Osamu
by Osamu Kitajima
- Type: Album
- Released: June 1977
- Label: Island
- Country: Japan
- Length: 41:21
- Community rating: 3.77/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Osamu Kitajima blends traditional Japanese acoustic instruments like the biwa and koto with Western progressive folk arrangements. The synthesis creates an atmospheric, cross-cultural soundscape that bridges Eastern classical aesthetics with 1970s experimental rock. It remains a deeply evocative piece of early ambient and traditional crossover music.
Genres
Descriptors: Fusion, progressive, instrumental, folk, strings, ambient, melodic, synthesizers, atmospheric
Tracklist
- Sui-In (1:03)
- Frost Flowers (5:20)
- Hear the Rain, See It Falls (6:04)
- Endless Steps (3:51)
- Yesterday and Karma (5:00)
- Purple Hills and Crystal Streams (6:05)
- Elemental Spirits (5:19)
- Fur, Fin and Feather (7:15)
- Sui-Yo (1:20)
Credits
- John Hug - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, arranged by [co-arragments]
- Geoffrey Hales - drums, percussion, arranged by [co-arrangements]
- Dennis Belfield - electric bass, acoustic bass, arranged by [co-arangements]
- George Marinelli - electric guitar, arranged by [co-arrangements]
- Brian Whitcomb - electric piano [fender rhodes], organ [yamaha], clavinet, synthesizer [arp odyssey and string ensemble], keyboards [chamerbain], arranged by [co-arrangements]
- Tatsuya Sano - shakuhachi, arranged by [co-arrangements]
- Minnie Riperton - vocals