Juta Takahashi: Journey (LR022)
Ambient Expression of starlit journeys to uncharted worlds
Eighteenth album of Juta Takahashi, entitled "Journey", has been released in August, 2024. The album consists of following four long-form ambient tracks.
1. Rise (9:44)
2. Starlit Path (10:46)
3. Voyage (20:52)
4. Endless Journey (20:16)
Composed, arranged, produced and performed by Juta Takahashi
Recorded and mastered at Lunisolar Studio, Sendai, Japan, from March to June 2020
The Cover Photo: "Hubble's Hockey Stick Galaxy" (courtesy of NASA Image and Video Library)
Released on August 15, 2024
Juta Takahashi dedicates this work to Koichi Yokota (1941－2017).
"Journey" has got selected as one of November 2024 Top 45 STAR'S END Releases.
"Journey" has got selected as one of STAR'S END Top 35 Spacemusic Releases November 2024.
"Journey" has got selected as one of Monthly Top 20 Albums for January 2025, for February 2025, for April 2025 and for June 2025 at Galactic Travels™.
Review by Bert Strolenberg on Sonic Immersion (August 25, 2024):
With this album, containing music recorded between March and June 2020, Japanese composer Juta Takahashi takes us into outer space, who describes the long form result as ambient expression of starlit journeys to uncharted worlds. As before, he blends strings of velvet soundscapes, long held notes and gracious textures -all of analogue nature- in an enchanting, delicate, slightly minimalist manner.
The second track "Starlit Path", an earthly journey in the composer's words, sounds a bit melancholic and is even more touching as Juta adds some highly evocative wordless female voices to the smooth gliding synthetic pads as we travel deeper in a world of discovery. The 20-minute "Voyage" features more minimal sound design with an gentle ebb and flow of slow evolving soundwaves while the final (again minimal-shaped) track features an uplifting sequence with warm pads washing over them, all culminating into an euphoric-ish realm near the end.
"Journey" is available as both factory pressed (glass mastered) CD, limited to 100 copies, and digital download.
You can't purchase this album as CD anywhere except our official store and bandcamp. No other music distribution service is available.
You can purchase this album digitally from bandcamp, 
Store and 
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