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Ohama is tagged as: synthpop, minimal synth, new wave, minimal wave, 80s

Tona Walt Ohama is an electronic recording artist based in Western Canada who has played synthesizers since he first discovered the A.R.P. Axxe in 1975. Although he has a world-wide following, he remains relatively unknown in his home province and has been called “Alberta’s Best Kept Musical Secret” by both !earshot Magazine and The Calgary Herald.
In 2011 Beatroute Magazine said “There are three things you need to know about southern Alberta synth pop pioneer, Tona Walt Ohama. One, he loves synthesizers, not likes, not enjoys, not appreciates - loves. Two, there is no one else like him, anywhere. Three, he is the real deal…Ohama’s work has heart, soul and an organic quality that transcends any electronic constraints”.
His latest album Earth History Multiambient went to #1 on Canadian campus radio in 2011 and spent 25 days at the top of CD Baby’s Electronic-Synthpop sales chart.
He’s the only Canadian to appear on the highly regarded Stones Throw Records compilations The Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 1 (2010) and Vol. 2 (2012) curated by legendary DJ Peanut Butter Wolf (Los Angeles) and East Village Radio’s Veronica Vasicka (New York).
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Top 10 Ohama Songs
My Time
The Drum
Part In Peace
Of Whales
Sometimes
Midnite News IV
Feelings
Where Do You Call Home
T.V
Midnite News II
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Top 10 Ohama Albums
I Fear What I Might Hear
The Potato Farm Tapes
Earth History Multiambient
Midnite news
On the Edge of the Dream...
(1984) Midnite News
Midway/Thin Lines
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Midnite News - EP
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