title: Laraaji
text: # 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)
  