Silk Road, Vol. 2

1. Peace (Shizukesa No Nakade)

2. Takla Makan Desert (Takuramakan Sabaku)

3. Eternal Spring (Inochi No Izumi)

4. Silver Moon (Karakhoto No Genso)

5. Magical Sand Dance (Shimpi Naru Suna No Mai)

6. Year 40080 (40080 Nen)

7. Time Travel (Jikukan)

8. Reincarnation (Saisei)

9. Dawning (Yoake)

10. Tienshan (Tenzan)

Silk Road, Vol. 2,Kitaro,Rhino / Wea,Contemporary Instrumental,Ethnic Fusion,New Age / Meditation,Progressive Electronic

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Average customer rating: As good as vol.1 The apotheosis of New Age music Very soothing mystical music.

Silk Road, Vol. 2 Kitaro Manufacturer: Domo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005WO0 Release Date: 1996-10-01

Tracks:

1. Peace
2. Takla Makan Desert
3. Eternal Spring
4. Silver Moon
5. Magical Sand Dance
6. Year 40080
7. Time Travel
8. Reincarnation
9. Dawning
10. Tienshan

Amazon.com

Originally the soundtrack to a Japanese television mini-series, Silk Road set the standard for electronic/spiritual albums in the mid-1980s. Kitaro's placement of synthesizer center stage and densely layering complementary textures made Silk Road new age's innovative and influential equivalent of Sgt. Pepper's. Fluid synthesizer leads, sweeping washes, and sequenced rhythms evoke sacred-quest imagery that is imbued with a contemplative serenity. Soaring synthesizer lines suggest yearning for spiritual experience, while deep, rolling bass tones emulate a cosmic Om. The themes are continued in Silk Road II; both recordings are tastefully reserved--especially compared with the bombastic electronic orchestrations that mar many of Kitaro's later efforts. --Richard Price

Customer Reviews:

As good as vol.1.......2005-09-25

I love both vol.1 and vol.2. They are the best from Kitaro, along with 'Ki' and 'Oasis'.

The apotheosis of New Age music.......2002-05-18

I'm not by any means a big fan of New-Age composer Kitaro. The bulk of his creative work for the 80's and the 90's tends to blend together into a pastiche formula: _bombastic_ being the term used most often to describe the fair-to-middling results. There doesn't seem much point in preferring 'Light of the Spirit' over 'Asia' or 'Ten Years,' for they all sound about the same: and none of it sounds very good. Despite his Asian background, there is little exotic, inspiring or innovative to Kitaro's sound.

But if you tune your ears back a couple decades, you'll find a completely different Kitaro at the studio-helm. The trilogy Silk Road, Silk Road 2, and Full Moon Story in particular bristle with unique quality. Here we have beautiful synth soundscapes melded with natural resonance and strange-but-stirring sound effects...the mark of genius that, alas, has all but vanished from 1980 on. But no matter--at least these original recordings from Kitaro's "hungry period" remain, albeit at augmented price and limited availability.

Silk Road 2 is my favorite of the trilogy, and quite possibly my favorite instrumental album of all time. Originally created for a TV miniseries, there is a mystical quality to the composition: serene and sublime, it evokes imagery of distant lands, different times, forbidden horizons. Silk Road 2 is great for relaxation, meditation, martial-art practice, and Yoga.

Highly recommended.

Very soothing mystical music........1998-08-01

Great relaxation music. Just put on those headphones and close your eyes your in for a mystical ride.

Average customer rating:

Silk Road, Vol. 2 Kitaro Manufacturer: Pony Canyon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music New Age | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006G8VW Release Date: 2002-09-30

Tracks:

1. Japanese Title
2. Japanese Title
3. Japanese Title
4. Japanese Title
5. Japanese Title
6. Japanese Title
7. Japanese Title
8. Japanese Title
9. Japanese Title
10. Japanese Title

Average customer rating:

Limited Edition Collector's Package [CD & SILK 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 foot ZOSO BANNER] Physical Graffiti [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] {see product details below} Led Zeppelin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Guitar Gods | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000JI9BBM

Product Description

"SILK BANNER" is 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 foot, High durable, imported from Italy. "TRACK LISTINGS" Disc: 1 1. Custard Pie 2. The Rover 3. In My Time Of Dying 4. Houses Of The Holy 5. Trampled Underfoot 6. Kashmir Disc: 2 1. In The Light 2. Bron-Yr-Aur 3. Down By The Seaside 4. Ten Years Gone 5. Night Flight 6. Wanton Song 7. Boogie With Stu 8. Black Country Woman 9. Sick Again

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