Sun Piano (LP)
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Laraaji
Sun Piano (LP)
[ All Saints Records / LP ]
Release Date: Friday 17 July 2020
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Spiritual piano improvisations by Laraaji - one of the artists vital to the emergence of ambient music - recorded in a Brooklyn Church in December 2018 by Jeff Zeigler (Mary Lattimore, The War On Drugs, Kurt Vile).
Sun Piano finds Laraaji fulfilling a lifelong ambition to return to his first instrument, learnt whilst growing up in the baptist church community of 1950s New Jersey.
Sun Piano is Laraaji, but not as you may know him. A departure from his FX-soaked cosmic zither jams, these bright and elegant musical miniatures nevertheless represent some of the most dynamic 'Laraaji Music' he has ever made.
These improvisations are hugely lively - Sun Piano's meditative quality comes through more in the bright harmonies than in Laraaji's lusty playing style. Indeed, the way that Laraaji seems to almost wring the sounds from the instrument on tracks such as This Too Shall Pass displays a power not often heard on his other records.
This release is the latest step in something of a late career renaissance for the New York City based musician and mystic.
Sun Piano's thrilling soundscapes is the first in a new trilogy of Laraaji releases in 2020 from the same sessions.
"Minimalist of palette it may be, but Laraaji's characteristic approach to melody, harmony and rhythm, at once both charmingly child-like and spiritually ecstatic, is present throughout." - Mojo
"There's a quality of ineffable joy in virtually everything Laraaji has performed since his days busking in New York's Washington Square....the bristling performances here most closely resemble the solo piano excursions of such post-bop masters as Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett, which is no bad thing at all" - Uncut
Tracks:
Side One
A1. Embracing This
A2. Hold On to the Vision
A3. Flow Joy
A4. Shenandoah
A5. This Too Shall Pass
A6. Sunny Day Horse
A7. Elevation
Side Two
B1. Temple of New Light
B2. Moods and Emotions
B3. Lifting Me
B4. Resonance
B5. Embracing Timeless
