Keiko Matsui

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Keiko Matsui (松居慶子), born in Tokyo as Keiko Doi on July 26, 1961, is a Japanese smooth jazz/new age pianist and composer whose music and sophisticated elegance have propelled her to success and established a cult following among her fans. A prolific recording artist, Matsui’s career spans three decades, during which time she has released twenty CDs (in addition to various compilations) and has received international acclaim.

Matsui’s music is powerful and introspective, blending both western and eastern musical influences. She has a very spiritual view of composing music, feeling out each composition as though it were, in her words, “coming to me from another space, another dimension,” and “catching notes from the silence and then simply placing them together”. Matsui sees music as “the great gifts from the human souls from the past, for the children of the future”. She believes that music has a power to bring people together and change their lives. “We are connected by music,” Matsui wrote, “as the Ocean connects the continents”.

A lover of nature, Matsui often makes reference to plants, animals, the elements, and other natural features and phenomena in her song titles. She shows an especial fascination with the moon as a number of her compositions refer to the moon in their titles.

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Top Tracks

1	Forever, Forever	158
2	Tears of the Ocean full track	106
3	Light Above the Trees full track	104
4	Water Lily	98
4	Whisper from the Mirror full track	98
6	Facing Up full track	95
7	Flashback full track	94
8	Doll full track	93
9	Safari full track	87
10	Trees full track	85
11	Across The Sun full track	84
12	Bridge Over the Stars	76
12	Steps Of Maya full track	76
14	Mountain Shakedown full track	74
15	Between the Moons full track	71

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Orange-1 wrote:
Friday afternoon

Hey, There! Fantastic to find you! Wow! You have fantastic music! Wonderful! A Happiest New Year & Great Success & Luck!:-)

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Ijexis wrote:
10 days ago

How is it I JUST now heard of her...I've been missing out.

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Dana_UK wrote:
14 days ago

beautiful music

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mmno1 wrote:
December 2009

I had a CD from 1980's of the fusion music band COSMOS, consisted of Keiko and two other members, but I can't find it anymore... In mid 1990s I had a chance to see her in concert in Chicago with Peter White. I love her music!

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public_warning wrote:
November 2009

what an amazing music!

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Feralia_Genital wrote:
November 2009

очень люблю ее мелодии...

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Vortall wrote:
November 2009

I have a few of her albums, No Borders, White Owl, Deep Blue, Whisper from the Mirror, Wild Flower, and a couple more I cant recall the names of.

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metalrayne wrote:
November 2009

Just ordered three of her albums after discovering her on last.fm. Can't wait for them to come. she's a superb artist that I would never have heard of if not for this site.

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ilya-fm wrote:
November 2009

попса какая-то,честно говоря,очень все прилизано и присыпано сверху сахарной пудрой

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Milanowitsj wrote:
October 2009

Amazing..

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Syashinka wrote:
October 2009

<3

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elderdruid44 wrote:
October 2009

What album do I get? I liked the songs I've heard by her.

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Hai01134 wrote:
September 2009

Oh, nevermind. It's from Full Moon and the Shrine.

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Hai01134 wrote:
September 2009

Which album does Forever, Forever come from?

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Alexeynik wrote:
September 2009

хуйня...

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Elisisciousz wrote:
August 2009

!♥

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Din-A4 wrote:
August 2009

part of my soundtrack at www.din-a4-story.de

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Tyshkan- wrote:
July 2009

mmmmm awesome

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Kemist87 wrote:
June 2009

Sugoi na! Boku wa sonno ongaku wo daisuki yo! I know some Japanese too ^_^

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thekidwiththefa wrote:
June 2009

Saw her live at Jazz Alley, what a great performance! I know some Japanese, so I was able to say "Anata no ongaku wa utsukushii desu." Meaning, "Your music is beautiful." of course >_>.

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