![]() In 1987, he collaborated with Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead for the album The Light of the Spirit (which sold two million copies) and in 1992 with Jon Anderson ( Yes) for the album Dream. On his music he noted that his outlook on life, study of philosophy, and responsibility to create music which has a good influence on society, influence his musical creation. I'm just going to keep calling it Kitaro's music". While he's not comfortable with the term, it doesn't mean much to him: "Whether people say my music is new age or not, it's OK with me. Due to his combination of electronic and acoustic sounds, mellow music, and repeating chords which resembled the umbrella New age music category in the United States and Europe, his music was labeled as "new age". This included a re-releasing of six prior albums entitled Ten Kai (aka Astral Voyage), Daichi (aka Full Moon Story), Millennia, India, Silver Cloud and Live in Asia (aka Asia) (each packaged with Japanesque obi strips) as well as a new album, aptly titled Toward the West. He entered into a worldwide distribution arrangement with Geffen Records in 1985–1986. Notably, he was forced to cancel a leg in Singapore because he had long hair and at that time the country had a policy banning it. In 1984, Kitaro embarked on a "Live in Asia" tour. The success created from the program brought Kitaro international attention. The score received a Galaxy Award, and the series of soundtracks sold millions of copies. The music was composed mainly using a Minimoog, Minikorg 700, and Maxikorg DV800. The documentary was narrated by Ishizaka Koji with music composed by Kitaro, who insisted that the show be broadcast in stereo. The intention of the program was to reveal how ancient Japan was influenced by the Silk Road trade route. It took a total of 17 years from conception to complete what many consider a landmark in Japan's broadcasting television history. The Silk Road: The Rise And Fall Of Civilizations is an NHK Tokushu documentary series that first aired on 7 April 1980, with sequels being broadcast over a 10-year period. He performed his first symphonic concert at the "Small Hall" of the Kosei Nenkin Kaikan in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The first two albums Ten Kai and Daichi were released in 19. ![]() Solo career: 1977–present īack in Japan, Kitaro started his solo career in 1977. In 1976, Kitaro left Far East Family Band and travelled through Asia (China, Laos, Thailand, India). Schulze produced two albums for the band and gave Kitaro some tips for controlling synthesizers. While in Japan and Europe in 1975, he met the German electronica and former Tangerine Dream member Klaus Schulze. In the early 1970s he changed completely to keyboard and joined the Japanese progressive rock band Far East Family Band and recorded four albums with them. ![]() His first synthesizer was analog, and he recalls having "just loved the analog sound that it made compared to today's digital sound". After graduating, and learning to play drums and bass, Kitaro moved to Tokyo to experience and become a part of the music scene, and it was there that he discovered the synthesizer. ![]() In high school Kitarō played electric guitar in a band that played American rhythm and blues of Otis Redding and covers by The Beatles. In return, he did not show for the job without telling them, and managed to convince them to work on something he loved. In an effort to maneuver him towards their vision, they made arrangements for him to take a job at a local company. After graduating his parents were first opposed to the idea of their son having a musical career. Kitarō, which is his boyhood name meaning "man of love and joy", a practicing Buddhist himself, was born in a family of Shinto-Buddhist farmers. Masanori Takahashi was born in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, and is a graduate of Sahid University. He received a Golden Globe Award for the original score to Heaven & Earth (1993). He won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for Thinking of You (1999), with a record 16 nominations in the same category. Kitarō ( 喜多郎), born Masanori Takahashi ( 高橋 正則) (February 4, 1953), is a Japanese recording artist, composer, record producer, and arranger noted for his electronic- instrumental music, and is often associated with and regarded as one of the most prominent musical acts of new-age music.
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