Takashi Kokubo (小久保隆) - Loire's Castles ～ Medieval Dreams ～ (ロアールの古城～中世の夢～) (1993) [Full Album]

Tracklist:
00:00 水の城 (Water Castle)
16:13 森の城 (Forest Castle)
32:43 幻想曲 (Fantasia)
Rip of the 1993 CD release from Teichiku Records Co.
Takashi Kokubo (小久保隆) released ten albums over the course of 1992-93 in what is called the "Ion Series". These ten albums were released in two five-album sub-series, one in 1992 and one in 1993. This album is the third part of the latter sub-series released in 1993, making it the eighth album in the Ion Series.

[@jetblackriver]

I don't know why or when KZbin started flooding my suggestions with specifically 30-40 year-old Japanese ambient synth albums, but I am so grateful to have been exposed to this stuff.

[@noktaluma]

Would love to listen more to something like this. Could you recommend some of your discoveries?

[@inlakesh555]

Same here🙂...

[@slowlynow9]

oh idk…maybe it has to do with your obvious obsession with all things japanese? lol cmon.

[@jetblackriver]

@maccd im smoking cigarettes in your car with the windows rolled up

[@EastmanD]

Gotta GREAT suggestion if you like this music. Search out a guy named Andreas Vollenweider, you will love it. Caverna Magica is a great album !

[@PolarChimes]

The insects on the cover are adorable. They look like they're carrying out their lives doing what they have to do. Bug business, it's kinda important.

[@richardccarrot]

Beautiful comment :)

[@wardenofeden]

bug appreciation~

[@Kotsonne]

those are day flies, so every second has to be important business for them!

[@benjamintchang3923]

Very true, bugs deserve compassion too

[@ceciliagincho6806]

Bug business - big business. Busy they are with life itself, in perfect resonance with Nature: A thing of beauty, indeed!

[@badkittyTV]

I listen to this everyday. makes me feel that what I do in life is not that important and is not worth the stress. and it's ok not to be perfect and we have to be happy with that. greetings from India.

[@raindrozest9558]

Picking a favorite Kokubo is like picking a favorite nap spot in an oasis of watefalls and hammocks. This one though...

[@exert2020]

Playing this in my house on a sunny day...stray black cat strolls in and makes himself at home with one ear on the sound. I'm at so much peace today ❤️

[@ManFromTheFizz]

Man just sitting at my desk with a boatload of tears, feeling as though all the pain and sin of the world has just washed away. I'm with all my family and friends living in peace and harmony forever and ever.

[@bikutageto8369]

@Marcelo Sampaio Yes, he's called Takashi Kokubo.

[@dogsquadindia]

I see green... I see a Japanese name....I click.

[@mariamason1919]

I simply can NOT thank you enough for sharing this beautiful space with so many of us. Until I found your channel I had never heard of many of these artist. My anxiety goes from 10 to zero. I can sleep at now for more than a couple hours and you have honestly changed my life through the music you've so kindly shared. Thank you so very, very much. Stay well. Peace to all, everywhere.

[@Voldein]

this, your contributions are deeply appreciated friend, please keep up the good work

[@Zogerpogger]

Yes I did not realize music had such potential until I started listening to Kokubo's work 3 hours before I had a presentation. I went from quite anxious about it to mostly calm. I am looking forward to listening everyday now.

[@dogsquadindia]

Yes thanks for helping us discover the wonderful healing space of Japambient. ⛩️🇯🇵

[@bananagorge8236]

Exiting winter and beginning Spring -

[@ceciliagincho6806]

Nothing better than experiencing this passage listening to Takashi Kokubo's musical pearls...

[@Raydensheraj]

Man...the 90ies were outrageous concerning Electronic Music. And I'm so glad I grew up in Berlin - early exposure to Techno then Trance ( Sven Väth - Accident in Paradise, Chicane - Offshore etc ) then Ambient ( Future Sound of London Lifeforms Double LP, Aphex Twin, Brian Eno - Prophecy Theme ) then Drum n Bass ( Timeless by Goldie...the best of all time )...then I got lost in Vangelis, Steve Roach and everything I missed out on - like this beauty...

[@GohAhweh]

Kokubo has become like a favorite fragrance to me.. 🪄✨️💛✨️

[@anthonygray9888]

I have been listening to Takaski Kobubo music all day !!!

[@Jazzdude_]

It is but such a shame, how many of these albums are just not aviailable anymore. The hard press releases are, of course, long sold out. Even if you are lucky to find one of these masterpieces somewhere online, you will have to pay a small fortune to get your hands on them. But even digital version do not exist, not even on Bandcamp or more niche websites. What makes it more weird is that Takashi Kokubo even has a Bandcamp account and is selling digital field recordings there. Why not sell these masterpieces digitally? Maybe some publishing/licensing mish-mash? Anyway, thank you very much for uploading these works and with that offer this great work to those who are new to discover this truly outstanding artist. Shows you the importance of public sharing and preservation.

[@conw_y]

This music was with me during countless hours of work. To some degree, it supported my career.

[@LaGuerre19]

Sometimes i am in the water castle. Sometimes i am in the forest castle. Thank you for sharing this!

[@HoolsSteam]

Ahhhh - nice to depart earth and visit here

[@larryarsenault]

Synths have been around for a while and more than pads and drones, now artists use them to create beauty and dreams of possible Paradises. Takashi Kokubo's gentle uplifting creations are inspirations for me to see the beauty of life. Thank you.

[@vincentwong2801]

Gorgeous My heart smiling and opens up

[@MrIvarlira]

This is absolutely beautiful

[@igorknown8608]

this series is mindblowing - the perfect summer music

[@ceciliagincho6806]

I am at a loss for words to express the depth of Kokubo's musical legacy to the world. Listening to his albums keep us silent, anyway.

[@tgrtgr9286]

this is the most major scale music ive ever heard

[@alohaandchillohana]

These albums are incredible. Every one of them.

[@fantasticsituation9461]

takashi kokubo has been my single greatest discovery on youtube

[@raindrozest9558]

same here

[@duccatty1]

Same

[@H-Vox]

same here 7 seconds ago

[@funtimes8296]

@@H-Vox Times flies

[@missmillienettleton]

A little window of beauty dragging me through a sleepy Thursday afternoon. Only one more day til the weekend 😊😊😊

[@delphinoproductions2655]

I feel like I'm inside a Kingdom Hearts level, roaming around the beautiful scenery and interacting with that world. So blessed to be alive to listen to music like this. It is truly amazing how we are able to stumble across something like this. It makes me feel grateful for everything positive and negative that happens on a daily basis. Keep uploading these lost, but not forgotten gems. Music is everything, especially when it sounds like this.

[@gogee27]

What a beautiful comment, I feel you…

[@dreamq8359]

I just found about takashi what a beautiful music stealing the heart and senses❤

[@aabe1189]

Is this how pure happiness sounds?

[@eltodesukane]

32:43 "Fantasia" is specially wonderful!

[@caiin___2751]

I lived in Orleans one of big city of the Loire région in France! I used to spend hours walking down the Loire with my lover talking about everything, we started doing that while i was in a very sad moment of my life. Now my family is living soon. This album reminds me of the peacefull moments i spend with im so thank u so much For uploading

[@vadim8068]

Si tu avais un top de chateau/monument a me faire visiter en Loire,tu me donnerais quoi a visiter ? (juste un futur va nu pied sur les routes pour un petit projet tour de france gastronomique/culturel)

[@chickienug]

Greetings from Massachusetts

[@virtuark9601]

I feel like I am watching a beautiful dragon rising in the sky. The dragon belongs to no one, not even nature itself. It is free, and I am freed letting it go.

[@benjamintchang3923]

That's a nice sentiment :) all animals deserve freedom

[@lifetimeactor6789]

Relaxing. Great make-out music.

[@DeboraWayne]

this is so beautiful i want to cry

[@LetYahArisee]

Beautiful influence creates a beautiful soul, simply wonderful

[@rocioperezaguayo2926]

I can't thank Kokubo enough for existing and sharing with us these beautiful melodies

[@Evoluutiomies]

Incredible. Soothing! I do not know how I got here, but thank you for sharing.

[@ricardocardenas186]

This is exactly, impossibly exactly what I needed today. Infinite gratitude for uploading this!

[@hellothere9298]

Thx as always !!

[@kevinhartlock716]

An open world of opportunities, happiness and well being for the most part.. You make the world, no one else.

[@muttch]

This is more gold on KZbin.

[@kentinjivek]

In love with this album

[@vvhipreck6583]

Always puts me into a state of mind which I am not used to. Enchanting, whimsical, and warm all over, Takashi Kokubo takes me to a special and unique place in my mind every time. Thank you should be for posting these masterpieces of musical art. ;-)

[@heneryhenryhendryk]

thank you for this beautiful morning album ◡ the feeling of sunshine when it's on my skin.

[@shmizelweasel9337]

This man is a blessing.

[@tabithasanders8131]

I don't normally enjoy "relaxing" instrumental music (unless it's VGM or lofi), but this is something special. :)

[@kjeltpieper2194]

best for realy intense team fights in games. love it

[@sonicsoftly]

👍😎👌

[@christophergarces5708]

Thank u very much

[@jessicaharper5905]

Yay thank you! More music to listen to for work (giving massages). This is perfect!

[@guillermo3628]

I'm always looking forward to these uploads, thank you so much

[@blackorpheliac1]

Me too. So grateful.

[@mattd3826]

Me too

[@TheDocRitchie]

@@mattd3826 me too, its great to listen to at work (chef).

[@jocelynr4940]

This is a really wonderful sound. So glad you posted it. I have never heard anything quite like this before. Beautiful.

[@effbeebeeshh]

Thank you so, so much for your channel and showing us these beautiful works by Kokubo

[@nicolasloupia]

as always, these recordings seem to exist out of their time, so eerie. Now I'm waiting for the link, in the meantime, thank you for digging those out of the unknown !

[@bgm.9190]

Thank you so much for uploading this beautiful music🐰 God bless you.

[@lucasvieira3660]

Great uploads from you, thanks a lot.

[@dabulls1g]

AHHH! New takashi kokubo! Thank you!! 😀

[@ahoneysuckle]

I love thisss! Its so pretty, so I play it for my plants lol.

[@marseatheadrest]

this is wonderful music :”) thank u for all these uploads!! feels like i found a goldmine

[@maestergiguruzugi404]

Great stuff

[@aqueuse]

thank you so much from a neighbor of the Loire's Castles

[@olivierfortier1442]

This is one of the best channels

[@Andrei-wy8sk]

takashi is a big contributor to me being a good student again :)

[@jocelynr4940]

This music is so beautiful and sounds classical to my ears. I love all his works and wish i could find more of it. It seems like some of his music disappeared from youtube a while back, and i have no idea where to find it now. Thanks so much for making these wonderful works available.

[@cristian.ilie.018]

PErfect As Always...... The BEst Channell in the Universe !!!!!

[@soonballoon9651]

Thank you

[@blackorpheliac1]

Please continue uploading!

[@mony377]

Thank you, should be asleep san from Japan.

[@davidavery5114]

Nice music!🌝 Makes you relax!🌝

[@PolarChimes]

The Ion Series album covers are really nice.

[@produccionesabuela8533]

Thanks bro!

[@gerryarty8342]

Domou Arigatou Gozaimasu :) Wow Another lovely Album IONS are in the air :)

[@kontikikev]

Thank you, thank you, thank you...

[@futuristiclieutenant]

I just levitated 200 miles across the landscape.

[@hitlast1]

holy shit

[@AbiMac88]

OMGOSH thankyouthankyouthankyou... 😍

[@thevegandragon4676]

Perfection 💚🙏🏻🙂

[@Nelson-zf9mo]

OMG it's back! nice!

[@kimas8084]

Stunning! The fantasia (starting at 32:43) sounds like Bach

[@jorllima]

it's Bach

[@astraldeathiicitharede5260]

Man Fantasia sounds like the OST of a depressive, obscure old school J-RPG

[@48billion88]

pls tell me tcure old school jrpgs here are depressive obs

[@ironmaz1]

AMAZING bach fantasia at the end

[@jorllima]

Hi! Do you remember which work is it? I can't recall it and I would like to listening it again. Regards

[@rob5393]

Perfect to start studying :)

[@javiercastro2450]

Perfect for anything.

[@lisameskimen9296]

A new album!! Yes!!!!!

[@skirmantes9821]

heart comforting music

[@garypsu3579]

I really like this

[@Helskorn]

すごいーーー

[@benjamintchang3923]

Love it!

[@russasher6962]

Music is Medicine

[@umaid5111]

Japanese ambient music is the best!

[@jamessheen3959]

Finally Uber meditative flows

[@micahpacileo2307]

it truly Lyfts my spirits

[@runthere100]

im not here because of anxiety, i had beated that sh*t long ago with style. im just cool, i discover all kind of beauties and this was also one of them. :] see you guys around

[@loljoker127]

Another ion series!! Does anyone have a playlist with all 10 on? I've been searching for a while but have only managed to listen to 7 so far

[@Madamonitor]

Can I ask for a Flac dl for this one? It's amazing especially the first track, thanks for all you do!

[@moncilu]

Can I ask how designed the covers for this series? They all look amazing.

[@Zugansi]

I wish I was in a world were it was peaceful were I was a hero in the world. I wish if I ever die i wish I die in a place were it's beautiful and ether the sun sets or goes down. Well that's all I'll say

[@Giesela0815]

nice!

[@dinsfire8489]

forest castle

[@jaritos675]

its back!

[@MoustiluigiRandom]

Living in the "Vallée de la Loire" myself, i. Voilà

[@d.aardent9382]

Its like the Japanese Windam Hill style music. Just great relaxing stuff. No singing.

[@SARZ_ASFV]

good stuff

[@MegaCirse]

Don't despise the bird's droppings, it's the same nature as your brain.