Laraaji - Celestial Vibration '1977/2022

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       Laraaji’s sublime zither improvisation, Celestial Vibrations
(1978) forms nothing less than an early archetype for new age ambient music. It
was originally issued as a privately pressed meditation aid and sold in limited
numbers around NYC until, that is, Brian Eno famously stumbled across Laraaji
doing his thing, and the rest, as they say, is laid out in the ambient history
books.  That fateful meeting with Brian Eno - interestingly enough in the same
year that Eno compiled the definitive No Wave document No New York - led to Eno
producing Laraaji’s Ambient 3 (Day Of Reckoning) in 1980 and subsequently
cementing his place within the emergent ambient sphere. Yet Celestial Vibration
is far from a historic footnote, and still resonates deeply with listeners -
especially these ears - ever since it reemerged circa 2010. Now nearly 40 years
old, and future-proofed by its timeless sense of expressive minimalism,
Laraaji’s fluid, rhythmelodic flutter and reverberant harmonies have lost
none of their ability to enchant, soothe and transcend the consciousness of all
who cross its path.   Consider it a household staple for those times when you
just need a streak of unadulterated, weightless positivity to brighten up your
life.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Laraaji - Bethlehem (24:33)
1.02 - Laraaji - All Pervading (24:19) 

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