Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai, Volume 2

by Kitaro

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1.	Shining Spirit Of Water 05:33	buy track
2.	As The Wind Blows 05:01	buy track
3.	Koki 04:48	buy track
4.	Kan-non 05:10	buy track
5.	Whispering Earth 06:28	buy track
6.	Inner Lights 06:34	buy track
7.	Dancing Flower 04:48	buy track
8.	Floating Lotus 05:30	buy track
9.	Peaceful Valley 05:07	buy track
10.	Crystal Field 04:53	buy track
11.	Ritual Waves 04:29	buy track

about

Shortly after 9/11, Kitaro 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 Kitaro's music, with more open spaces and instruments like the erhu and pipa (Chinese violin and lute) lending his landscapes an organic immediacy. But Kitaro 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 Kitaro gilds the lily and then dips it in a treacly bath sweeter than a glazed doughnut. The thought that Kitaro's Shikoku pilgrimage has already turned into a tedious trudge doesn't bode well.

credits

released February 22, 2005

All songs written, arranged & performed by Kitaro

Produced by Kitaro
Co-produced by Eiichi Naito
Associate produced by Gary Barlough

Recorded by Kitaro & Gary Barlough at Mochi House Studio
Mixed by Joe Chicarelli in Stereo & 5.1 at Chalice Studio, LA
Mastered by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, CA

Artists + Repertoire: Dino Malito
Business & Legal: Howard Sapper

Engineered by Kitaro and Gary Barlough
Mix Recording Assistant: Kevin Szymanski
Assistant Engineers: Hitoshi Takashima, Yoshiyuki Ebihara & Keiko Takahashi

Management: Eiichi Naito & Dino Malito
Art Direction & Design: Kio Griffith / griffithdesign.com