Uttara-Kuru

Fusing ancient Japanese tools just like the koto as well as the shakuhachi flute with western acoustic tools and synthesizers, Uttara-kuru forged an audio which was firmly planted within the 20th hundred years yet echoed a deeper, more primal purity. Their name originated from japan Buddhist edition of Shangri-La, a location where peacefulness reigned and civilizations converged — a proper moniker for an organization that sought to make a equivalent tranquil convergence in music. Their debut record, Prayer, consisted nearly completely of sutras — Buddhist chants, a few of that have been over 1000 yrs . old — which were chanted by monks and done by synth-dance beats conjured through to various musical instruments. The duo, renowned manufacturer Kazumasa Yoshioka and Seiichi Kyoda (regarded among the finest arrangers in Japan) released that record and another one, East Blowing wind, on Pacific Moon, the label that utilized Yoshioka as manufacturer for most of its albums. East Blowing wind, released in 1999, branched right out of the specificity of the former project to supply a wider selection of sound textures, still keeping the cross-cultural concentrate that was highlighted on Prayer.