Troubadour and Knight (2010)
Symphonic rock with flamenco guitar and lute
- Preamble – Troubadour and the Knight
- The Last Trial
- Lost Story
- The Rite
- Iwakura
- Bulerias en Rondeau
- Illimitable
- Soleá – Sacrifice
- Sign of the Dream
- Illimitable – acoustic version
Preamble - Troubadour and Knight (5:21)
Last Trial (5:19)
Lost Story (4:00)
The Rite (3:45)03:44
Iwakura (6:11)
Bulerias en Rondeau (4:58)
Illimitable (4:56)
In the Heart of the RiaSacrifice (5:50)
Sign of the Dream (5:28)
01 Preamble – Troubadour and the Knight
Flamenco guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, drums, strings
Troubadour and Knight had opposite social function in the Middle Ages. But the most troubadours were even knights. They mastered two opposite skills.
02 The Last Trial
Lute, flemanco guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, drums, strings
03 Lost Story (Fandango)
Flamenco guitar, hand percussion
Fandango, based on 3/4 time (but there are many variations).
I wrote this main theme when I was 16 years old.
04 The Rite
Electric guitar, lute, electric bass, drums, strings
I composed this heavy metal track in 8 tone scale (that is to say one tone more than common scale) from the Russian classical music like Stravinsky, Khachaturian. This piece don’t have any harmonic structure. I made it homophonic like Renaissace music.
05 Iwakura (Tarantas)
Flamenco guitar solo
Tarantas (almost free rhythm). Iwakura is the town in Japan in which I grew up.
06 Bulerias en Rondeau
Flamenco guitar, hand percussion
Bulerias is a very fast flamenco music in 12/8 time
07 Illimitable
Lute, electric guitar, electric bass, drums, strings
The key changes very often, you could cross each border…
08 Soleá – Sacrifice
Flamenco guitar solo
soleá – traditional flamenco in 12/8 time
09 Sign of the Dream
Lute, flamenco guitar, synthesizer, hand percussion
I made it after the Haiku (short Japanese poen) of Basho (17th Century).
He stands on the green field, where took place brutal battle in the 12th Century. It’s a comfortable early summer, he can still feel the unfulfilled dreams of warriors…
10 Illimitable – acoustic verison
Lute solo