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KOJIKI

Kitaro

 

Progressive Electronic

4.81 | 7 ratings

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alainPP
5 stars 1.Hajimari let's go, the sound of the heart, a torrent flowing in the distance and one of the tunes taken up in a number of lugubrious series, a cold, austere mechanical violin, here we go into the album with the Japanese symphonic explosion 2.Sozo and its variation metronomic harp, a flute... from there, mysterious, calm atmosphere, implied, one would say in an episode of Ushaïa; the air arrives suddenly, solemn, airy, on a meditative wisdom; grandeur of sounds, eloquence of traditional instruments bathed in keyboards, or how to feel the bucolic garden 3.Koi starts with a distinctive melody and signature instrumentation; a melody that comes from Kyoto, which plays along the edge of the Japanese waterfall; suddenly the break with the Pendragonian synth and then the flute which vibrates; unstoppable relaxing melody with enough pep to meditate alone in your brain; the characteristic percussions such as the taiko increase the grandiloquent effect

4.Orochi for the most open title, Japanese or Peruvian flutes, played with a Dantesque hit, a caravan tune that crosses the Orient through the Mongolian desert; a sound here resembling TANGERINE DREAM, just in part but it's well done; a guitar which slightly accentuates the resemblance; the Jarrian synths play in stereo until the gong explodes 5.Nageki cover yourself the wind is freezing; air which gives priority to the melancholy violin, to the meditative flute on a calm synth base; tranquility like an evening before the Creation of the next day 6.Matsuri Japanese percussion in the preamble bringing a festive air, based on the tricks of the flute; we are there and even the electronic synth brings the folkloric character; halfway through the chorus on the percussion to get into the dance; yes your feet vibrate, they too drum, yes the trance is not far away; final in color which makes you lose track of time 7.Reimei for the final anthem with choirs, grandiloquent tune, everything goes so that this tune puts you in good orbit and leaves you in weightlessness; the tune which flirts with the country melodies of OLFIELD before returning to the starting tune; final guitar solo which boosts the title, yes I want more.

alainPP | 5/5 |

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