Minten - Tomorrow

I witness that Jia Peng Fang's works are slowly evolving. I remember his first albums from 90th released under Pacific Moon Records (ex. "River", "Rainbow"). They were more ethnic in tune with a variety of other traditional instruments. These ethnic tunes were masterly fused with modern tempo, yet the overall sound remained unmistakably Asian. Today I can hardly hear the Asian soul in his music. His recent albums "Moonlight", "Roman", "Holiday" and this new "Tomorrow" are becoming more and more westernized with a heavy load of classical Western sounds. Even his parts of solo Erhu there don't save them and the music remain distant far away from Asia. Personally, I like this transition, as I appreciate musicians that try to create cross-over music with an effort to popularize traditional music instruments. Even this latest alum "Tomorrow" as any previously released alums is a high quality production with beautiful orchestration and professional arrangements. The second major contributor for "Tomorrow" album is the famous japanese composer Toshiyuki Watanabe (Shenmue OST, Voice of Heaven OST).