Eri Sugai, Kaori - 53m 30s

Tracks & Durations

1. Voyage To Asia	4:32
2. Iroha Song	4:55
3. Breath Of Earth	4:59
4. Teinsagu Nu Hana	5:34
5. Silence	4:40
6. Eternraku	5:24
7. Eternal Prayer	5:34
8. Ancient City	4:13
9. Kunino Sazuchi	4:31
10. Fragrence	5:29
11. Voyage To Asia A Cappella Version	3:33

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Review

Eri Sugai has been called the Japanese Enya, but in the intervening five years since her last CD, Mai, Sugai has clearly been listening to a lot of Adiemus and Miriam Stockley as well. In fact, "Voyage to Asia" sounds more like a voyage to Adiemus, with its stacked choirs and glossolia incantations. But deeper listening to Kaori reveals, once again, a singer of frighteningly wide vocal and stylistic range. Tracks like "Iroha" swoon in celestial choirs while koto glissandos and shakuhachi melodies ripple through the deep choirs. Her tribal take on "Breath of Life" again recalls Adiemus, but there's no denying the distinctly Asian tone of her singing or accompaniment. Produced by Kazumu Yoshioka, the label president and one of the guiding forces behind the studio project Uttara-Kuru, Kaori is a deft mix of tradition and technology. Several artists from the Pacific Moon roster provide her backing, including erhu player Jia Peng Fang and koto player Mizuyo Komiya. The hyper-layered production can detract from the purity of Sugai's voice and melodies, and Kaori has enough moments of sickly sweet expanse that can be hard to down in one sitting. But when Sugai sings a multitracked, a capella song like "Silence," or a spare chant on "Etenraku," she sounds descended from the heavens. --John DilibertoFrom the majestic voyage in the opening track to ancient "story songs" and the transcendent sounds of the gamelan and didgeridoo, Eri Sugai weaves aesthetic sounds of harmony. As instruments from various nations celebrate sound, Sugai's voice throbs and dances, running between the waves to weave a taperstry of its own. An unlimited expression of the human voice, 'Kaori' is a gift delivered from the heavenly skies.

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Kaori

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 53m 9s (-1m 39s)

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