Ambient 3: Day of Radiance

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Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
Day of Radiance 2.jpg
Original cover. Certain CD pressings opt for a zoomed-in portion of the cover art.
Studio album by
Laraaji
ReleasedAugust 1980 [1]
Genre
Length49:00
Label Editions EG
Producer Brian Eno
Laraaji chronology
Celestial Vibrations
(1978)		Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
(1980)		I Am Ocean
(1981)
Brian Eno chronology
Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics
(1980)		Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
(1980)		 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Louder than War 8/10 [3]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Sputnikmusic4/5 [5]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ [6]

Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980) is an album by the American ambient musician Laraaji (alias Edward Larry Gordon), which was produced by Brian Eno.

Contents

Overview

This album is the third entry of Eno’s Ambient series, which began in 1978 with Music for Airports followed by The Plateaux of Mirror . Eno encountered Laraaji as a street busker playing in Washington Square Park in 1979. [7]

Compared to the rest of the series, Day of Radiance features very little in the way of electronics. Laraaji uses a variety of acoustic stringed instruments such as a hammered dulcimer and 36-stringed open-tuned zither, with treatments by Eno.

Content

The first three tracks are variations on a theme named "The Dance", and are delivered in a fast, hypnotic, gamelan-like, rhythmic pace on a hammered dulcimer. The final two tracks ("Meditation 1 & 2") are more in keeping with the "ambient" style featured on the rest of the series. These are slow, meandering beatless compositions performed on the zither with occasional dulcimer.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Laraaji.

Side one

  1. "The Dance #1" – 9:06
  2. "The Dance #2" – 9:39
  3. "The Dance #3" – 3:15

Side two

  1. "Meditation #1" – 18:42
  2. "Meditation #2" – 7:50

Personnel and instruments

Versions

CountryLabelCat. No.MediaRelease date
UKAmbient/EG RecordsEGAMB 003LP1980
USEG RecordsEGS 203LP1980
USCaroline1573CD?
USEG RecordsEGED/EEGCD-19LP & CD1987 & 1995

References

  1. ↑ "From the Record Crate: Laraaji - "Ambient 3: Day of Radiance" (1980) | the Young Folks". June 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ Brian Olewnick. "Laraaji Ambient 3: Day of Radiance". AllMusic . Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ Paul Scott-Bates (November 6, 2015). "Laraaji: Ambient 3 Day Of Radiance – album review". Louder Than War . Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ Paul Bowler. "LARAAJI - AMBIENT 3: DAY OF RADIANCE (PRODUCED BY BRIAN ENO)". Record Collector . Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ Kuettel, Benjamin. "Laraaji - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  6. ↑ Hull, Tom (November 12, 2023). "Grade List: Laraaji". Tom Hull – on the Web . Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ Mark Richardson (August 7, 2015). "Laraaji: All In One Peace Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
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