Murasaki translates to “purple” in Japanese and is a part of Akiho’s Synesthesia Suite. Akiho’s synesthesia only manifests while performing on steel pan, and each color piece in his suite is based around a pitch or tonality that he improvised on. Murasaki was written in about 7 minutes and centers around a D-flat tonality. This piece starts with an arpeggiated passage that mimics a harp, then becomes a reggae inspired by the music and energy of Bob Marley. A quick arpeggiated section imitates water flowing from a waterfall, similar to the harp-like sound from the beginning of the piece, before fading away with one last reggae inspired line.