Hiroki Okano – Heaven in the Koo [Full album]


"Stillness--
the cicada's cry
drills into the rocks."
- Bashō
Gorgeous traditional Japanese stylings. Enjoy :)

Production, direction, composition, native American flute, bouzuki, kalimba, bamboo flute, kane, stone flute and voice by Hiroki Okano.
Sitar, auto-harp and tamboura by Yasuhiro Minamizawa.
Tabla, medicine drum, Shinto bell and voice by Masahiro Bessho.
Voice and tamboura by Mariko Katsura.
Tibetan bowls, drilbu and voice by Nobuyuki Nishida.
Didjeridu by Kenji Mikami.

0:00 Ten 天
6:54 Tsuki 月
15:23 Mizu 水
27:28 Hi 火
31:19 Koo 空

PRE-0045
Prem Promotion, 1997

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