Minoru Miki completed Marimba Spiritual between Christmas Day 1983 and 13 January 1984. The world premiere was given at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam two months later, after which Keiko Abe took it on a European tour. In 1988 the Safri Duo made a successful arrangement for two players; The DoubleBeats version featured here is for marimbas and a range of percussion: an odaiko, shime, bongo, bass drum, waterphone, spiral cymbal, caxixi (a shaker) and Asian gongs.