KITARO Sang Maestro

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Tentu anda sudah tidak asing lagi dengan tokoh satu ini, Kitaro (喜多郎 Kitarō, lahir di Toyohashi, Prefektur Aichi, Jepang, 4 Februari 1953; umur 59 tahun dengan nama Masanori Takahashi (高橋正則 Takahashi Masanori sebagai anak seorang petani Shinto.) adalah seorang musikus asal Jepang. Nama "Kitaro" diberikan kepadanya oleh teman-temannya dari tokoh film kartun Jepang, "Kitaro".
Sewaktu di SMU ia menyukai musik Soul dan Rhythm & Blues. Ia belajar bermain gitar listrik dan pentas dengan band-nya, "Albatross" di pesta-pesta dan klub-klub. Pada masa itu ia sangat dipengaruhi oleh Otis Redding, seorang pemusik R&B Amerika. "Rhythm and blues mempunyai suatu kedalaman, emosi, bagaimana harus saya katakan? Penonton merasakan emosi yang sama dari musik saya. Musik saya bukan rhythm and blues, tetapi terasa seperti soul."
Pada awal tahun 1970-an ia sama sekali berganti haluan dan bermain keyboard. Ia bergabung dengan "Far East Family Band" dan
mengadakan kunjungan keliling dunia bersama band tersebut. Di Eropa ia bertemu dengan pemusik synthesizer Jerman dan salah satu pendiri Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze. Schulze memproduksi dua album untuk band itu, dan memberikan beberapa petunjuk kepada Kitaro tentang bagaimana menggunakan synthesizer. Pada 1976 ia meninggalkan band itu dan berkeliling di Asia (Tiongkok, Laos, Thailand, India). Kemudian dia ciptakan album instrumentalia yang sangat menyentuh hati.
Nah bagi yang penasaran dengan Karya-karya sang Maestro ini ada beberapa album yang bisa anda download :
Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai Vol.3 (2008)
1. Sky And Ocean / 2. Crystal Winds / 3. After The Rain / 4. Sacred Fountain / 5. Winds Blow Over The Hill / 6. Into The Forest / 7. Voice In Blue / 8. Circle Dance
The Light Of The Spirit (2006)
1. Mysterious Encounter / 2. Sundance / 3. The Field / 4. The Light Of The Spirit / 5. In The Beginning / 6. Moondance / 7. Howlinng Thunder / 8. Journey To A Fantas
Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai Vol.2 (2005)
1. Shining Spirit Of Water / 2. As The Wind Blows / 3. Koki / 4. Kan-Non / 5.Whispering Earth / 6. Inner Lights / 7. Dancing Flower / 8. Floating Lotus / 9. Peaceful Valley / 10. Crystal Field / 11. Ritual Waves

Best Of Silk Road / O.S.T (2004)
1. Theme From Silk Road / 2. Bell Tower / 3. Flying Celestial Nymphs / 4. Mirage / 5. Linden / 6. 40800 / 7. Takla Makan Desert / 8. Lord Of Wind / 9. Caravansary / 10. Moon-Star / 11. Pray At Xian/Mercury
The World Of Kitaro (2004)
1. Mirage / 2. Flight / 3. Aurora / 4. Fire / 5. Aqua / 6. Spring Of Youth / 7. Simmering Horizon / 8. Oasis / 9. Pilgrimage
The Soong Sisters (2004)
1. Soong Sisters / 2. Nowhere To Land / 3. Dr Sun & Ching-Ling / 4. Man On Fire / 5. Ching-Ling Assassination Attempt/ Soldiers Revolt / 6. Ching-Ling Goes To Russia / 7. Walta & War / 8. The Bonfire / 9. Xi-An Airport / 10. The Scroll Is Read / 11. Ching-Ling Escapes / 12. Parachutes / 13. Echoing Wall
Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai (2004)
1. Michi / 2. Kageroh / 3. Shizuku / 4. Flow / 5. Nen / 6. Wind / 7. Gi / 8. Evening Sun /9. Silence / 10. Earth In Bloom / 11. Kuu / 12. Cocoro
Kojiki (2003)
1. Hajimari / 2. Sozo / 3. Koi / 4. Orochi / 5. Nageki / 6. Matsuri / 7. Reimei

World Of Music/ Featuring Yu-Xiao Guang (2003)
1. 40800 / 2. Caravansary / 3. Taklamakan Desert / 4. Mandala / 5. Flying Celestial Nymphs / 6. Silk Road / 7. Peace / 8. Linden / 9. Everlasting Road
Tenku (2003)
1. TENKU / 2. ROMANCE / 3. WINGS / 4. AURA / 5. MESSAGE FROM THE COSMOS / 6. TIME TRAVELLER / 7. LEGEND OF THE ROAD / 8. MILKY WAY
Daylight Moonlight/ Live In Yakushiji (2003)
1. Monk`S Introduction / 2. Hazimari/ Sozo / 3. Caravansary / 4. Silk Road / 5. Magma / 6. Mercury / 7. Water Of Mystery / 8. Estrella / 9. Koi / 10. Wa / 11. Free Flight / 12. Heaven And Earths
An Ancient Journey (2003)
1. Whisper / 2. Daichi / 3. Tabiji / 4. Wave Of Sand / 5. Golden Mask / 6. Fairy Of Water / 7. Sampona Dance / 8. Toward The East / 9. Maya Magic / 10. Sumerian Magic / 11. Inca / 12. Wonderland 1 / 13. Pray For Being / 14. Sitara 4 / 15. Mori No Tami / 16. The Pharaoh / 17. Wonderland 2 / 18. Main Theme Nile - Version 2 / 19. Sumerian Magic 2
氣(기) (2002, 엠넷미디어)
1. 知 (지) / 2. 流 (류) / 3. 万華鏡 (만화경) / 4. オアシス (오아시스, Oasis) / 5. 陽 (양) / 6. 無限水 (무한수) / 7. 樹 (수) / 8. 空の雲 (하늘의 구름)
Asian Cafe (2002)
1. Planet / 2. Linden / 3. Unicorn / 4. Legend Of The Road / 5. Ancient Of Wind / 6. Nageki / 7. Fairy Of Water / 8. Peace / 9. The Field / 10. A Drop Of Silence / 11. Sumerian Magic / 12. Harmony Of The Forest / 13. Stream / 14. Wave Of Sand / 15. Moondance
Ten-jiku (2001, Sound Design)
1. The Mist / 2. Caravansary / 3. Mountain Streams / 4. Pray / 5. Ganga / 6. Sunset / 7. Linden / 8. Moon-star
Silver Cloud (2001, Sound Design)
1. Earth Born / 2. Flying Cloud / 3. Dreams Like Yesterday / 4. Never Let You Go / 5.Noah`s Ark / 6. Return To Russia / 7. Panorama / 8. Straight` A Way To Orion
Endless Journey (2001, Sound Design)
1. Auspicious Omen / 2. Halo / 3. Melancholy / 4. Great Voyage / 5. Sacred Mountain/ Sunrise / 6. Delight / 7. In Peace / 8. Utopia / 9. Endless Journey
Ancient (2000)
1. Prologue / 2. Nile [Main Theme] / 3. Ancient Of Wind / 4. Ritual Dance / 5. Water Of Mystery / 6. Tumba Dance / 7. Wave From Ancient / 8. Spirit Of Harp / 9. Great Pyramid / 10. Mysterious Triangle / 11. Itonami / 12. Unicorn / 13. Crystal Sand / 14. Dholavira / 15. Beyond [End Theme]
Silk Road 조곡 (2000, Pony Canyon)
1. 천산 / 2. 침묵의 가운데 / 3. 여로 / 4. 실크로드 / 5. 흐르는 모래 / 6. 자연의 향기 / 7. 실크로드 환상 / 8. 시간의 흐름 / 9. 비천 / 10. 실크로드의 테마 * 안단테 / 11. 영원의 길 / 12. 종루 / 13. 황혼 / 14. 서쪽을 향하여 / 15. 신비한 모래층

Noah’s Ark (2000, Sony)
1. Suite / 2. Suite / 3. Caravansary / 4. Jiu Gan Tang Mai Wu / 5. Fire / 6. Pilgrimage / 7. Moon-Star / 8. Dance Of Sand / 9. Dreamer / 10. Noah's Ark (Single Mix) / 11. Caravan
Healing Forest (2000, Sony)
1. Caravansary / 2. Pray / 3. Linden / 4. Melancholy / 5. Utopia / 6. Never Let You Go / 7. Enbayment / 8. Sacred Mountain / Sunrise / 9. Ganga / 10. Flying Croud / 11.Peaceful Moment / 12. Panorama / 13. Sunset / 14. Theme Of Silk Road
Thinking Of You (1999, Universal Music)
1. Estrella / 2. Murcury / 3. Cosmic Wav / 4. Harmony Of The Forest / 5. Fiesta / 6. Thinking Of You / 7. Spirit Of Water / 8. Stream / 9. Space Te / 10. Del Mar
Silk Road 2 (1998, 엠넷미디어)
1. 靜けさの中で (고요속에서) / 2. 流るる砂 (흐르는 모래) / 3. 生命の泉 (생명의 샘) / 4. 絲綢之路~黑水城の幻想 (사주지로~흑수성의 환상) / 5. 神秘なる砂の舞 (신비한 모래춤) / 6. 40080年 (40080년) / 7. 時空間 (시공간) / 8. 再生 (재생)/ 9. 夜明け (새벽녘) / 10. 天山 (천산)
Silk Road 1 (1998, 신나라 미디어)
1. 사주지로 / 2. 종루 / 3. 천지창조신 / 4. 머나먼 대하 / 5. 장성 / 6. 비천 / 7. 실크로드 환상 / 8. 빛과 그림자 / 9. 서쪽을 향하여 / 10. 시대의 흐름 / 11. 보살 / 12. 영원한 길
Oasis (1998, Domo)
1. Morning Prayer / 2. Moro-Rism / 3. New Wave / 4. Cosmic Energy / 5. Eternal Spring / 6. Moonlight / 7. Shimmering Horizon / 8. Fragrance Of Nature / 9. Innocent People / 10. Oasis
In Person (1998, Domo)
1. Prologue / 2. The Eternal Water (무한수) / 3. Imagination Of West (서쪽을 향한 생각) / 4. Silver Moon (사주지로~흑수성의 환상) / 5. Silence (고요) / 6. Bell Tower (종루) / 7. Praying Of Morning (아침의 기도) / 8. Tienshan (천산) / 9. Sep.18 (구월십팔일) / 10. Magical Sand Dance (신비한 모래춤)

Gaia Onbashira (1998, Domo)
1. Yamadashi / 2. Misty / 3. Gaia / 4. Wood Fairy / 5. Satobiki / 6. Kiotoshi
敦煌 (돈황) (1998, Pony Canyon Korea)
1. 風神 (바람의 신) / 2. 蜃気:楼 (신기루) / 3. 巡礼:の旅 (순례여행) / 4. 砂の神 (모래의 신) / 5. 敦煌からの想い (돈황에서의 사색) / 6. 飛翔 (비상) / 7. 曼陀羅 (만다라) / 8. 道 (도) / 9. 巡礼:の旅 Ii (순례여행II)
Live In America (1997, Domo)
1. Hajimari / 2. Sozo / 3. Koi / 4. Nageki / 5. Matsuri / 6. Reimei / 7. Silk Road / 8. Caravansary / 9. Cosmic Love / 10. The Light Of The Spirit
Dream (1997, Domo)
1. Symphony Of The Forest / 2. Mysterious Island / 3. Lady Of Dreams / 4. A Drop Of Silence / 5. A Passage Of Life / 6. Agreement / 7. Dream Of Chant / 8. Magical Wave / 9. Symphony Of Dreams / 10. Island Of Life
Heaven & Earth (1997, Geffen)
1. Heaven and Earth (Land Theme) / 2. Sau Dau Tree featuring Hiep Thi Le / 3. Ahn & Le Ly Love Theme / 4. Saigon Renion / 5. Arvn / 6. Sau Nightmare / 7. V.c.bonfire / 8. Trong Com featuring Unnamed Vocal Group / 9. Ahn's House featuring Hiep Thi Le / 10. Destiny / 11. Last Phone Call / 12. A Child Without a Father / 13. Village Attack/the Arrest / 14. Walk to The Village / 15. Steve's Ghost / 16. Return to Vietman / 17. End Title (End Title) / 18. (Hidden Track)
Peace On Earth (1996, Pony Canyon Korea)
1. Jesus Joy Of Man's Desiring / 2. Silent Night / 3. Angels We Have Heard On High / 4. Joy To The World / The First Noel / 5. Little Drummer Boy / 6. Jingle Bells / 7. Rosa Mystica / 8. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / 9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / 10. A La Nanita Nana / 11. O Holy Night / 12. The Great Spirit
Mandala (1995, 삼포니)
1. Mandala / 2. Planet / 3. Dance Of Sarasvati / 4. Scope / 5. Chant From The Heart / 6. Crystal Tears / 7. Winds Of Youth / 8. Kokoro