1. EAST ATMOSPHERE 00:02:40 MINIMAL PIANO, TINKLING KOTO STRING TREMOLOS AS GENTLE AS THE WINGS OF A BUTTERFLY. JAPANESE WIND INSTRUMENTS GLIDE THROUGH, CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE OF SIMPLICITY AND PEACE, 65 BPM

2. HOLIDAY IN JAPAN 00:02:09 SHAKUHACHI FLUTE CALLS OUT ACROSS THE MISTY VALLEYS AND MARKS THE COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW DAY. JAPANESE KOTO. TRADITIONAL. EVOLVING. THEME @ 0'48. MODERNISTIC DRUM LOOP @ 1'12. OLD MEETS NEW, 80 BPM

3. JAPAN STAND 00:02:30 A JAPANESE KOTO METHODICALLY PLUCKS US INTO A TRANCE. TAIKO DRUMS. MESMERIZING WOODWINDS SOUND SOOTHINGLY. SHIMMERING STRING GLISSANDOS, 80 BPM

4. AWA 00:01:56 ETHNIC SHAKUHACHI FLUTE, MYSTIQUE AND MAGICAL. GENTLE TRADITIONAL PERCUSSION, DEEP AND DISTANT. ASIAN DULCIMER AND STRING TREMOLOS CREATE A BEAUTIFUL AND ENIGMATIC PATTERN OF HARMONICS, 70 BPM

5. DEJIMA 00:03:17 COARSE WOODWINDS, A SERENE MELODY WITH MYSTIC QUALITY. TINKLING KOTO STRINGS, JAPANESE ORCHESTRA, GONG. DESCRIPTIVE, ROMANTIC, 95 BPM

6. OKAYAMA 00:02:48 CATCHY KOTO, SIMPLE AND PLAYFUL. SOLEMN GHOSTLY SHAKUHACHI COMBINED WITH CEREMONIAL PERCUSSION. ANCIENT REMINISCENCE, 70 BPM

7. TAIKO ISLAND 00:02:11 SKILLED TAIKO DRUMS ARE POUNDED PROVOKING ECSTATIC TREMBLES AND JOLTS ALL OVER YOUR BODY. TRIBAL ECSTASY. FRANTIC AND MESMERIZING, 150 BPM

8. HANAGACHIRU 00:01:48 FLICKERING KOTO TREMOLO TRILLS, STRING GLISSANDOS AND TRIBAL TAIKO DRUM ENSEMBLE. THE BIG GONG SOUNDS AND DRUMS GET LOUDER, CAPTIVATING RITUALISTIC FEELING, 80 BPM

9. JAPANESE SOUL 00:01:54 SIMPLE PLUCKED STRINGS, KOTO TREMOLOS, MYSTICAL DREAMLIKE FLUTE MELODY UNFURLS AWAKENING SPARKLING QUIVERING STRING GLISSANDO, 80 BPM

10. TOKYO 00:01:40 PERKY FLUTE PHRASE ENDS WITH A HOLLOW BELL. RITUAL PERFORMANCE FEEL. LEADING TO SOLID TAIKO PERCUSSION, 100 BPM

11. SHAMISEN SOUND 00:02:27 REPETITIVE STRING PATTERN PLUCKING, ENCHANTED ASIAN FLUTE, MYSTICAL VOICE-LIKE SEQUENCE UNFURLS. MAGICAL SOUNDING GLISSANDOS, 70 BPM

12. KAGAWAKEN 00:01:31 HOLLOW WOODEN & METAL PERCUSSION INTRODUCE HUGE TAIKO TAMBOURS, MYSTIC CHANTING AND RITUAL FLUTE MELODY PREVAILS, 110 BPM

13. UDON 00:02:30 SHAKUHACHI FLUTE AND TWINKLING STRINGS TINKLE. SPARSE. GENTLE ROLLING TAIKO PATTERN JOINS IN SOFTLY @ 0'24 CREATING AN ANCIENT ETHNIC ATMOSPHERE, 80 BPM

14. KENDO STICK 00:02:33 SIMPLE JAPANESE PATTERN. FLOATING BAMBOO FLUTE. TRANCE-INDUCING PLUCKING LEADS TO DELICATE TINKLING STRINGS, LIKE THE WATER TRICKLING DOWN A STREAM. JOINED BY SOFT TRIBAL DRUMS @ 0'24, 80 BPM

15. KOUCHIKEN 00:01:40 DEEP MENACING MALE CHANTING, METAL BOWL PERCUSSION, GONGS AND POUNDING TAIKO DRUMS INTRODUCE PERSISTENT JAPANESE FLUTE PIERCING YOUR SOUL AND IGNITING YOUR SPIRIT, 100 BPM

16. TATAMI 00:02:30 KOTO TREMOLOS LEAD TO DESCENDING GLISS PATTERNS QUIVERING AS DELICATE AS FLUTTERING BUTTERFLY WINGS. REPRESENTING TRADITIONAL EASTERN SPIRIT, SIMPLICITY AND INNOCENCE, 80 BPM

17. TAIKO AND EFFECT 00:02:00 MYSTICAL TAIKO DRUMS TRANSPORT US TO A MAGICAL PLACE OF PERCUSSIVE EQUILIBRIUM, 100 BPM

18. STRONG MAN 00:01:40 RITUAL BELLS AND GHOSTLY HOWLING FLUTE CALLING THE SPIRITS, INTRODUCE A CEREMONIAL TAIKO ENSEMBLE. DIVINE FLUTE INSTALLS SERENITY AS IT HYPNOTIZES THE LISTENER, 100 BPM

19. EHIMEKEN 00:01:40 SIMPLE WOODBLOCK PATTERNS LEAD INTO DEEPLY CAPTIVATING TAIKO PERCUSSION, PELTING OUT A MYSTIC RHYTHM, 100 BPM

20. JAPAN BRIDGE 00:01:28 VARIETY OF DRUMS LEAD THIS EXTRAORDINARY TRIBAL PERCUSSION PIECE WITH WOODBLOCKS, STICKS AND HUGE GONGS. SERIOUS AND CEREMONIAL, 90 BPM

21. YAKUSHIMA 00:01:40 TAPPING WOODBLOCKS MARK THE RHYTHM AS THE TAIKO AND WADAIKO DRUMS ARE POUNDED, DEEP YET DELICATE PERCUSSION. A CONSTANT GHOSTLY HUM WHISTLES AS THE SPIRIT IS AWAKENED DURING THE CEREMONY, 100 BPM

22. KAGAMIMOCHI 00:01:40 MALE VOICE MYSTERIOUSLY CALLS OUT, CHANTING. ELEMENTARY WOODEN PERCUSSION. BUILDING. CEREMONIAL WADAIKO AND TAIKO DRUMS, 100 BPM

23. CHIBAKEN 00:01:40 HOLLOW WOODEN CLUNKING JOINED BY TRADITIONAL JAPANESE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE. CEREMONIAL DANCING COMMENCES SEEN BY THE LIGHT OF THE FIRE AS THE WHISTLING SPIRIT IS AWAKENED, 100 BPM

24. EAST ASIAN 00:01:40 TRADITIONAL JAPANESE PERCUSSION, COMPLEX POUNDING OF TAIKO DRUMS JOINING THE SCENE @ 0'38, VIBRATIONAL, 100 BPM