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Artista:
Kitaro
Origen:
Japón, ToyohashiJapón
Nacido el día:
4 de Febrero de 1953
Disco de Kitaro: «Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai 3»
Disco de Kitaro: «Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai 3» (Anverso)
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  • Título:Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai 3
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Kitaro picks up the path of his sacred journey through Shikoku, an island that has 88 temples, each with its own distinct temple bells. The Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 3, is the latest in a projected multi-disc series in which the Japanese keyboardist has been recording those bells and working them into the matrix of his music. Taking its name from Kukai, a Japanese monk and founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism in the 9th century, the series follows a path that gets more languid with each album. The synthesist has jettisoned most of the sappy strings that marred his previous journeys, opting for floating, ambient spaces centered around organic sounds. "Crystal Winds" might be the most carefully formed, albeit rhythm-free and melodically amorphous track Kitaro has composed in years. It builds from a floating array of Native American flute, zithers, Balinese gamelan, temple bells, and harmonic singing merging into filter-swept synthesizer before a brief santoor melody is teased out of it. It's not long before Kitaro tosses in electric-guitar leads on the grandiose sweep of "After the Rain," replete with his patented whooping Korg lead lines. If he'd left out the sampled choirs and strings, it might've risen above generic easy-listening new age, which is still preferable to "Winds Blow over the Hill," a thinly veiled lift from his own Silk Road that makes it sound like a score for a sanatorium. But Kitaro redeems himself with the last two tracks, a hypnotic jam with some uncharacteristically raving guitar over a sequencer ostinato called "Voice in Blue," and "Circle Dance," a ritualistic piece for bells, flute, and what sounds like metal mixing bowls. I kept looking into the kitchen to see if my wife was making something, but I liked the way it added three-dimensionality to the piece. With The Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 3, Kitaro gives us hope that the trek might be worth continuing. --John Diliberto
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6 personas de un total de 6 encontraron útil la siguiente opinión:
- The Next Step in Kitaro's Musical Pilgrimage

Sometimes Kitaro's music is sublime and sometimes it's sappy, but it always manages to be movingly and yet enjoyably spiritual somehow. Still, this album, volume three of an ongoing series inspired by his pilgrimage along the Shikoku 88 Temple Henro Route (in this case, temples 24 through 31), manages something a bit unusual for him. While unmistakably Kitaro music through and through, it seems somewhat more serene, subdued, and subtle for him, as if his sound is maturing with age. And that while still continuing the mood and tone of the prior two installments of "Sacred Journey of Kukai"--again nicely mixing in the actual reverberations of each temple's bells into the music, only this time far more organically and unobtrusively, blending it seamlessly into the soundscapes of his instrumentation. Towards the middle of the album he resorts to a few of his stereotypically saccharine whooping swoops (especially with tracks four and five, mainly) but the rest is strangely ambient in a satisfyingly sophisticated manner, with track seven achieving an especially eerie intensity and eight a compellingly alien atmosphere. A bit experimental but not inaccessible. Once again Kitaro has created music that is incredibly representative of the New Age genre at its best while expanding that genre's yet untapped potential.

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- New musical Directions !

New musical directions on this album !

Very beautiful songs (Sacred Fountain, Winds Blow Over The Hill).

The sound is new/fresh !

I didn`t have heared such beautiful songs for a long time !

Also i don`t like the repeating use of electic guitars on some of the songs (Sky and Ocean, After The Rain...).

I think that electric Guitars don`t fit in Kitaro`s music.

I recommend this CD to every serious Kitaro Fan, and to also to beginners who wants to start to collect his music.

I hope that Kukai Vol. 4 would released soon and keeps up the good musical work.

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1 personas de un total de 2 encontraron útil la siguiente opinión:
- New spectrum of sound

With this album Kitaro once more demostrates that he is the master of spiritual music. He opens a whole new spectrum of sound for his listeners.

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0 personas de un total de 9 encontraron útil la siguiente opinión:
- Mesmerizing Music

This is a really wonderful work of music. It takes you to a far away place and paints wonderful pictures in your mind. I was impressed with how each piece consistently impressed me, not just one or two of the collection. It is very unique and interesting music.