The Light Of The Spirit (2012 Remaster)

by Kitaro

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1.	Mysterious Encounter 06:04	buy track
2.	Sundance 06:18	buy track
3.	The Field 04:55	buy track
4.	The Light Of The Spirit 07:31	buy track
5.	In The Beginning 05:54	buy track
6.	Moondance 04:44	buy track
7.	Howling Thunder 06:09	buy track
8.	Journey To A Fantasy 07:14	buy track

about

Spanning a celebrated career of more than 30 years, Kitaro is a Grammy Award and Golden Globe winning international composer and recording artist world renowned for his unique style of contemplative, progressive, and ethereal synthesizer music. His instrumental themes capture the imagination and inspire harmony between the spirit and the environment.

Co-produced with Grateful Dead drummer, Mickey Hart, The Light of the Spirit blends cinematic melodies and images from nature to explore spiritual aspects of the life cycle. Featuring an ensemble of musicians and digitally remastered tracks, The Light of the Spirit is an enthralling exploration of melodic imagery, and includes the Grammy nominated song "The Field".

This project was tracked at Kitaro's studio in Japan on an Otari DTR 900 thirty-two track digital recorder using one inch tape. Overdubs were done at Fantasy Studio "D", Berkeley, California, on a Mitsubishi X850 thirty-two track digital recorder. The project was mixed from an Otari DTR 900 thirty-two track to a Mitsubishi X80 digital recorder using one-quarter inch tape. In the Mastering process Meyer's Phase Correction filters were used to feed the signal to a sphere custom console using Sontec equalization. FInally, the signal was transferred to the Sony PCM 1630 digital recorder using U-Matic tape which has a sampling rate of 44.1 Khz. This Master tape was used in making the compact disc. The final analog master disc was cut from the Mitsubishi X80 as well as the Bin Loop Master from the audio cassettes. John Meyer's Model 833 studio monitors and subs were used in the overdub sessions.

credits

released March 27, 2012

All songs written and arranged by Kitaro

Produced by Kitaro and Mickey Hart

Mixed by Kitaro
Recorded by Tom Flye
Assisted by Tom Size and Noboru Kato
Mastered by George Horn
Remastered at The Mastering Lab by Doug Sax
Digitally Remastered by Dino Malito
Synthesizer Operator and Programmer : Jeff Sterling
Production Assistant : Pat Hill and Ruriko Sakumi

Additional Musicians
Mandolin : David Grisman
Flute : John Meyer
Vocal : Lynn Ray and Jeannie Tracy
Electric Guitar : David Jenkins
Electric Bass : Bobby Vega
Percussion : Zakir Hussain (Courtesy of ECM and ASPEN Records) and Jose Lorenzo
Pedal Steel Guitar : Bobby Black
Keyboards : Tomoyuki Hayashi
Violin : Norihiro Tsuru
Guitar : Hiroshi Araki
Percussion, Spatial Effects : Mickey Hart

Executive Producer : Eiichi Naito
Artists + Repertoire : Dino Malito
Business & Legal : Howard Sapper
Management : Eiichi Naito, Dino Malito
Domo Music Group : Hitoshi Saito, Atsuko Mizuta

Art Direction & Design : Kio Griffith / griffithdesign.com
Graphics : Ichiro Higashiizumi
Design : Laura Lipuma
Front Cover Photography : Ryuzo Toyotaka (Photo International, Inc.)
Back Cover Photography : Yukio Ohyama (Photo International, Inc.)