Ambient: the ‘Brian Eno of Laughter’ Laraaji

Orange Juice for the Ears with Beatie Wolfe

Beatie Wolfe interviews Laraaji, American multi-instrumentalist dubbed “the Brian Eno of laughter,” about his life in music, meditation and the colour orange. Wolfe and Laraaji also share their new collaboration, which celebrates dublab’s 20th anniversary. Listen to this dublab radio show that takes you from happy feet to belly laughter via the thread of joy.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across Space, Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most impacted them, their “Orange Juice for the Ears”. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN Women role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Laraaji’s Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “Jingle Bells” performed by Ella Fitzgerald
• First album that shaped who you are? A full blown hearing vision in 1974
• The music you would send into Space? “In a Celestial Water Garden" by Laraaji
• The song you would have at your memorial? “Infinite Sun" by Kula Shaker
• The album you would pass onto your kids? Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles - track played “The Fool On the Hill”

The show opens with “Orange” by Beatie Wolfe and Laraaji to celebrate dublab's 20th & Bedrock 10th year anniversaries.

This show first aired live on LA’s dublab radio. The podcast was mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons, the music in this podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.