While Kitaro is not all the way electronic, I have to say that he is one of my all time favorite mellow/chill artists... He's not afraid to lay down ethnic instrumentation with korg soundscapes and David Gilmour like lead guitars... sheer wonder he is!

I've heard only a little bit of stuff from him, and that was YEARS ago. I don't remember much about him. Maybe another comp is in order?

There is an awesome DVD of his called "An Enchanted Evening"... Dude - you would absolutely love it!!

Try to locate it asap!!

Live Kitaro in all of his glory...

Gotcha! <- *skips off to locate said DVD*

Which cd would you recommend starting with?

Start off with the Enchanted Evening CD and DVD if you can get them... So amazing!! The best part is that Kitaro did not go back and fix any mistakes - it's truly live.

Here are some various video links of his - couldn't find any from Enchanted Evening...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfGQTD0RgO4

I lied... here's a tune from enchanted evening - but the video doesn't play...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=893883899958799137&q=kitaro

Did you find any Kitaro troggy?

I know you would dig him.

No, man. I haven't had a chance. Been too busy being on my recent lengthy Zappa kick to pay much attention to anything else!

I listened to Astral Voyage (which you sent me). Sounds pretty cool, although I'm not a huge fan of Asian sounding stuff. Some cool atmospherics though! :thumbsup:

He's going to have a lot of traditional asian sounds blended with floyd guitars and lots of Korg soundscapes!

I wish I had his skills!

Kitaro is AMAZING!!!

An Enchanted Evening... is where I started and still my fav, but I have liked all I have heard so far! He is like Yanni with Balls!!!