HIDEKE MATSUTAKE TAKES CONTROL WITH NOVATION

Can you remember the moment or album that first ignited your love of electronic music? For Hideke Matsutake that moment was 1970. And the album was Switched On Bach, Wendy Carlos’ seminal long-player that inspired a whole generation to embrace the synthesiser as the most inspirational instrument of the ’70s. In Matsutake it kick-started a love affair with electronic music, computers and programming that would see him dubbed the fourth member of electro-pop masters Yellow Magic Orchestra, as well as starting influential and pioneering Techno outfit Logic System.
Over 30 years later and Matsutake is chairman of the highly regarded Japan Synthesizer Programmer Association (JSPA), he’s also every bit as prolific today as he ever was. And although still a big fan of hardware, he’s using more soft synths than ever, so having un-paralleled levels of hands-on control is a necessity, not an option. Which is why Novation’s ReMOTE Zero SL plays such a pivotal part in his modern studio.

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