Brian Eno - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance

This is the third in Brian Eno's ambient series and features the zither playing of Laraaji. The first three tracks of titled dance and feature rhythmic hammered dulcimer style zither which is reminiscent of Indonesian gamelan and produces an uplifting, hypnotic tone. Although these are both beautiful tracks I'm not sure I categorise them as ambient, rather than simply instrumental but that's not something I would quibble about.

The second set of two pieces (which used to be on side two of the vinyl release) are entitled Meditations #1 and #2. They are performed very differently by stroking strings of the zither to create swirling, beatless waves of hypnotic music which roll around. It wasn't entirely clear what Eno's contribution to these recordings actually was but it appears to have been processing the sound and applying effects and layering of recordings, and the result is a unique contribution to the ambient world truly hypnotic and as it's title suggests very good for meditation. Highly recommended.