Kitaro - Final Call (2013)

Kitaro is universally acknowledged as the founding architect of new age music.  His various sound collaborations and resonant, multi-textured compositions truly defy the constraints of any genre.  The Grammy and Golden Globe-winning Kitaro has garnered global acclaim over a more than three decade long career with a signature sound and a pioneering fusion of cultures, techniques and spheres of consciousness that are truly his own.

Kitaro’s New Project for 2013 is an homage to his lifetime of reverence for Nature. Final Call is a departure from Kitaro’s Kukai series. While Kukai was originally inspired by 9/11 and an artistic statement constructed and recorded as a means to unify all people, Final Call is a project specifically concerned about how we treat the planet. It’s Kitaro’s assertion the planet itself is crying out and warning us about potential serious consequences if we don’t address these global issues in a timely fashion. The music on Final Call is a CALL TO ACTION and a journey/voyage of introspection for the listener to help everyone discover methods to treat our planet better and put those methods into practice.

In his own words, Kitaro describes his new musical work:

I have always felt we all must respect the providence of the Universe.  Unfortunately, through the course of time and the growth of civilization, many living creatures that we now know will become extinct. If we don't alter how we treat each other and our planet Earth, many habitats and portions of this earth may become devastated and eventually disappear.

After meeting Professor Shibata, at Kazan Observatory at Kyoto University, nature photographer Mr Toshio Ushiyama and the staff at Nagoya Science Museum, I had an epiphany of sorts. I began to recall the greatness of constellations, our solar system, galactic systems, the macrocosms that they create and the beauty of our planet Earth.

As in the story of Noah's Ark, this album is the story of an epic voyage… A voyage of hope that all living creatures can someday live happily in harmony with each other.

The story begins from where we board for departure.

新たなる旅に大きな夢を
ノアの箱舟のように
Bon Voyage – Kitaro

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