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Kitarō: Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 2

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Label: Domo Records
Released: 2005.02.22
Time:
 56:21
Category: New Age
Producer(s): Kitarō, Gary Barlough
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.domomusicgroup.com/kitaro/
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Purchase date: 2015
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Shining Spirit Of Water (Kitarō) - 5:33
[2] As The Wind Blows (Kitarō) - 5:01
[3] Koki (Kitarō) - 4:48
[4] Kan-non (Kitarō) - 5:10
[5] Whispering Earth (Kitarō) - 6:28
[6] Inner Lights (Kitarō) - 6:34
[7] Dancing Flower (Kitarō) - 4:48
[8] Floating Lotus (Kitarō) - 5:30
[9] Peaceful Valley (Kitarō) - 5:07
[10] Crystal Field (Kitarō) - 4:53
[11] Ritual Waves (Kitarō) - 4:29

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Kitarō - Producer, Composer, Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Keyboards, Photography

Kristin Stordahl Kanda - Flute
Tu Shang Xian - Pipa
Jonathan Goldman - Chanting
Paul Pesco - Guitars
Franci Miho Shimomaebara - Vocals
Nawang Khechog - Tibetan Flute & Chanting Voice
Keiko Takahashi - Keyboards
Alexander Adhami - Cello, Santoor, Guitar, Ebow

Gary Barlough - Producer, Engineer
Doug Sax - Mastering
Joe Chiccarelli - Engineer
Robert Hadley - Mastering
Eiichi Naito - Executive Producer, Management
Dino Malito - Artists & Repertoire, Management
Howard Sapper - Business & Legal Affairs
Tatsuya Hayashi - Marketing
Kio Griffith - Art Direction, Design

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Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai is a series of peace-themed albums by new age artist Kitarō, inspired by the classic Buddhist pilgrimage to the 88 sacred temples on Japan's island of Shikoku. Each album in the series has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.



Shortly after 9/11, Kitarō began a pilgrimage to the island of Shikoku, which has 88 temples, each with its own distinct temple bells.  The Japanese keyboardist has been recording those bells and working them into the fabric of The Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, of which this is the second volume in a projected series.  The first volume unlocked a new energy in Kitarō's music, with more open spaces and instruments like the erhu and pipa (Chinese violin and lute) lending his landscapes an organic immediacy.  But Kitarō is a composer who doesn't know when to stop.  He takes the freshest elements of his music, like the koto-erhu duet at the core of "Shining Spirit of Water," and buries them in the same choir pads, electronic squiggles, dripping strings, and whooping synthesizers that have been his sonic signature since 1978's Astral Voyage.  Even the relatively austere meditation of "Peaceful Valley," featuring Native American flute, and the darker textures of "Ka-Non," get swamped as Kitarō gilds the lily and then dips it in a treacly bath sweeter than a glazed doughnut.  The thought that Kitarō's Shikoku pilgrimage has already turned into a tedious trudge doesn't bode well.

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On SACRED JOURNEY OF KU-KAI VOL. 2, Kitarō sets out to complete his musical survey of Shikoku. A secluded Japanese island, Shikoku is the home to 88 ancient temples. (The iconoclastic Buddhist priest Ku-Kai was the first to make the sacred pilgrimage across this island.) As on the first volume, Kitarō brings to life the ancient beauty and mystical power of this land. In order to do this, the New Age composer traveled to many Shikoku temples, among them Ryouzenji, Konsenji, and Gokurakuji. His goal was to internalize the natural beauty of these surroundings and to capture the sound of each temple bell. Not surprisingly, these bells are heard throughout the album. Their soft tolling especially complements Kitarō's keyboards on the futuristic "Kan-Non" and on the foreboding "Ritual Waves." Kitarō also uses traditional Asian instruments on all 11 tracks. Among others, the opening track, "Shining Spirit of Water," features a spacious and haunting koto (Japanese zither) melody. Additionally, various flutes and pipes are heard soaring high above on many of these selections. The best example of this may be on the sweeping ballad "As the Wind Blows."

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