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Release Date: 2001-05-22, Audio CD, Metropolis Records

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Two crucial breakthrough records from Swans', 1987 & 1989 period back in print. Over 145 minutes of scary and beautiful music. Young God Records. 2003.

'Thinking of You' is a resplendent expression of the beauty unearthed in nature portrayed musically as only Kitaro can.

Woven within a musical tapestry of song, Kitaro brings you ten astounding compositions rendering light to the environment of which many take for granted. As Kitaro notes, "Living close to this wonderful nature is the discovery of the joy of life everyday".

This Grammy Award winning album has garnered the accolades of die-hard and newcomers alike. As Kitaro remarks, "the 'You' in the titles signifies people close to me, those near and those far away from me. I tried to speak to each one of them through this musical expression".

Audio CD, First World Records

Audio CD, Recommended Records

Florida may be the Sunshine State, but Tallahassee's Mira sound like they've been on the short end of one too many rainy days. Not that that's a bad thing--especially when you're on a record label that prides itself on being den mother of all things goth. Yet while Mira exude a certain moroseness, there's something decidedly un-goth about them. For one thing, they're a rock band. Synth excess and hazy atmospherics are eschewed in favor of stripped-down guitar-bass-drums arrangements that share a bond with the early-'90s shoegazer sound. And vocalist Regina Sosinski possesses a confident, clear voice that floats with a stately beauty over Tom Parker's sparse guitar. The effect is a cross between My Bloody Valentine (whose "When You Sleep" is covered here) and Mira's label mates Love Spirals Downwards, with dollops of Cocteau Twins and Sundays thrown in here and there. Pleasant, introspective, pretty--even gorgeous in places--but perhaps ultimately a little too familiar. --Steve Landau

Release Date: 2000-07-11, Audio CD, Instinct Records

Release Date: 2000-09-05, Audio CD, Om Records

Release Date: 2001-03-06, Audio CD, Ion