DREAM

The Japanese multi-instrumentalist, producer and arranger Kitaro, considered one of the inspirational sources and contributors to the New Age genre, despite his refusal to be labelled as such, invited Jon Anderson to collaborate with him in 1992 on his fifteenth studio album, "Dream".

In communion with the elements of nature, his constant source of inspiration, Kitaro recreates mystical and reflective atmospheres using a wide range of synthesizers played almost note for note, with an intimate and spiritual aura that is not out of tune, as with the opening "Symphony of the Forest" or the orchestrated and suspenseful "A Passage of Life". And Anderson, who is so fond of such things, accompanies him symbiotically in the best passages of the album: the masterful "Lady of Dreams", "Agreement" and its delicate guitar solos fused peacefully with the instrumental base, the final chorus of "Dream of Chant", and the luminous and soulful "Island of Life". This collaboration is, in my opinion, one of the best performances of the British singer in his career outside Yes.

Inclined in his renowned career to develop proposals without the participation of singers, probably to avoid interference in the direct sensorial connection between the music and its receivers, Kitaro made with "Dream" one of the few exceptions, giving Anderson's significant contribution a special attraction to the album.

Good

3/3.5 stars