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Kitarō: The Light of the Spirit

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Label: Domo Records
Released: 1987.07.17
Time:
 48:45
Category: New Age
Producer(s): Kitarō, Mickey Hart
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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] Mysterious Encounter (Kitarō) - 6:04
[2] Sundance (Kitarō) - 6:18
[3] The Field (Kitarō) - 4:55
[4] The Light of the Spirit (Kitarō) - 7:29
[5] In the Beginning (Kitarō) - 5:54
[6] Moondance (Kitarō) - 4:44
[7] Howling Thunder (Kitarō) - 6:09
[8] Journey to a Fantasy (Kitarō) - 7:12

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Kitarō - Arranger, Mixing, Producer

Hiroshi Araki - Baritone Guitar
Bobby Black - Pedal Steel Guitar, Baritone Guitar
David Grisman - Mandolin
Mickey Hart - Percussion, Special Effects, Producer
Tomoyuki Hayashi - Keyboards
Zakir Hussain - Percussion
David Jenkins - Electric Guitar
Jose Lorenzo - Percussion
John Meyer - Flute
Lynn Ray - Vocals
Jeff Sterling - Synthesizer, Programming, Operation
Jeanie Tracy - Vocals
Norihiro Tsuru - Violin
Bobby Vega - Electric Bass

Pat Hill - Assistant Producer, Production Assistant
Ruriko Sakumi - Assistant Producer, Production Assistant
Tom Flye - Engineer
Tom Size - Assistant Engineer
George Horn - Mastering
Doug Sax - Remastering
Laura LiPuma - Design
Yukio Ohyam - Photography
Ryuzo Toyotaka - Photography

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1987 LP Geffen Records 924 163-1
1987 MC Geffen Records M5 24163
1987 CD Geffen Records 924 163-2
1993 CD Geffen Records 924 163-2
2000 CD Geffen Records 32XL-246

The Light Of The Spirit is a Kitaro studio album co-produced by Grateful Dead drummer, Mickey Hart. The album received a Grammy Nomination for the single The Field.


The Light Of The Spirit, co-produced with Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart, is an enthralling exploration of melodic imagery featuring the Grammy nominated song “The Field.”  Accompanying this Digitally Remastered Compact Disc is a bonus DVD blending cinematic melodies from the album with images from nature that explore the harmony between the spirit and our shared environment.  The DVD running time is 49 minutes.

Copyright © 1993-2015 DOMO Music Group.



The Light of the Spirit is one of Kitaro's best CDs. Perhaps it is because Mickey Hart co-produced, or perhaps Kitaro asked Hart to co-produce because it is so good. It doesn't really matter if either of those is the reason; this is just an awesome CD. Kitaro's specialty has always been the symphonic synth and this is no exception. He augments that synth with several guest musicians on a variety of ambient instruments. This is truly ambient music, albeit on the new age side of that style. The vocal accompaniment by Lynn Ray and Jeannie Tracy counts as instrumental as well. The sound design treats the wordless vocals as an extra sound to incorporate. David Jenkins contributes a smoking electric guitar that gives this rock & roll textures as well. This disc stands proudly with work by Constance Demby, Vangelis, Suzanne Ciani, and Dean Evenson as some of the best adult contemporary instrumental new age music.

Jim Brenholts - All Music Guide



By the time he was recording The Light of the Spirit in 1987, Kitaro had already made a career out of excellence. While most of his previous albums were produced and recorded only by himself, Kitaro brought in Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead to co-produce The Light of the Spirit. While this seems like a strange match-up, the decision proved to be a wise one, because the result of these sessions ended up being his best work since his debut album nine years earlier.

If there's anything to be said about Kitaro, one must first point out the obvious; the man is a genius when it comes to composing melodies. Previously, Kitaro sometimes struggled to find a winning melody, but here, the struggle is gone, as he's always on the mark with a breathtaking, dramatic, or uplifting theme. Perhaps the best track here is "In the Beginning," which can only be described as jaw-dropping. It's easily one of the most triumphant moments Kitaro has ever created, a life-affirming, climactic, synth build-up only bolstered by the strings accompanying it.

In fact, there's no shortage of jaw-dropping moments on The Light of the Spirit. Wisely, some tracks still play to Kitaro's well-worn strengths and the typical stereotypes of New Age music such as "Moondance," which is still ingenious. Others, such as "Mysterious Encounter" and the title track merely use Kitaro's synthesizers as a backdrop to what the studio musicians are doing; blistering guitar solos (YES A KITARO GUITAR SOLO), wordless vocalizations, you name it. Thankfully, he still allows his synthesizers to create climaxes, though, which results in some blissful moments of euphoria.

On previous releases, Kitaro made his work seem effortless. Here, he's really pushing himself, and that's what makes The Light of the Spirit all the more brilliant; rather than allowing his work to stagnate, he went beyond his limits. While I'm sure the album would have been a success if he hadn't, it's exactly why lightning strikes yet again for Kitaro on The Light of the Spirit, re-affirming that he is indeed the musical genius he's been touted to be.

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