What happens when three musical patterns align: a synthesizer genius, a Taiko drum troupe, and a traditional Peruvian band? Even after hearing this album, you might not be sure.
On Nasca Fantasy, inspired by the Nasca drawings in Peru, Isao Tomita, a serious synthesizer artist; Kodo, the bearers of the torch for energetic Taiko drumming; and Kusillaqta, a quena and zampona group, all conspired to create a fusion of multiple sound worlds.
The music is otherworldly.
Of course, that's how Tomita envisioned the music.
The Nasca region holds lines that give rise to speculation of UFO runways and the like.
Tomita used this concept to the fullest, along with other stories from Peru of ancient cities lying beneath the plains, Australian aboriginal stories, and Japanese folklore.
There's even a recording of a pulsar (presumably from a radio telescope) in the Vela constellation used on "Pulsar." From the liner notes, one can tell that the album is a mix of good humored fun as well as more serious environmental messages.
Through the music though, one can experience the best that technology can offer when mixed with ancient instrumental ensembles.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gigantic Geometric PatternsTomita | Kodo, Tomita | Play | 05:17 | 12 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | Song of the UniverseTomita | Kodo, Tomita | Play | 05:37 | 12 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | El Humahuaqueño | Kodo, Tomita | Play | 08:38 | 19 MB | 48 MB |
| 4 | City Under the DesertTomita | Kodo, Tomita | Play | 05:24 | 12 MB | 23 MB |
| 5 | Dansa from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2Heitor Villa-Lobos | Kodo, Tomita | Play | 06:50 | 15 MB | 30 MB |
| 6 | Echoes from the AndesTomita | Kodo, Tomita | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 18 MB |
| 7 | PulsarTomita | Kodo, Tomita | Play | 05:15 | 12 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Straight LineTomita | Kodo, Tomita | Play | 06:09 | 14 MB | 21 MB |
| 48 mins | 110 MB | |||||
| 48 mins | 221 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takeshi Arai | Bells, Miya-daiko |
| 2 | Marco Antonio Garmica Arenas | Basto, Quena, Toyo |
| 3 | Luis Alberto de la Aramburu | Basto, Quena, Toyo |
| 4 | Ryutaro Kaneko | Cymbals, Okedo-daiko, Uchiwa-daiko, Vocals |
| 5 | Yasukazu Kano | Cymbals, Miya-daiko, Okedo-daiko, Vocals |
| 6 | Kodo | Primary Artist |
| 7 | Hisayuki Mori | Bells, Cymbals, Okedo-daiko, Vocals |
| 8 | Tetsuro Naito | Cymbals, Miya-daiko, Okedo-daiko, Vocals |
| 9 | Kenji Nakamura | Producer |
| 10 | Akira Nanjo | Miya-daiko, Okedo-daiko |
| 11 | Elichi Saito | Caxixi, Ganza, Gong, Hirado-o-daiko, Miya-daiko, Okedo-daiko, Vocals |
| 12 | Katsunovu Serizawa | Bells, Hirado-o-daiko |
| 13 | Takuro Susaki | Clapping, Cymbals, Okedo-daiko, Vocals |
| 14 | Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki | Engineer |
| 15 | Tomita | Composer, Performer, Primary Artist, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| 16 | Heitor Villa-Lobos | Composer |
| 17 | Motofumi Yamaguchi | Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |