Introspection

The eleven-minute instrumental that opens Bring On the Sun, a haze of plucked strings, chimes and synthesizers.
Laraaji, from Bring On the Sun (2017)

Written by
Laraaji
Released
2017
Length
10:57
Album
Bring On the Sun

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The opening track of Bring On the Sun, written by Laraaji under his birth name, Edward Larry Gordon, and recorded in New York during the three-day session of August 2016 that also produced Sun Gong. Laraaji and Carlos NiƱo produced it, Davey Jewell recorded it, and it was mixed in Los Angeles. An excerpt accompanied the announcement of the album in The Quietus in July 2017.

It is an instrumental. In a review of both 2017 records, Echoes & Dust heard it open with plucked strings in place of gong decay, then chimes and synthesizers gathering into a hazy texture, and pictured an idyllic tropical clearing with waterfalls, flowers and insects. Laraaji's concerts lean on improvisation, and setlist.fm records no live performance of it. Both uploads in the hypersongs web are the same 2017 album recording.

Sources

  1. Introspection, Bandcamp
  2. Laraaji: Sun Gong & Bring On the Sun, Echoes & Dust (2018-08-21)
  3. Laraaji announces new albums, The Quietus (2017-07-20)
  4. Introspection, YouTube
  5. Laraaji: setlist statistics, setlist.fm