Kitaro - Silk Road and Silk Road Suite (1996-1998 Remastered)

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Kitaro's universally acknowledged as the founding architect of new age music. The Grammy and Golden Globe Award-Winning Kitaro has achieved global acclaim over a more than three decade long career with a signature sound and a pioneering fusion of cultures, techniques and spheres of consciousness that are truly his own.
Kitaro's style is the epitome of the contemplative, highly melodic synthesizer music often associated with the new-age movement. Interestingly enough, this famous Japanese composer taught himself to play electric guitar in high school -- inspired by the R&B music of Otis Redding. In the early '70s, Kitaro formed the Far East Family Band, which released two albums of progressive rock. In 1972, however, he met the innovative German synthesist Klaus Schulze during a trip to Europe. Kitaro was hooked. He built his first synthesizer and began experimenting with all kinds of unusual sounds. His first solo album, Astral Voyage, appeared in 1978 and quickly gained a cult following. Two years later, he produced the first of several soundtracks for Silk Road, a Japanese television documentary series that ran for five years. Several albums of music from Silk Road were released to a growing international contingent of fans who admired his combination of lush, majestic textures and gentle, almost naive, melodies. Kitaro, however, was still considered an underground artist in America until he signed with Geffen Records in 1986, which re-released seven of his earlier albums and gave him the support to expand his scope in many ways. For instance, after years of creating albums in the privacy of his home studio near Japan's Mt. Fuji, Kitaro produced his 1987 release, The Light of the Spirit, with the help of Mickey Hart. The album featured an array of American musicians and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best New-Age Performance category. That same year, Kitaro also made his first live tour of North America and sold two million albums in the U.S. alone. Kitaro's style had changed as well, becoming more theatrical and assertive while retaining a certain level of innocence and purity. His more recent recordings also show a renewed interest in the rock and pop elements that originally attracted him to music in the late '60s; in 1998, he also released the soundtrack to Cirque Ingenieux, a production bound for the Broadway stage. Thinking of You followed a year later; Ancient appeared in spring 2001. It was well received, leading to a sequel of sorts in the like-minded Ancient Journey in 2002. His contributions on the soundtrack to the controversial Chinese drama The Soong Sisters came out the same year, as did a live album and DVD.
Kitaro - Silk Road - Volume 1 [1996 Remastered]
Kitaro'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 Kitaro release. There are incredible transitions throughout the pieces, making this a true masterpiece and a treasure to own.
01 - Silk Road (Shichu No Michi)
02 - Bell Tower (Shoro)
03 - Heavenly Father (Tenchi Sohzo Shin)
04 - The Great River (Harukanaru Taiga)
05 - The Great Wall Of China (Chohjo)
06 - Flying Celestial Nymphs (Hiten)
07 - Silk Road Fantasy (Silk Road Genso)
08 - Shimmering Light (Hikari To Kage)
09 - Westbound (Nishi Ni Mukkatte)
10 - Time (Toki No Nagare)
11 - Bodhisattva (Bosatsu)
12 - Everlasting Road (Towa No Michi)
Kitaro - Silk Road - Volume 2 [1996 Remastered]
It can be easy to dismiss a Kitaro album as more "new age fluff." Indeed, many reviewers have done so, thereby depriving their readers of an honest appraisal and an opportunity to experience the sheer joy of this music. Silk Road, Vol. 2 is the second collection from Kitaro's soundtracks for the Japanese television series of the same name. These light, symphonic synthesizer pieces are elegant and glamorous. Kitaro approaches his craft tenderly and lovingly and it shows in his gentle touch. The ebb and flow of these pieces is warm and friendly. Kitaro is in the elite class of new age artists. Fans of Constance Demby, Suzanne Ciani, Dean Evenson, Lisa Lynne, Steven Halpern, and Tingstad & Rumbel will enjoy this CD.
Review by Jim Brenholts, Allmusic.com
01 - Peace (Shizukesa No Nakade)
02 - Takla Makan Desert (Takuramakan Sabaku)
03 - Eternal Spring (Inochi No Izumi)
04 - Silver Moon (Karakhoto No Genso)
05 - Magical Sand Dance (Shimpi Naru Suna No Mai)
06 - 40080 (40080 Nen)
07 - Time Travel (Jikukan)
08 - Reincarnation (Saisei)
09 - Dawning (Yoake)
10 - Tienshan (Tenzan)
Kitaro - Silk Road Suite with the London Symphony Orchestra [1998 Remastered]
Recorded in October 1980 with the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Paul Buckmaster), SILK ROAD SUITE was yet another breakthrough for Grammy and Golden Globe-winning multi-instrumentalist Kitaro. Based on his series of SILK ROAD television soundtracks for the NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corporation), SILK ROAD SUITE highlights some of Kitaro's pivotal compositions, adding a another dimension to their already ethereal ambience. Overflowing with lush instrumentation and cross-genre arrangements, SILK ROAD SUITE is less a New Age album and more a string of classical movements with pop sensibilities.
Track List:
01 - Tienshan
02 - Peace
03 - Journey
04 - Silk Road Theme
05 - Drifting Sand
06 - Fragrance Of Nature
07 - Silk Road Fantasy
08 - Time
09 - Flying Celestial Nymphs
10 - Silk Road Theme- Andante&Everlasting Road
11 - Bell Tower
12 - Sunset
13 - Westbound
14 - Magical Sand Dance
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