5 Facts About Laraaji’s Celestial Vibration
- Celestial Vibration was released in 1978 under Laraaji’s original name, Edward Larry Gordon.
- The album came out on SWN Records, a small label that specialized in experimental and new age music.
- It features Laraaji’s signature zither playing, layered with drones and minimal percussion.
- The music is meditative and ambient, predating the popular new age boom of the 1980s.
- Laraaji later rereleased the album under his adopted name, but the original 1978 pressing is a collector’s item.