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laraaji - vision songs volume 1 - numero group - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Wave / Pop / Rock - Ambient/Experimental/Esoteric

1. Hare Jaya Jaya Rama I
2. Is This Clear? I
3. Great Bells In The Morning
4. All Of A Sudden
5. I Can Only Bliss Out (F'Days)
6. We Shall Be Lifted
7. Cosmic Joe
8. Hare Jay Jay Rama II
9. Laws Of Manifestation
10. Is This Clear? II
11. Is This Clear? III

Reissue of his 1984 cassette.. With 6-panel insert. Still images from Celestrana by Laraaji. Pressed on Orange Swirl vinyl.

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Discovered busking in Washington Square Park by Brian Eno in the late 70s, engagement with the eternal flow has led Laraaji to, seemingly by magic, emerge as the most beloved avatar of the unstoppable new age music revival of recent years. Now Vision Songs rewrites Laraaji’s musical history. Unlike the many instrumental, free form albums upon which his reputation was built, this is an album of songs, with lyrics, verses, choruses. Vision Songs is literally a revelation -- of a master songwriter whose unbelievably catchy best compositions such as “We Shall Be Lifted”, “All Of A Sudden”, and “Is This Clear?” belong in any great American songbook.

Casio synth jams recorded at spiritual retreat guest rooms and a tiny bedroom on the Upper West Side, lysergicallyspectacular anthems for a continually arriving new moment, “channeled,” as Laraaji states in the album’s eloquent liner notes, “from the sky,” previously available in an edition of 100 cassettes sold at yoga retreats and on the streets of New York City