Laraaji / Cosmic Tape Experiments
Album: Cosmic Tape Experiments   Collection:General
Artist:Laraaji   Added:Nov 2013
Label:Mount Analog  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2013-11-28 Pull Date: 2014-02-07 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Dec 15 Dec 8 Dec 1
Airplays: 3 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 28, 2015: [press enter to exit]
Unicorns In Paradise (1981)
4. Dec 11, 2013: Brownian Motion
Unicorns In Paradise (1981)
2. Jun 04, 2014: Minimum Entropy - In Memoriam Mister
Unicorns In Paradise (1981)
5. Dec 11, 2013: late night dryer (meow after midnight sub)
I Am Sky (1985)
3. Dec 13, 2013: Aporeia recap of crazy a.d. 2013
Unicorns In Paradise (1981)
6. Dec 05, 2013: The Sunset Life
Sol (1987)

Album Review
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2013-11-26
Cassette only recordings spanning 1979-87. Autoharp street player who was found playing in Washington Square by Eno and appeared on Ambient 3: On Land. Compiled chronologically, theres a lot of variation over the years, even within single tracks, but most, especially the earlier works, involve the autoharp/zither type sound, beautifully treated, along with some tribal rhythms and an almost world feel. But low-fi 4 track tape permeates all. Super cool stuff.

1) (8:55) percussive, almost tribal worldy, with autoharp, funky, can hear the NYC/no wave tribalism of the late 70’s here, but overall spacey with a beautiful use of slow flange/phase shift in its mostly ambience
2) (11:26) basically drop dead gorgeous ambient, ends w/ a voice sample of metaphysical proselytizing
3) (2:22) spacey harp-like ambience
4) (6:26) upbeat pop song, ideas strung together, cheesy by todays context but also really freaky deaky play while stoned stuff, metaphysics appear
5) (9:50) effect laden zither, super trippy and cool, borders on indulgent efx use
6) (6:05) less treated zither, hypnotic and lovely
7) (3:56) 1987 brings higher quality, more polished “songlike” character that evaporates quickly to sound collage
8) (4:06) synthesizer piano, solo jame, almost proggy

Track Listing
1. Lotus Collage (1979)   5. Sun Zither(1984)
2. Unicorns In Paradise (1981)   6. I Am Sky (1985)
3. I Am Ocean(1981)   7. Sol (1987)
4. Vision Song Suite (1984)   8. Eternity Or Bust (1987)