Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai

by Kitaro

Overview

Although the general impression of Kitaro's music is that it consists almost entirely of undifferentiated space rock synth noodling, the truth is actually a bit more interesting than that. (Which is not to say that there aren't sections of The Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai that sound like someone taped down random keys on an old synthesizer and then went to get a cup of coffee.) This lengthy piece of program music features plenty of real instruments, particularly woodwinds and percussion, along with bits of birdsong and other nature sounds. Later in the album, unexpected elements like some old-fashioned prog rock electric guitar (on "Flow" and "Evening Sun") and even the out-of-nowhere appearance of a full choir of Buddhist monks ("Nen") add further interest to the sound. It's still an uninterrupted bliss-out, and anyone who requires such subtleties as melody and rhythm in their music will be driven insane, but there's more to The Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai than the previously uninitiated might expect. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2003
Label:	Domo Records / Domo
UPC:	0794017302225
Rank:	124021

Tracks

1. Michi
2. Kageroh
3. Shizuku
4. Flow
5. Nen
6. The Wind
7. Gi
8. Evening Sun
9. Silence
10. Earth in Bloom
11. Kuu
12. Cocoro

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kitaro   Primary Artist
Kristin Stordahl Kanda   Flute
Dawn Frank   Temple Bells
Keiko Takahashi   Keyboards
Tu Shang Xian   Pipa
Miho Shimomaebara   Vocals
Paul Pesco   Slide Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Nawang Khechog   Chant,Tibetan Flutes
Jonathan Goldman   Chant

Technical Credits

Eiichi Naito   Audio Production,Producer
Gary Barlough   Audio Production,Engineer,Associate Producer
Kitaro   Audio Production,Audio Engineer,Writer,Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Performer,Liner Notes
Robert Hadley   Mastering
Shigeru Inoue   Assistant
Kio Griffith   Design,Art Direction
Dino Malito   A&R
Lon Neuman   Digital Editing
Tetsutaro Sakurai   Coordination
Hitoshi Takashima   Assistant Engineer
Allen Sides   Mixing
Doug Sax   Mastering
Jeff Burns   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer