Based in New York City, Laraaji began playing music on the streets in

the 1970s, improvising trance-inducing jams on a modified autoharp

processed through various electronic effects. Influential British

musician and record producer Brian Eno saw him playing one night in

Washington Square Park and invited him to record an album of ambient

music at his studio. Laraaji went on to release a prolific series of

albums for a wide variety of labels, many of which he recorded himself

at home and sold as cassettes during his street performances. In

recent years his profile has enjoyed a renaissance via a series of new

and reissued recordings on the All Saints label, as well as worldwide

performances, laughter meditation workshops and deep listening

sessions.