Laraaji
# Laraaji

Edward Larry Gordon, meglio noto come Laraaji (Filadelfia, 1943), è un compositore e musicista statunitense considerato un pioniere della new age.

I suoi brani sono lunghe jam cosmiche per cetra da tavolo, m'bira e pianoforte.

## Biografia

Laraaji imparò a suonare il pianoforte quando era giovanissimo. Egli divenne noto per aver collaborato con Brian Eno alla realizzazione dell'album Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, pubblicato nel 1980 e facente parte della quadrilogia Ambient del compositore britannico.

## Discografia

* Celestial Vibration - 1978)
* Lotus-Collage - 1979
* Ambient 3: Day of Radiance - 1980
* I Am Ocean - 1981
* Rhythm N' Bliss - 1982
* Om Namah Shivaya - 1984
* Sun Zither - 1984
* Vision Songs #1 - 1984
* Open Sky - 1985 (con Brother Ah)
* Live at WNYC - 1985
* One - All Loving One - 1985
* Celestial Realms (Spirit Music – 1986) (c. Lyghte a.k.a. Jonathan Goldman)
* Once Upon a Zither (Laraaji – 1986)
* Essence/Universe (Jem – 1987)
* Music for Films III (Opal – 1989) (aa.vv.)
* Zither Bliss (Laraaji – 1987)
* White Light Music (Laraaji – 1987)
* Urban Saint (Laraaji – 1987)
* Sol (Laraaji – 1987) (c. Larry Kramer)
* Freeflow – I'm in Heaven (Celestial Vibration – 1980s)
* I Am Healing (Celestial Vibration – 1980s) (c. Shree Vena)
* I Am Loved (Laraaji – 1980s)
* I Am Sky (Laraaji – 1980s)
* Bring Forth (Your Highest Vision) (Laraaji – 1980s)
* Selected New Music III (Clear Music – 1991) (aa.vv.)
* Flow Goes the Universe (All Saints Records – 1993, prodotto da Michael Brook)
* Automatic (Gyroscope – 1994) (Channel Light Vessel)
* The Way Out Is the Way In (All Saints Records- 1995) (con Audio Active)
* Islands (Sine – 1995) (w. Roger Eno)
* Excellent Spirits (All Saints Records – 1996) (Channel Light Vessel)
* Cascade (a.k.a. Enlighten) (Relaxation Co. – 1997)
* Divination/Sacrifice (Meta 1998) (w. Bill Laswell)
* Celestial Reiki (Etherean – 2000) (w. Jonathan Goldman)
* Shiva Shakti Groove (Collective – 2000)
* Celestial Zone (Laraaji – 2002)
* My Orangeness (VelNet – 2002)
* Celestial Reiki II (Etherean – 2002) (c. Jonathan Goldman & Sarah Benson)
* Water & Soft Zither (Laraaji – 2004)
* Laughter: The Best Medicine (Laraaji – 2004)
* Chakra Balancing Music (Laraaji – 2004)
* In a Celestial Water Garden (Laraaji – 2005)
* Sonic Sketches (w. Nadi Burton – 2006)
* Song of Indra (w. Phil Gruber – 2006)
* Ambient Zither in G Pentatonic (Laraaji – 2007)
* Mountain Creek Water (Laraaji – 2007)
* Sonic Portals (Laraaji – 2008)
* Two Sides of Laraaji (Laraaji - 2015)
* FRKWYS Vol. 8 (Blues Control & Laraaji – 2011)
* Sun Piano (2020)
* Moon Piano (2020)
