Ki-Oku

Ki-Oku consists of 10 proper tracks and three short interludes. It features a cover of "Sun Is Shining", which was originally written and performed by Bob Marley.

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ki-oku-mw0000049103|title=Ki-Oku – DJ Krush / Toshinori Kondo|publisher=AllMusic|first=Rick|last=Anderson|access-date=June 21, 2011}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|title=DJ Krush and Toshinori Kondo: Ki-Oku (R&S)|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Dan|last=Glaister|date=January 23, 1998}}

| rev3 = Muzik

| rev3score = 9/10{{cite magazine|title=Toshinori Kondo & DJ Krush: Ki-Oku|magazine=Muzik|first=Kieran|last=Wyatt|issue=33|date=February 1998|page=69}}

| rev4 = Uncut

| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Lewis |first=Simon |date=March 1998 |title=Toshinori Kondo and DJ Krush: Ki-Oku |magazine=Uncut |page=85 |issue=10}}

}}

Rick Anderson of AllMusic said that Ki-Oku is primarily an album of "smooth-groove jazz" music, but "reveals more with repeated listens; if it sounds too easy at first, listen again – there's lots of interesting stuff going on beneath what sometimes sounds like a merely pleasant surface." In 2015, Fact placed Ki-Oku at number 25 on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/07/30/50-best-trip-hop-albums/|title=The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time|website=Fact|first1=John|last1=Twells|author1-link=Xela (musician)|first2=Laurent|last2=Fintoni|date=July 30, 2015|access-date=December 22, 2016}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Toshinori Kondo and DJ Krush, except where noted

| title1 = Toh-Sui

| note1 = {{Nihongo2|透睡}}

| length1 = 4:57

| title2 = Tobira-1

| note2 = {{Nihongo2|扉-1}}

| length2 = 0:35

| title3 = Mu-Getsu

| note3 = {{Nihongo2|無月}}

| length3 = 6:19

| title4 = Ha-Doh

| note4 = {{Nihongo2|波動}}

| length4 = 5:24

| title5 = Sun Is Shining

| writer5 = Bob Marley

| length5 = 6:52

| title6 = Mu-Chu

| note6 = {{Nihongo2|夢宙}}

| length6 = 6:28

| title7 = Tobira-2

| note7 = {{Nihongo2|扉-2}}

| length7 = 0:45

| title8 = Fu-Yu

| note8 = {{Nihongo2|浮遊}}

| length8 = 4:56

| title9 = Ki-Gen

| note9 = {{Nihongo2|帰幻}}

| length9 = 4:40

| title10 = Ko-Ku

| note10 = {{Nihongo2|孤空}}

| length10 = 5:23

| title11 = Shoh-Ka

| note11 = {{Nihongo2|昇花}}

| length11 = 4:39

| title12 = Bu-Seki

| note12 = {{Nihongo2|舞石}}

| length12 = 4:58

| title13 = Tobira-3

| note13 = {{Nihongo2|扉-3}}

| length13 = 0:44

| total_length = 56:40

}}

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Ki-Oku|others=Toshinori Kondo and DJ Krush|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan|year=1996|id=SRCS 8093|type=liner notes}}

Musicians

• Toshinori Kondo – acoustic trumpet, electric trumpet, arrangement
• DJ Krush – beats, programming, scratching, arrangement

Production

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• Toshinori Kondo – production
• DJ Krush – production
• Noriko Asano – executive production
• Shuichi Ikebuchi – mixing, recording
• Masahito Kitayama – executive production
• Koichi "Oppenheimer" Matsuki – mixing on "Sun Is Shining"
• Yuki Noda – executive production
• Masayo Takise – mastering
• Naohiko Yamada – associate production

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Design

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• Mikio Hasui – photography
• Miki Terada – art direction, design
• Masakazu Yamamoto – art direction, design
• Shigeru Yamaoka – art direction, design

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Category:1996 collaborative albums

Category:Toshinori Kondo albums

Category:DJ Krush albums

Category:Sony Music Entertainment Japan albums

Category:Instinct Records albums

Category:R&S Records albums