Kiyoshi Yamaha & Contemporary Sound Orchestra

Now reissued on vinyl, the stunning LP 'Tapestry: Koto & The Occident Sea' is part of a three-album series produced by Nippon Columbia in the mid-1970s, dedicated to the koto, one of the main instruments of Japanese traditional music.

The beauty of the trilogy, curated by composer Kiyoshi Yamaya, lies in the fact that they are a modern translation of tradition using newer and more avant-garde sound idioms, integrating the koto with jazz musicians. The result is an original 'crossover' that allows for the awakening and the consequential spread of traditional music in larger contexts.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Sado Okesa
• A2. Tosa No Sunayama
• A3. Saitaro-Bushi
• A4. Soran-Bushi
• A5. Sangai-Bushi
• A6. Shimabara No Komoriuta

• SIDE B
• B1. Kaigara-Bushi
• B2. Kushimoto-Bushi
• B3. Konpira Fune Fune
• B4. Tanchame
• B5. Isohama Bon-Uta
• B6. Oshima-Bushi