Kitaro

Kitaro

Masanori Takahashi better known as Kitarō, (February 4, 1953) is a Grammy award-winning Japanese musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist. In the early 1970s, he changed completely to keyboards. He joined the band "Far East Family Band" and toured with them around the world. In Europe, he met the German synthesizer musician and former Tangerine Dream member Klaus Schulze. Schulze produced two albums for the band and gave Kitaro some tips for the use of synthesizers. In 1976 he left the band and travelled through Asia. Back in Japan, Kitaro started his solo career in 1977. The first two albums Ten Kai and From the Full Moon Story became cult favorites of fans of the nascent New Age movement.

Kitaro - Special

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1986
This is a rare Japan release Best of with a little mini poster.

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Kitaro - Spiritual Garden

Artist: Kitaro
P: 2006
After only two volumes, Kitaro has taken a break from his Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai series, based on his travels to the 88 temples of Shikoku. Those temple journeys must have been tiring, because Spiritual Garden is Kitaro at his laziest and haziest. It's not just the somnambulant melodies, predictable sample-and-hold gurgles, and whooping Korg synthesizer lines that make it uninspired. Kitaro himself seems bored, barely bothered to develop anything beyond rudimentary pentatonic scales, crudely arranged drone pads, and tinkling bells. In the 1970s, Kitaro brought melody to space music and carried that through to ambitious works of orchestral world music on albums like 1990's Kojiki. But to listen to Spiritual Garden is to hear someone for whom time is moving backwards, oblivious to more than the quarter century of space, new age, and ambient music released since his debut. Whether it's the Pink Floyd space guitar at the end of "Sunlight Dancing" or the native flute, acoustic guitar, and burbling brook of "Wind and Water," Kitaro is locked in a parody of new age music, his early inspiration now worn into cliché. Fans of the synthesist should find a lot of familiar territory here, and well they should. The same music is already in their Kitaro collection. --John Diliberto

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Kitaro - Symphony Live in Istanbul

Artist: Kitaro
P: 2014
Kitaro live in Turkey. He is playing his favourite songs live together with the symphonic orchestra.

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Kitaro - Tamayura DVD

Artist: Kitaro
P: 2000
Produced by Kitaro, "Tamayura" is a unique combination of Kitaro's signature sound married to visuals performed by Koichi Tamano and the Harupin-Ha Butoh Dance Theater who bring the characters of the story to life. With costumes by Heather Hanse and choreography by Koichi Tamano, "Tamayura" features widly colorful scenes and surreal, almost magical dance routines.

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Kitaro - Ten Kai, Astral Trip

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1978 / 1984
One of his early releases, with many vintage synthesizersounds and instruments.
Music that reminds to Bernd Scholl and Bo Hannson.


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Kitaro - Tenjiku (Silk Road IV)

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1983
One of his early recordings also known as Silk Road IV and also as India.

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Kitaro - Tenku

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1986 / 2005
The title, which means ‘heavenly sky’, reflects the open air environment of Kitaro’s home studio. On the opening track, a child’s laughter is heard. The album’s theme concerns images and impressions of childhood.

"I send a message of sound toward the sky, engulfing empty space, soaring far beyond grasp, high above the mountain tops, beyond ocean waves, stretching to reach the Andes and lightly touching Nepal . . . now catch the sound and feel the light by feeling things which are with life . . . this is a beginning – connecting the dream to the color of your breathless heart – peace and tranquility, you need only to sing . . . it is for you" --Kitaro

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Kitaro - Tenku

Artist: Kitaro
P: 1986 
The title, which means ‘heavenly sky’, reflects the open air environment of Kitaro’s home studio. On the opening track, a child’s laughter is heard. The album’s theme concerns images and impressions of childhood.

"I send a message of sound toward the sky, engulfing empty space, soaring far beyond grasp, high above the mountain tops, beyond ocean waves, stretching to reach the Andes and lightly touching Nepal . . . now catch the sound and feel the light by feeling things which are with life . . . this is a beginning – connecting the dream to the color of your breathless heart – peace and tranquility, you need only to sing . . . it is for you" --Kitaro

12,90 EUR
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Kitaro - The Definitive Collection

Artist: Kitaro
P: 2007
"Floating Lotus"; "Wave of Sand" and "Spirit of Harp" - 3 of the pieces on the CD describe the feeling of flowing with the movement, skimming the water's surface, dangling feet in warm water on a lazy day, absolutely carefree... that's what Kitaro brings out in his music, the reassurance that it's all going to work out.

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