| Hikage, Shoko / Koto: Original Compositions |
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| Album: | Koto: Original Compositions | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Hikage, Shoko | Added: | 11/2002 | |
| Label: | (Unknown) | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-03-31 | Pull Date: | 2003-06-02 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 1 Jun | 11 May | 4 May | 27 Apr | 13 Apr |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 08, 2009: | The Professor Barnaby J. Finkerton Variety Hour -- Music of Classical Japan Hana: Koto | 4. | May 02, 2003: | Memory Select Untitled (Zukkoke) | |
| 2. | May 26, 2003: | Oh Messy Life Untitled (Zukkoke) | 5. | Apr 27, 2003: | Oh Messy Life Chi: Part 1 | |
| 3. | May 04, 2003: | Oh Messy Life Hana: Koto | 6. | Apr 26, 2003: | Morning Glory Untitled (Zukkoke) |
| Album Review |
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| Yumpop Reviewed 2003-04-10 | ||
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Koto: 13-stringed Japanese long zither, played w/ fingerpicks. Original compositions from Hawaii-based (en route from Japan) Hikage. Pleasant, meditative music, though with foreboding overtones. Good for soundbeds. 1. constant fast strumming, somewhat monotonous. 2. Drum intro, *3. constant strumming, fast flamenco-like rhythm midway. 4. occassional quiet notes punctuate silence. 5. Slow, steady rhythm, deeper tones. 6. March, slow, and steady, nice melody on top. *7. Harp-like sound, whirling rhythm 8. Deep single tone, drum, ethereal notes midway 9. Mid-tempo, mid-tone, happy, deeper sound 10. Sometimes foreboding, single deep tones interchange with whirly melody from 7. 11. Distant drum, moaning, insistent strumming *12. Very pretty, harp-like, contemplative, magical. 13. Hesitant tones, slow 14. Strumming, ethereal, meaningful pauses. 15. Drum solo, starts slowly, then builds. Speech in frantic, kind of angry Japanese. Whoa. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Untitled (Zukkoke) | 8. | Voice of Earth | |||
| 2. | Hana: Introduction | 9. | The Sun | |||
| 3. | Hana: Koto | 10. | Let's Dance | |||
| 4. | Whispering in Woods | 11. | 11. Isana | |||
| 5. | Strolling of An Elephant | 12. | Chi: Part 1 | |||
| 6. | March of Insects | 13. | Chi: Part 2 | |||
| 7. | Fairy Dance | 14. | Chi: Part 3 | |||
| 15. | Omake | |||||