laraaji - essence / universe

Laraaji OTM

Finally hearing this thanks to the new reissue. Very nice, like side two of Ambient 3 but for an entire hour long album.

Heard 'Celestial Vibration' recently, and... well, thats like side one of Ambient 3, but for an entire album. A lot more hypnotic when he uses pulses / dances, I got really caught up in this one

His tracks on 'Music For Films III' were always my favorites on a solid album. Want to hear the comp of his earlier cassettes / more electronic music.

This is a great album also:

http://www.discogs.com/Laraaji-Flow-Goes-The-Universe/release/4383101

yeah thats the first disc on this new reissue

http://www.discogs.com/Laraaji-Two-Sides-Of-Larraji-Flow-Goes-The-Universe-The-Way-Out-Is-The-Way-In/release/5059267

and there is also this reissue, talked about both of them on the new age thread

http://www.discogs.com/Laraaji-Celestial-Music-1978-2011/release/5059287

Maybe this is why large amounts of unsold stock of the previous reissue of Flow Goes The Universe turned up in secondhand stores around Melbourne recently (which is why I have it).

Has the frkwys release with Blues Control been mentioned? It's really good.

Celestial Music is like blowing me away on first listen, hadn't heard of him before today, thank u ilm

@dark_shark: Laraaji's 3-tape box set, All In One Peace, will be released on August 7 #BrianEno #Ambient3 http://t.co/80CtjimV2e http://t.co/nPjlztnb11

very excited for this

wondering whether it's the a-side or b-side of "unicorns in paradise" i am familiar with

beginning of this thread is a great llol

Listening to Flow Goes the Universe on Spotify (via Two Sides) -- really enjoying it. Agree w Milton that it's like the second side of Day of Radiance, which was always my favorite anyway. Lots of swimmy shimmer effects, probably a consequence of Eno having passed the production torch for this stuff to Michael Brook who really had taken to those techniques around that time (late 80s/early 90s).

be still and touch this everlasting sense of presence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bdYHYnJI-E

thanking u

Unicorns In Paradise is my fav Laraaj at the moment. Perfect tones and melodies

me too

definitely his peak

posts that haunt your thoughts

when I went to buy a CD from Laraaji after his Big Ears laughter workshop, he seemed unexpectedly angry

― welltris (crüt), Friday, August 28, 2015 7:38 AM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ask us about how we got a hold of a sizeable stack of never before seen Laraaji photos along with 3 previously unheard acetates from the Celestial Vibrations recording sessions. This is a pretty massive discovery for new age and general music heads alike.

The definitive collection of Laraaji’s earliest works, Segue To Infinity compiles his 1978 debut Celestial Vibration and six additional side-long studio sessions from previously unknown acetates from the same period. A lengthy essay by Living Colour’s Vernon Reid chronicles the origins of Edward “Flash” Gordon, illustrated with dozens of previously unpublished photographs that capture this beautiful and elusive young artist. Full of discovery and wonderment, Segue To Infinity is a miraculous chronicle of new age’s most fabled artist

i'm sure i'm not the only one who got this eyebrow-raising email today

https://numerogroup.com/products/segue-to-infinity

Three of those side-long sessions are on Spotify now as "Ocean." As shimmeringly gorgeous as you'd expect.

oh nice!! thanks for the hot tip. for whatever reason i never grabbed the soul jazz reissue of “celestial vibration” on lp, so am pretty interested in this