~Kenn

[vdwest4592]

It is because of this song I bought more of Tomita's electronic music and listened to Debussy done by a traditional piano performance.

[KennediKingSongs]

Yes..... it was this entire album which also introduced me to Debussy and OTHER classical greats. I was only 18 yrs old then..... amazing!! ~KK

[Loobs666]

Me too.... then I realised I didnt have a clue what flaxen hair was. Is it all really greasy and shitty, or is it all brown and wavy and pre-raphaelite and totally Gay? Debussey would have been better of with, The Girl with the Straggley, Oiley Dreadlocks....fuck all that flaxen bollocks.

[KOLSARNIT]

@Loobs666 flaxen is like y'know sooow not dark, but blond.......... PRICK!

[vdwest4592]

Well said!

[fishntoss]

I used to get so stoned and listen to this.. The whole snowflakes are dancing album/cd is excellent

[Mildmannered06]

1:42 - 1:55 gives me chills every time. So great.

[trichoone]

@Mildmannered06 , that my friend is exactly how it affected me ,when i first heard this i used to play that bit as loud as i could over and over again -trichoone .

[KOLSARNIT]

when this is on I TELL everyboy to stfu this is MY time.

[krazygothgirl]

those sounds in the background sound like birds singing

[KennediKingSongs]

Agreed!

[john111257]

@Mildmannered06 used to listen in the dark...as a teenager...yes i can still feel the chills...one of my all time sounds

[moyorikangelo]

Realmente me siento en otro mundo o transportado en un mundo dimensional distinto, es muy buena la música de Isao Tomita, es la primera vez que lo escucho y ya me convertí en su fans.

[KOLSARNIT]

always bring a tear to my eye.

[engargol]

this is real music

thank you for the posting

[yourforte]

I love these Tomita interpretations of Debussy.

[psiconauta21]

vERY ORIGINAL. gOOD VIDEO

[alanBastard]

1:29 to 2:10, pure bliss.

[RONJAN2]

nice dedication for mb

[trichoone]

thankyou .

[escillon]

i was first introduced to the works of tomita back in the 1980s by a friend of mine.since then ive slowly built up my collection of his works on cd.

this is how i also started to appreciate classical music in a less dissmisive way.i still think some of the lp versions are good though.nice one keep it up.

[oekibuki]

I did a few years earlier, Tomita and among others Klaus Schulze

[willibaldvongluck]

really love this, thank you for posting. Very happy memories of my first year living in the U.K. and the following hot summer of 1976.

[trichoone]

thanks for your comment and that year was a good one pity about the last 30 odd .

[tongapuss]

@trichoone I remember working in London in 1976 in a hotel, it was boiling hot BUT, most people forget, the previous year was also a scorcher. But as you say, the last thirty odd are best forgotten.

[1metalmickey]

tomita gives classical music that 5th dimension

[hivertpeter]

great music

[Tijuana77MuziK]

Beautiful- Beautiful- Beautiful Track thanks for the posting....................✪☆

[blackhawkwxfan]

I love your videos! You are very talented and could easily do this for a living. My personal favorite appears to no longer be on YouTube - Isao Tomita's Claire de Lune. What happened to it? Is there another place to see it?

[koolaidolio]

Wow this is great, i have this entire album and this is one of my favorite tracks from it.

[guillermocostecho111]

hi...hey my friend can you be kind and tell me the name of this musical piece..or what album has it..thanks and congratulations for your exisite musical selection

[trichoone]

thankyou for your comment I have updated the title and info for you --trich .

[mkundera12]

it sounds beautiful

[Music4Boomers]

Always loved Tomita! Amazing to find his music here and what a pleasant surprise to see such a beautiful video along with it! Terrific posting! ~KW

[trichoone]

thankyou glad you like it .

[illchiken10]

no doubt this is his most atmospheric song

[ultimateinfinite]

Always a sonic treat!

[Tyinkiaro]

My father too,. We used to listen to the amazing sounds of Tomita and I was transported to a nicer place with no boundaries of politics and finance..............we were penniless, but as rich as could be. Today with a family of my own, my daughter is soothed to sleep by Tomita's unearthly versions of classical melodies, my be she goes to the same place. x

[beyondjazz]

Such a beautiful comment, something a video like this truly deserves. Bless you!

[controlremot3]

exactly the same, remember my dad coming back home with it and it blew me away......the star wars theme with the hub cap rolling round at the end still sounds like true 3d sound

[SplendidImaginings]

My father was the one who introduced me to Tomita, he was mind boggled by the concept of machines making music. And now I am an electronica producer and run a record label. :P Big respect to Sensai Tomita, and thanks for the post.

[trichoone]

you are welcome glad you appreciated it .

[TravelKings]

I've started adapting my original music to "travel style' images. I like what you're doing here much much better. Superb job. I've always loved Tomita's versions of Debussy's material. Excellent !!

[Gummo22]

great one

[babysteinway]

Thank you for posting La Fille...my fave Debussy prelude <3

Could you maybe post Daybreak from Daphnis & Chloe, it's on the Ravel Bolero CD...Thanks again *l*

[CHASMAXKEN]

I have my Dad to thank for taste in music when this came out he was in his 50's but musically he has always young. something which I try to do with my youngest

[arcofneptune3000]

good on you Chas! i have introduced my 11 yr old to all my musical tastes since he was 6, it's a wonderful gift to bestow upon a child.  Btw, I can listen to Led Zep, to Diana Krall, to House music - and I still adore Debussy!!

[paddyrathmines]

oh thank you so much. i love this piece, i remember listening to it at my brothers about 1974 and thinking it was brill, this and arabesque are just brilliant

[trichoone]

yeah sad but we just have to put up with it i suppose i agree all these vids on you tube actually do promote the artists i personally have found music new to me and followed it up . thanks for your comment king .

[kickfostermac]

Beautiful and amazing. :)

[lonelywarrior777]

Sorry maybe this is a stupid question, but I just have to make sure, but is this the girl in this beautiful video your cousin that passed away?

[trichoone]

thanks for your interest but it is not my cousin just a dedication.

[vdwest4592]

I am a fan of Isao Tomita every since I had his first release on 8 Track. It is great to see other listen to and appreciate his interpretations of music with his electronic music skills. Is he still creating music?

[goblindigital2]

Wonderful!

Celestial music for your cousin... MB: R.I.P

5 stars for this video and for MB.

[trichoone]

thankyou very much my friend .

[FoxtronInk]

GOD bless you all!

I am not kidding I mean It.

[Lonlontime]

simplemente espectacular

[ANTICHITASCIPPA]

awesome!!

[CrypticNed]

Beautiful. I first heard this recording more than 30 years ago, and I still have a special place im my heart for the 'girl with the flaxen hair' I knew at the time.

[CrypticNed]

PS: My prayers go out to your cousin.

[trichoone]

thankyou , glad you like them -trich .

[hewey812]

I have this song on the original release on vinyl, snowflakes are dancing, great lp found it in my Dad's lp collection

[sbringe]

Cool, nice to know other people think this tune and this version are awesome.

Good job on the video too.

[trichoone]

thankyou very much glad you like it .

[Toggyuri]

amazing analog sounds..

[kingofthedammed]

Is the girl in the video you cuz?

what a great vid! I was almost in tears watching it and i dont know you or your cuz!

[trichoone]

no my cuz introduced me to the music of tomita and this being my favourite is why i made this dedication .

[CharlyGreyWolf]

She is like a vision coming from a different dimension , Dreamy, ghostly, I love it. I watch your video and I feel like I'm in a wonderful dream

[pandOreando]

Se parece o es la canción que ponían en MUNDO DE JUGUETE cuando aparecía la Nana Tomasita?

Es en serio

[csalex74]

de hecho, si, mi estimado, es ota cancion del mismo autor

[highlightstar65]

awesome music very moving allways makes me cry!... timeless classic love debussy and love this version my god did you see the huge amount of equipment tomita used? lol in the days when you could solder the compoments into place with your bare eyes .. : ) no microscope needed bring back the junk lol

[VoodooHarlot]

Thanks for posting such a heavenly piece of art. And, you did a wonderful job with the video as well.

[trichoone]

Thankyou you are welcome glad you liked the vid and thanks for watching -trichoone .

[Tegenaria]

I love Tomita, (the music of sound rather than the sound of music)and this takes me right back to when I was a kid!

Great tribute to your cousin Trichoone!

[trichoone]

thanks Tegenaria , glad you liked it .

[sirrivard]

I've been a fan of Isao Tomita since I heard his album Snowflakes are Dancing,I've also had his other albums aswell.I've heard a lot of electronic music,artists such as Synergy,Vangellis,Tangerene Dream,ect.and Tomita beats them all.

[floridaimmigrant]

Is the person we see in the video your cousin MB?

[trichoone]

no not my cousin just a dedication . - trichoone .

[floridaimmigrant]

Well then, I'm sorry to hear about her death. I hope that she was able to see this video from the great beyond. If she did, I'm sure it made her smile.

[trichoone]

thankyou for your kind words

[moaardeeb]

I first heard Tomitas music on Blue Peter accompanying a clip about the presenters holiday to Turkey. The track played was 'Arabesque No.1' played over the presenters swimming in the 'Cotton Castles' of Pamukkale in Turkey. It was a superb marriage of haunting music and sights I never forgot. It took a lot of searching and contacting the BBC to find out who was playing the music. Inspired by Tomita I now have a small home recording studio full of keyboards and computers!

[peggymount]

Fabulous.

I first got into Tomita by randomly picking a casette tape from the 'electronic' section of the record shop. It was Kosmos. It just blew me away. I too ended up with a bedroom full of keyboards. Unfortunately I couldn't play a note:-) I wish Mr Tomita's music was much wider known.

[Blindsk8erjosh]

Isao is a common name to me since Okinawa in the 70's This album Snowflakes are Dancing by Tomita. I bought it -quality vinyl albums from Japan were readily available at this time. Isao Tomita influenced many of my friends to the possibilities of synthesized equipment for music.

[Rafanexus]

I remember back in 1990 I used to look at my window when was snowing with this music, wow! plesures in my mind and in my heart! thank for posting the video! Isao Tomita is classic! yes I do remember back in time my brothers long play collention, he used to play this music too bad that music will never be the same :-( now only trush, I'm only 27 but I have good taste of music hah, love this music ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thanks!! take care from Toronto, bye!!

[trichoone]

really gald this vid has brought back nice memories , keep watching - trichoone .

[MeetBubu]

It's Claude Debussy, it's great!

[sidewind69]

there is a beauty , in motion a poem of sound, so precious few have touched . only in heaven they hear sounds better than this

[bondmatty]

Wonderful music. I first came across Tomita aged 14 back in 1977. A friend's brother was playing 'Pictures At An Exhibition'. I was enthralled: by the music, the technology and the patience in assembling each track. It was one of the first albums I bought, quickly followed by 'Snowflakes Are Dancing' and later 'The Planets'. I still listen to him often. Thanks for posting this - nice work!

[SeattleCat64]

In 75 I was in the 4th grade and I sneaked into my older brothers room to listen to Tomita on his sanyo system with those big, comfortable sony headphones....Tomita's recording technique was so crazy I could sware that you could hear sounds going foward to rear as well as all the other great dimentions and waves of music. At that age...who really enjoyed that kind of music? Tomita made it magical. I have it all on CD but nothing compares to the rich and FULL sound that comes from vinyl.

[louswire]

vinyl... and tubes in the amp...

[casarojo]

I first heard Tomita on a progressive rock FM station here in FL in 1972 when Snowflakes Are Dancing debuted. I was stunned. Absolutely my favorite version of Claire de Lune ever! I bought my first Mini Moog model D in 1978 and completely wore it out by '82. By then Moog had stopped manufacturing the Mini. sob.... I'm now enjoying my new Mini Moog Voyager! Ain't nuthin' like analog! I have SAD on CD and it's really not the same as vinyl, far from it....

[trichoone]

Tomita certainly has that effect sort of grabs you then your hooked forever brilliant music .

[louswire]

tomita, was our Sunday morning waking-up music... nice to hear some of his stuff again.

[trichoone]

its nice to here the stories of how music got into peoples heads , hope it brought back nice memories - trichoone .

[dwebster50]

It is great to find this patch....I have not heard Tomita's music in over 25 years. Probably one of the greatest pieces of Debussy music you will ever hear. Thankyou for posting this and I should never of sold my collection of his vinyl

Cheers-Dave from Calgary

[trichoone]

thanks for you comment glad you found it , it is great music and yes that was a mistake selling the vinyl .

[cinthyaa]

Regarding last couple of posts.

I remember this when it was first recorded.

Tomita has always had an orchestral flow to his style.

Carlos is also good just another approach to classical. You really can't compare the two as being more creative then the other.

And lets have a little more respect.

Wendy Carlos, She has not been a He for decades.

Or are we talking to Narrow Minded Right-Wing Fundamentalist Christian Nazis.

[sirrivard]

I think Wendy Carlos is a great artist,her best album was Switched On Bach realeased in 1968,which was the first classical music album employing synthesizers.Still a great album.

[yamex5]

Thanks for the Tomita! W. Carlos patches weren't very creative, and he didn't explore the "orchestral" side of synthesis. Tomita's pieces still stand miles above everyone else to this day. Although he often used the mellotron, most of his recording involved laying down one track at a time, part after part. Not at all like today with polyphonic synthsizers and samplers, with built in midi sequencers. Tomita and Debussy together is a marriage made in heaven!

[trichoone]

Thankyou for this comment and your last statement is bang on .