Brief Description:
Renew your spirit with this ultimate collection of soothing music for relaxation and healing with today’s best selling artists – featuring harp, flute, piano, guitar, angelic vocals and lush nature sounds.

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This serene collection from Sequoia’s award-winning artists will relax your body, quiet your mind and soothe your soul. Musical Healing features selections from the best selling artists David & Steve Gordon, Gary Stadler, Stephannie, Solaria, Deborah Martin, Sophia and Zingaia including rare unreleased tracks. These beautiful melodies of flute, harp, piano, guitar, angelic vocals and lush nature sounds create a stress-free atmosphere perfect for massage, yoga, meditation or any time you seek peace.

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Relaxation CD featuring Japanese harp, Koto

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Artist’s Profile:
Born into the head of Matu-no-mi Koto Music School, Mizuyo was trained at an early age by her mother, Keiko Nosaka to play the 20 chord Koto. After graduating from high school, she left to study at Berklee College of Music in the U.S.  She continued her studies at New England Conservatory on the Contemporary Improvisation Major. Mizuyo studied contemporary music under the guidance of Ran Blake and Hankus Netsky, covering such areas as folk music and improvisational performance. After returning to Japan, she has been conducting performances on a regular basis as well as working on her music to blend it with many other kinds of music genres, freeing herself from boundaries set by the traditional methods of performance.

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Relaxation CD featuring the “Sou,” a 25 stringed instrument

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The instrument Komiya plays in this CD is a 25 stringed “Sou,” a modern solo instrument recreated from the traditional 13 stringed Sou. With the paulownia wood forming a smooth slope with rows of beautiful bridge stops on the top supporting the strings, the Sou is a classic instrument that brings tradition into our lives and is something that serves as a bridge to a world, introducing new sounds.

Sou produces plenty of fresh, pure sounds but it is also able to create many curious sounds that catch your attention and tug at the heart. Let’s listen to these sounds. There are, for instance, the faint “creaking” sounds that are created when ivory nails hit the strings. There are also subtle sounds when the traditional technique called “oshite” (pushing) is applied to the chords to change the pitch.

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Relaxation CD featuring monk chants and soft music.

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The Sutras are philosophical writings of the truth that Buddha acquired through his enlightenment and written down by his disciples. Originally, Buddha’s teachings were handed down in an oral tradition. The sutras had to be memorized by heart in order for the teachings to be transmitted accurately, and so the tradition of chanting the sutras out loud came into being. But the sounds of the sutras seem to have the effect of opening the charkas (energy centers) of the human body as well. For us laymen, it is extremely difficult to understand the meanings of the sutras accurately. But we can start out by listening to this CD. You may truthfully bring your past to mind and in all clearness look at here and now and think of the future as it should be for you. Or don’t think about anything difficult, relax, close your eyes, make your breathing even, and let yourself be with the sounds of the chanting. You may just find yourself becoming enlightened like Buddha under the Bodhi Tree.

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Relaxation CD featuring the invigorating sounds of Asian drums, taiko.

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This CD, Yoshida’s first album, features Japanese “Taiko” drums. The drum is said to be one of the world’s oldest known musical instruments, and in Japanese “Taiko” is no exception, having played an important role throughout Japanese history as an indispensable item in divine ceremonies and battles. Thus, the act of beating the drum involves strong spirituality, with the drummer using every muscle in his well-trained body to strike the drum with all of his heart. The Japanese “Taiko,” considering its structure and style of performance, can be said to be the most analog musical instrument available.

Wakon (Japanese Soul), the Japanese “Taiko” group featured in this album, performs nationwide as well as abroad, holding workshops at each place they visit to come into contact with the hearts of local people. We hope that this album, realized through their coming into contact with Kiyoshi Yoshida’s creative image, resonates in your soul. Enjoy the energetic groove that flows throughout the album, and the grand scale of sound.

Brief Description:
Relaxation CD featuring the invigorating sounds of Asian drums, taiko.

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The newly released “Asian Drums II” is the second of the series that was released in the wake of its success. When we say “wadaiko,” we the Japanese, usually imagine a lively and energetic scene, high in spirits and with gallantry, but it feels to me like Yoshida has given the drums an entirely different direction in the case of these two albums. He does not make use of the Japanese sense of time-space or “ma,” stretching time or making it short, but instead keeps the basic beat as the basis of the music. It’s a good way to blend the sounds of the synthesizer and the wadaiko. The wadaiko, which is normally put in the forefront is kept in the back and backs up the entire piece. By keeping the wadaiko which can create a world by just a single sound under lids patiently for just a little while, the ever transforming synthesizer which has no characteristic of its own comes to the surface. The role of the wadaiko here is to set a stable mono-tone feel, rather than to rigorously create a beat. The sounds that are most often heard are shamisen like sounds playing in unison. This is the cheerful and bright part of the piece, these speedy phrases have the role of pulling the music forward more and more. The wadaiko performers in the album belong to the “Bonten” and is led by Masataka Kobayashi.

By Yasuki Matsumoto

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Relaxation CD featuring of Traditional Chinese instruments

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The magnificent strings and graceful tones of Traditional Chinese instruments create a gentle sweetness that enfolds the listener, and unveils a bridge that links the East and West.

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Relaxation CD featuring soft piano & ensemble

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Love is soft, elegant piano melodies and warm orchestrations that touch the heart and sooth the spirit. This classic romantic instrumental album evokes feeling of love, intimacy and relaxation. With Love Is, pianist and composer, Nadama combines the passionate style of his first release Heart to Heart with the soothing and tender qualities of his best seller Healing Touch. This music creates an inspiring ambiance for quiet dining, intimate moments, massage or healing.