This album dates back to 1998 and is an evocative journey across the vast Asian continent. There are five lengthy tracks: "Hong Kong - 01.07.1997", "Flying Eagle", "Journey Under the Great China Wall", "Mysteries of the Ming Dynasties", and "One Night on the Khangay Mountain". The overlying impression I get from all the tracks is of movement - political, social and human. The sound is huge, layer upon layer of densely textured synths, samples of Mongolian, Chinese and Japanese instruments, percussion and Buddhist chants and all sorts of weirdness. The music has a grandeur that matches Kitaro's great classic album, "Kojiki", and like that it builds a mind picture of a region of the world positively bulging with humanity among a clash of differing cultures. From a musician whose albums all set high standards this is one of his very best.
