Kitaro

The Profile

Kitaro is a Japanese new age musician and composer known for instrumental, electronic and world-influenced music and for composing the soundtrack to the NHK Silk Road documentary.

Born Masanori Takahashi (February 4, 1953). Gained international recognition for the soundtrack to NHK's Silk Road documentary. Active since the 1970s as a composer and performer in the New Age genre.

The provided DeBaser review (by The Punisher) is strongly critical of Kitaro's music, describing it as bland, repetitive and suited to background relaxation. The reviewer acknowledges Kitaro's role as an early New Age pioneer but rates the album Ancient poorly (2/5). The piece mixes sarcasm and explicit humor to make its point.