Himekami - "Moonwater" - 1989

If you are looking for the best Asian style music ever created, you have found it with Himekami. Every song is painstakingly crafted to deliver greatness to our ears. Pure sonic poetry.
This is simply one of the best new age albums ever made and it is deplorable that Himekami may never have the popular acclaim of Enya, because Yoshiaki Hoshi (the leader of Himekami) is even more brilliant at songs than her!!! Especially noteworthy are the tracks Tosa Dunes (heaven on earth, it sounds to me), Earthflame (mournful, but gentle and loving at the end), and Evening Poem (music to make you stop and think).
The music flows like the tide, the name "Moonwater " says it all. Each track invokes a different emotion and immage.The music is sharp,clear and clean.When you listen to this music you not only hear the music you see it as well.

Tracklist:

1. Dancing Birds
2. Swan Myth
3. Tosa Dunes
4. White Fire
5. Earthflame
6. Distant Suns
7. Evening Poem
8. Into Blue Snow
9. 7 O'Clock Rain
10. Mahoroba