The Light Of The Spirit

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:
DAVID GRISMAN: MANDOLIN
JOHN MEYER: FLUTE
LYNN RAY: VOCAL
JEANNIE TRACY: VOCAL
DAVID JENKINS: ELECTRIC GUITAR
BOBBY VEGA: ELECTRIC BASS
ZAKIR HUSSAIN: PERCUSSION (COURTESY OF ECM AND ASPEN RECORDS)
JOSE LORENZO: PERCUSSION
BOBBY BLACK: PEDAL STEEL GUITAR
TOMOYUKI HAYASHI: KEYBOARDS
NORIHIRO TSURU: VIOLIN
HIROSHI ARAKI: GUITAR
MICKEY HART: PERCUSSION, SPATIAL EFFECTS

PRODUCTION:
JEFF STERLING: SYNTHESIZER OPERATOR AND PROGRAMMER
PAT HILL: PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
RURIKO SAKUMI: PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

DIRECTIONAND MANAGEMENT:
EIICHI NAITO, AMUSE AMERICA, INC.
TSUTOMU TANIKAWA, PROJECT KITARO, Co.
A&R COORDINATION: TOM ZUTAUT

SPECIAL THANKS:
OTARI CORPORATION
GRATEFUL DEAD PRODUCTIONS
KAZU AND MAYUMI YANAGI
THE STAFF OF GEFFEN RECORDS

DESIGN:
LAURA LIPUMA

FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPHY:
RYUZO TOYOTAKA / PHOTO INTERNATIONAL, INC.

BACK COVER PHOTOGRAPHY:
YUKIO OHYAMA / PHOTO INTERNATIONAL, INC.

ALL songs WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY KITARO
AND PUBLISHED BY PUBLISHER HOUSE AMUSE
AND KITARO MUSIC PUBLISHING,
ADMINISTERED BY BRAINSTORM MUSIC INC., ASCAP

THIS PROJECT WAS TRAGKED AT KITARO'S
STUDIO IN JAPAN ON AN OTARI DTR 900
THIRTY-TWO TRACK DIGITAL RECORDER USING
ONE INCH TAPE. OVERDUBS WERE DONE AT
FANTASY STUDIO "D", BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA,
ON A MITSUBISHI X850 THIRTY-TWO TRACK
DIGITAL RECORDER. THE PROJECT WAS MIXED
FROM AN ONTARI DTR900 THIRTY-TWO TRACK
TO A MITSUBISHI X80 DIGITAL RECORDER
USING ONE-QUARTER INCH TAPE. IN THE
MASTERING PROCESS MEYER'S PHASE
CORRECTION FIL'IERS WERE USED TO FEED THE
SIGNAL TO A SPHERE CUSTOM CONSOLE USING
SONTEC EQUALIZATION. FINALLY, THE SIGNAL
WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE SONY PCM 1630
DIGITAL RECORDER USING U-MATIC TAPE
WHICH HAS A SAMPLING RATE OF 44.l K.Hz.
THIS MASTER TAPE WAS USED IN MAKING
THE COMPACT DISC. THE FINAL ANALOG
MASTER DISC WAS CUT FROM THE MITSUBISHI
X80 AS WELL AS THE BIN LOOP MASTER FOR
THE AUDIO CASSETTES. JOHN MEYERS MEYER
MODEL 833 STUDIO MONITORS AND SUBS WERE
USED IN THE OVERDUB SESSIONS.

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Rezensionen

Stereoplay
Die Meinungen über den japanischen Komponisten Kitaro reichen von schrof- fen Ablehnung bis zu abgöttischer Verehrung. Während die Wahrheit in sol- chen Fällen meist ziemlich genau in der Mitte zu finden ist, liefert das neue Kitaro-Werk den Vertretern beider Extreme reichlich Argumente für ihre Position. Da steht der betörend schöne "Sundance", der trotz Bombast nie kitschig wirkt, direkt neben den belanglosen Klangplätschereien von "The Field". An der Tonqualität können aber selbst die Kitaro-Kritiker nichts aussetzen. Der Japaner läßt seinen melodischen Wohlklang aseptisch rein aufzeichnen. ** Interpret.: 3-9