KYOTO

Tangerine Dream

Progressive Electronic

3.05 | 35 ratings

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ZowieZiggy
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The naughties were not very prolific in terms of new music for the TD fans. Mostly was the band releasing live material from old concerts, remixes and compilations.

This one has another approach: they use old unreleased material which remained into the vaults for over twenty years and after some restoration decided to release it as a studio material. As Richard mentioned in his review, while the band was touring in Japan in 83, they were quite inspired by this Far Eastern environment and therefore most of the songs featured do have a close relation with this country.

But since TD already committed two albums of the same concept (the weak "Hollywood Years") I was not sure what could be expected from this "Kyoto". Let me assure you right away: Japan was a better source of inspiration than California...

The past grandeur of the seventies is not met; nor the immaculate beauty from "Tangram" or "Underwater Sunlight" but the result achieved is quite acceptable. Mostly ambient and melodic ("Industrial Life", "Cherry Blossom Road") this album also holds some more upbeat tracks ("Mad Sumo Yamoto ") while "Chilly Moons" is a more conventional TD song and could have been released in the late seventies.

To find a link with "Tamago Yaki" and the musical content is a complicated exercise. The "Tamago Yaki" is a culinary institution in Japan (some sort of omelette). To try and depict this musically is quite a challenge?which leads to one of the weakest song from this offering although the last third and spacey part is rather good.

My favourite song (although short - some four minutes) is the very nice "Last Train To Osaka". An ambient hymn which should have closed this album. A fantastic and peaceful ode to meditation.

This is another good album released by TD; nothing extraordinary but a pleasant hour of relaxing music. Three stars.

ZowieZiggy | 3/5 | 2009-11-8

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