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Kitarō: Silk Road Vol. 1

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Label: Domo Records
Released: 1980
Time:
 42:32
Category: New Age
Producer(s): Takayo Nanri
Rating:
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] Silk Road [Shichu No Michi] (Kitarō) - 4:07
[2] Bell Tower [Shoro] (Kitarō) - 2:15
[3] Heavenly Father [Tenchi Sohzo Shin] (Kitarō) - 4:09
[4] The Great River [Harukanaru Taiga] (Kitarō) - 2:42
[5] The Great Wall Of China [Chohjo] (Kitarō) - 2:05
[6] Flying Celestial Nymphs [Hiten] (Kitarō) - 4:48
[7] Silk Road Fantasy [Silk Road Genso] (Kitarō) - 4:27
[8] Shimmering Light [Hikari To Kage] (Kitarō) - 3:22
[9] Westbound [Nishi Ni Mukkatte] (Kitarō) - 3:01
[10] Time [Toki No Nagare] (Kitarō) - 3:31
[11] Bodhisattva [Basatsu] (Kitarō) - 1:58
[12] Everlasting Road [Towa No Michi] (Kitarō) - 5:52

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Kitarō - Synthesizer (Korg, Roland, Yamaha, Moog, Prophet), Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Mellotron, Chanting Bell, Santoor, Quena Flute, Arrangements, Engineer, Mixing

Takayo Nanri - Producer
Moko Nanri - Associate Producer
Kimo Ariumi - Executive Producer
Doug Sacks - Digital Remastering
Gavin Lurssen - Digital Remastering
Masayoshi Ohkawa - Mixing
Atsushi Kaji - Assistant Engineer
S. Taya - Assistant Engineer
Hermann Wernhard - Design
Irmgard Voigt - Design
Takaomi Shibayama - Design
Irmgard Voigt - Design
Hermann Wernhard - Design
S. Ohtsuka - Photography
Y. Takara - Photography

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1980 LP Polydor 823 736-2
1996 CD Domo Records 71050-2

Kitarō has released numerous recordings of merit within his vast oeuvre, but few are of as high a quality as SILK ROAD. Recorded in 1980 (before his signing to Geffen started the avalanche), there are many moments of timeless beauty throughout, interlaced with some gentle guitar picking and shifting Eastern flute tones. The beautiful tranquillity that is SILK ROAD makes for an often becalming aural narcotic, the occasional ingestion of which might just soothe the soul.



Kitarō's music is fluid and harmonic, as he blends smooth electronic lines with influences from traditional Japanese music, rock, and the romantic Western tradition. Silk Road is a phenomenal success and very possibly the best Kitarō release. There are incredible transitions throughout the pieces, making this a true masterpiece and a treasure to own.

All Music Guide



Originally the soundtrack to a Japanese television mini-series, Silk Road set the standard for electronic/spiritual albums in the mid-1980s. Kitarō's placement of synthesizer center-stage and densely layering complementary textures made Silk Road new age's innovative and influential equivalent of Sgt. Pepper's. Fluid synthesizer leads, sweeping washes, and sequenced rhythms evoke sacred-quest imagery that is imbued with a contemplative serenity. Soaring synthesizer lines suggest yearning for spiritual experience, while deep, rolling bass tones emulate a cosmic Om. The themes are continued in Silk Road II; both recordings are tastefully reserved - especially compared with the bombastic electronic orchestrations that mar many of Kitarō's later efforts.

Richard Price - Amazon.com



Bei den Klängen von Kitarō wartet man immer darauf, daß eine samtige Stimme sagt: "Ihre Augen werden schwer, Sie sind ganz entspannt..." Doch auf den synthetischen Wattewolken des Japaners entschweben New-Age-Jünger auch ohne Text in meditative Sphären. Das 81er Werk "Silk Road Vol.I" gehört zu den Standardwerken der elektronischen Musik und steht deutlich in der Tradition von Tangerine Dream und Jean Michel Jarre. In der remasterten Version glitzert das harmonietrunkene Opus noch einmal so sternenklar.

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