2003年,喜多郎首次以全球和平为题,配合浓厚的宗教色彩,推出《Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol.1_空海之旅1》,他讲战争不因任何外在因素,只因人类的内心充满争斗,因而去创造战争,他在“空海之旅”饰演一和平使者,以音乐洗濯人类潜在人心的戾气,更请来世界各地著名音乐人携手演出,把音乐主题发挥透彻,音乐与和平更显一体化。
2005年,《Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol.2_空海之旅2》发行,2003年的《空海之旅Ⅰ》发行后被受好评,并再一次入围格莱美最佳新世纪音乐提名,空海Ⅱ也是完全继承了空海Ⅰ的风格并予以延续。
2007年,《Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol.3_空海之旅3》发行,系列作空海之旅、空海之旅2连续荣获格莱美奖提名。
2010年,全世界新世纪乐迷翘首企盼喜多郎最新史诗大作《Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai Volumes 4》闪亮登场,随着专辑的推出,喜多郎也在全亚洲展开名为「爱与和平」的巡回演出,透过行动,将专辑中揭示的理念化成实际行动,为美好的未来尽一分心力。
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 4 is the fourth in a series of a collection of works and peace-themed albums inspired by the classic Buddhist pilgrimage to the 88 sacred temples on Japan's remote Shikoku Island. A journey taken by the beloved Buddist monk Ku-Kai over a millennium ago, via the music contained in Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Volume 4, Kitaro continues to explore uncharted waters with his magnificently expansive vision and ever-questing spirit. The fourth volume in a collection of albums inspired by the classic Buddhist pilgrimage to the 88 temples of the Japanese island Shikoku, ancestral home of the beloved Buddhist holy man Ku-kai.
Each track on this album revolves around the unique bell sound from each temple, using actual sampling and Kitaro's inspired musical interpretations and distillations of their essences. Volume four breaks new ground with the addition of violinist Steve Kindler (member of The Honolulu Symphony, and former member of John McLaughlin's fusion band).
Grammy and Golden Globe winner Kitaro has garnered global acclaim over a three-decade career as a composer and musician of sound collaborations and resonant compositions. Kitaro's atmospheric, powerfully emotive, and multi-textured music truly defies the constraints of any genre.
He's universally acknowledged as the founding architect of new age music. Kitaro's various sound collaborations and resonant, multi-textured compositions truly defy the constraints of any genre. The Grammy and Golden Globe-winning Kitaro has garnered global acclaim over a more than three decade long career with a signature sound and a pinoeering fusion of cultures, techniques and spheres of consciousness that are truly his own.
01 Lotus Mountain 莲花山 02 Yakushi 药师如来 03 Magic Seeds 魔法种子 04 Reflection of Water 水之深思 05 South Wind 南极风 06 Circle Pray 无尽祈祷 07 Requiem 安魂曲 08 Ritual Winds 风的仪式