Sacred Journey of Kukai (Hybrid Super Audio Enhanced CD)

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In the face of the many tragedies of September 11, 2001, the tribulations of Kitaro don't amount to much--he got grounded in Hawaii for a few days while en route to Japan. But the unscheduled layover did give the Japanese musician a chance to ponder the state of the world and his music in it, and the results are one of his best CDs in years. Inspired by those events, Kitaro began making a pilgrimage to the island of Shikoku which has 88 temples, each with its own distinct temple bells. Kitaro has recorded those bells on his as-yet-uncompleted trek and works them into the fabric of The Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, the first of a projected multi-CD series. Kitaro creates landscapes as meditative as any he's conceived and with more open space to allow his flutes, electric sitars, Chinese huquin (violin), pipa, and of course synthesizers to breathe. Although Kitaro occasionally hits the bombastic cadences and hyper-glycerin melodies that often mar his work, he taps into a more refined spirit on tracks like "Michi" with its Zen garden flow and the ritual space of "Gi," featuring Tibetan flutist and singer Nawang Khechog. --John Diliberto

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Sacred Journey of Ku-kai is first in a series of albums intended to address personal and global concerns alongside forward-thinking views of spiritual growth. With guest artists from around the world, it is Kitaro's intention that his message of peace through music will inspire and unify us universally in global and spiritual co-existence.

Domo Records presents Sacred Journey of Ku-kai as a Super Audio CD Hybrid disc. Using a sampling frequency 64 times higher than that of a CD, this Super Audio disc offers an exceptionally pure and natural sound closely reproducing the analogue waveforms of the original master tapes.

This Multi-channel 5.1/Stereo Mix provides the ultimate sound when played on an SACD player and offers normal playability on any existing CD player.

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Sacred Journey of Kukai (Hybrid Super Audio Enhanced CD)

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Sacred Journey of Kukai (Hybrid Super Audio Enhanced CD)
Kitaro
Manufacturer: Domo Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music
Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000D9PGP
Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

Michi
Kageroh
Shizuku
Flow
Nen
The Wind
Gi
Evening Sun
Silence
Earth In Bloom
Kuu
Cocoro

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In the face of the many tragedies of September 11, 2001, the tribulations of Kitaro don't amount to much--he got grounded in Hawaii for a few days while en route to Japan. But the unscheduled layover did give the Japanese musician a chance to ponder the state of the world and his music in it, and the results are one of his best CDs in years. Inspired by those events, Kitaro began making a pilgrimage to the island of Shikoku which has 88 temples, each with its own distinct temple bells. Kitaro has recorded those bells on his as-yet-uncompleted trek and works them into the fabric of The Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, the first of a projected multi-CD series. Kitaro creates landscapes as meditative as any he's conceived and with more open space to allow his flutes, electric sitars, Chinese huquin (violin), pipa, and of course synthesizers to breathe. Although Kitaro occasionally hits the bombastic cadences and hyper-glycerin melodies that often mar his work, he taps into a more refined spirit on tracks like "Michi" with its Zen garden flow and the ritual space of "Gi," featuring Tibetan flutist and singer Nawang Khechog. --John Diliberto

Album Description

Sacred Journey of Ku-kai is first in a series of albums intended to address personal and global concerns alongside forward-thinking views of spiritual growth. With guest artists from around the world, it is Kitaro's intention that his message of peace through music will inspire and unify us universally in global and spiritual co-existence.

This Multi-channel 5.1/Stereo Mix provides the ultimate sound when played on an SACD player and offers normal playability on any existing CD player.

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