Pan-Asian Ensemble: Mujou

eredeti, bontatlan, 2007 Leo Records

    1    Mujou            
    2    Mahakala            
    3    Kofuu (Wind Of The Past)

Pan-Asian Ensemble is led by Georgy Mnatsakanov (shakuhachi) and Dmitry Kalinin (shakuhachi, hichiriki, Chinese gong-chimes and voice). The Ensemble is augmented by Varvara Sidorova, Kakujo Nakagawa and Misako Mimuro (all three on biwas) and Pyotr Nikulin on dijeridu and Dmitry Schyolkin on percussion. The leaders studied with great Japanese teachers. Amazingly, the Russians try to create new music based directly on Japanese musical traditions and its aesthetic principles without distorting European composing techniques. Amazingly, they manage to create something truly original.