Astral Voyage (album)
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Astral Voyage
| type = studio
| artist = Kitarō
| cover = Astral Voyage album cover.jpg
| alt = ten_kai.jpg
| released = 1978 (Reissued in 1985)
| recorded = November 1977 – February 1978 in Thunder Sound Studios, Tokyo
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = New-age
| length = 49:22
| label = Geffen Records
| producer = Taka Nanri
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = From the Full Moon Story
| next_year = 1979
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/astral-voyage-mw0000194491 Kitaro – Astral Voyage], Allmusic.com, Retrieved on 17 June 2013
| rev2 = SputnikMusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}
|noprose=yes
}}
Astral Voyage (released in Japan as Ten Kai) is the first studio album by Japanese new-age musician, Kitarō. Released as Ten Kai in 1978, the album was re-released as Astral Voyage in 1985 by Geffen Records after Kitarō signed a worldwide distribution deal with them.
Track listing
All music composed by Kitarō 喜多郎.
;Side one
- "By the Seaside" – 6:00
- "Soul of the Sea" – 2:40
- "Micro Cosmos" – 4:50
- "Beat" – 4:50
- "Fire" – 7:12
;Side two
- "Mu" – 2:38
- "Dawn of the Astral" – 5:10
- "Endless Dreamy World" – 3:28
- "Kaiso" – 4:34
- "Astral Voyage" – 8:00
Personnel
- Kitarō – bass, drums, acoustic guitar, koto, mandolin, Moog synthesizer, synthesizer, percussion
- Ryusuke Seto – biwa, shakuhachi
- Lavi – sitar
Production
- Taka Nanri – Producer
- Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – Cover design
- Moko Nanri – Executive producer
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.domomusicgroup.com/kitaro/index.php Kitaro Official Page (English)]
- [http://www.diaa.net/kitaro/index.php Kitaro Official Page (Japanese)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206154013/http://www.diaa.net/kitaro/index.php |date=6 February 2014 }}
- [https://www.youtube.com/kitarotv Kitaro TV -Kitaro's Official YouTube Page]
{{Kitarō}}
{{Authority control}}