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 |
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Week Ending: | Dec 15 | Dec 8 | Dec 1 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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
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
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) |