Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Volume 4 (2010)

Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 4 is the fourth in a series of a collection of works and peace-themed albums inspired by the classic Buddhist pilgrimage to the 88 sacred temples on Japan's remote Shikoku Island. A journey taken by the beloved Buddist monk Ku-Kai over a millennium ago, via the music contained in Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Volume 4, Kitaro continues to explore uncharted waters with his magnificently expansive vision and ever-questing spirit.

Kitaro creates landscapes as meditative as any he's conceived and with more open space to allow his flutes, electric sitars, Chinese huquin (violin), pipa, and of course synthesizers to breathe. Although Kitaro occasionally hits the bombastic cadences and hyper-glycerin melodies that often mar his work, he taps into a more refined spirit on tracks like "Michi" with its Zen garden flow and the ritual space of "Gi," featuring Tibetan flutist and singer Nawang Khechog. –

TRACKLIST

1. Lotus Mountain [9:04]
2. Yakushi [8:32]
3. Magic Seeds [8:39]
4. Reflection Of Water [7:07]
5. South Wind [5:30]
6. Circle Pray [7:16]
7. Requiem [7:46]
8. Ritual Winds [4:17]