Segue to Infinity

A four-LP box that sets Celestial Vibration beside newly found side-long recordings from the same years.
Laraaji, 2023

Released
February 2023
Label
Numero Group
Type
compilation

Numero Group's box pairs Celestial Vibration, from 1978, with six side-long sessions from the same period, cut from acetates sold on eBay. The acetates were found in a storage locker, and the collector Jake Fisher bought them for $114.01. Pitchfork's Daniel Bromfield said a college student discovered the material on eBay in 2021. On vinyl it runs to one track per side across four LPs, about three hours in all. Bromfield said the liner notes suggest the recordings are outtakes from the Celestial Vibration sessions at ZBS Studios, and singled out three Kalimba performances in which looped thumb piano builds interlocking patterns.

Pitchfork named it Best New Reissue in February 2023 and argued that it should end the story of a busker simply discovered by Eno. Loud and Quiet's Janne Oinonen gave it 8 out of 10 and called it essentially mood music in the most literal sense.

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Sources

  1. Segue to Infinity, Pitchfork (2023-02-11)
  2. Laraaji: Segue to Infinity, Loud and Quiet
  3. Laraaji will never stop laughing, The FADER (2023-02-15)