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Darkness in Dreams

 
Album Review: Darkness in Dreams

  • Artist: Yas-Kaz
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1991
  • Total Time: 68:26
  • Genre: New Age

Review

Compiled from six of his finest recordings, these selections illustrate the composer's gift for translating fantasy into sonic reality. Each cut is a world in itself, in which luminous zither cascades and tribal percussion tracks alternate with joyous folk dances and oriental melodies for full string orchestra that soar over waves of synthesized sequencer patterns. A good introduction to the varied moods of Yas-Kaz (most of his recordings are rare Japanese imports). ~ Linda Kohanov, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Darkness in Dreams Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (8:23)
Shiro-I Hebi Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (5:07)
Jungle Book Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (10:30)
Junpu Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (5:03)
Mr. Nowhere Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (3:03)
Bamboo on the Beach Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (5:02)
Camel Princess Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (3:35)
Journey from Water Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (6:35)
Taïga Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (6:55)
Delight of Ricefield Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (5:44)
Cara-Kira-Windscape III Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (5:04)
Finale = Calendar Yas-Kaz Yas-Kaz (3:25)

Credits

Yas-Kaz (Instrumental), Yas-Kaz (Main Performer), Stephanie Angel (Strings), Hidenori Iwata (Ney), Linda Kohanov (Liner Notes), Masatsugu Shinozaki (Violin), Gene Harada (Producer), Yukio Kaneda (Violin), Fernando Lippa (Design), Yasuhisa Hirao (Sax (Soprano)), Yoshinobu Honma (Guitar (Electric)), Yoshinobu Honma (Guitar (Synthesizer)), Masaharu Kanda (Cello), Kazunori Kawasaki (Viola), Izumi Koga (?), Koh Okabe (Photography), Etsuo Oshime (Producer), Yasuhisa Shirao (Sax (Soprano)), Shuji Tashiro (Synthesizer), Shigeo Yanagida (Producer), Leo Tadagawa (?), Leo Tadagawa (Chesini), Leo Tadagawa (Ilimba), Takayoshi Watanabe (Voices)
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