About Kitaro
For over a quarter century, Kitaro has been an internationally recognized icon and globally acclaimed composer and musician. Influenced early on by American rock and R&B, Kitaro began experimenting with synthesizers and a rainbow of unconventional sounds in the mid-'70s. His pioneering fusion of electronic artistry, traditional Japanese forms, and pop-inflected Western idioms created a lush, harmonic, and poetic sound that won the now legendary artist a huge international following. 1980's Volume 1 in the revered Silk Road series is considered an all-time masterpiece, with subsequent volumes only adding to its luster. '87's GRAMMY-nominated The Light Of The Spirit, a collaboration with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, exceeded sales of two million in the U.S. alone, elevating Kitaro's presence Stateside to an unprecedented degree. 1992's transcendent Dream, made with Yes' Jon Anderson, was also a smash, and other highlights are too numerous to single out.
2000's Thinking Of You, which online music bible allmusic.com called "one of the most beautiful CDs of all time," won a GRAMMY for Best New Age Album, and Kitaro is universally acknowledged as a founding architect of the genre. That being said, Kitaro's atmospheric, powerfully emotive, and multi-textured music truly defies the constraints of any genre, epitomizing what Domo Records founder Eiichi Naito identifies as the label's guiding principle"To provide a home for both the creators and aficionados of quality music beyond the borders of categorization."
Most fundamentally, at its heart, Kitaro's music is always about sending a profound message of peace and spiritual development, both personally and globally. With Sacred Journey Of Ku-kai Volume 2, the artist's lifelong vision coalesces into an elegant and wondrously integrated master work. The first in an important series, it offers a beautifully expressed and richly resonant experience through which to contemplate our changing world.
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Special Kitaro’s Site
Posted by Kitaro on December 12, 2007
Here is a special site of Kitaro’s nomination for Grammy!
You can listen to nominated album’s songs.
Also, there is Kitaro’s nominated history and
you can figure out what the Ku-Kai project is.
I’m sure you can enjoy on the page!
http://www.domo.com/grammy.html
You can listen to nominated album’s songs.
Also, there is Kitaro’s nominated history and
you can figure out what the Ku-Kai project is.
I’m sure you can enjoy on the page!
http://www.domo.com/grammy.html
50th GRAMMY Awards Nomination
Posted by Kitaro on December 07, 2007
Kitaro has been nominated for the New Age Category on this
50th Anniversary of the Grammy Awards.
The nominated album “Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai, Volume 3”
is literally 3rd album of Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai series.
Volume 1 and 2 were nominated the Grammy Awards, too.
By the way, this is twelve times nomination for him.
Thank you for your support!!
50th Anniversary of the Grammy Awards.
The nominated album “Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai, Volume 3”
is literally 3rd album of Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai series.
Volume 1 and 2 were nominated the Grammy Awards, too.
By the way, this is twelve times nomination for him.
Thank you for your support!!
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