During the first two or so listenings, I thought it was almost as good as the previous album. But then I fell in love with the rich structure of every single song, with the subtle and rich flavours. Now I insist this album is even better than the prior one.
When I listend to the first two song for the first time, it strongly reminded me of The Beach Boys - and then I realised the vocalist´s name is Wilson, too :o) When I listened to some more I found touches of Pink Floyd architecture - and on the whole this album is very impressive.
I appreciate your last two albums very much, I also encouraged other people to listen to them. Personally, I´d like to buy both of them on CD, but the postage for Europe is too high, couldn't you fix it?
I use this album almost every day now during my daily meditation session with the savouring practice of preparing and drinking tea. All the parts are perfect - The rain is calming and soothing when meditating during the late evening. And the sounds of nature I use when meditating during the day.
Only a practising meditator can fully appreciate this album. I especially appreciate that at the beginning there is time to calm down and breathe deeply before the real Shakuhachi music begins.
