Laraaji, Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (side A)

Laraaji was a guy playing electric zither in repeating patterns with weird overtones. He somehow caught Brian Eno's ear (according to legend, by busking in an NYC park) and ended up releasing Ambient 3 on EG in 1980 as part of Eno's Ambient series. People often (justifiably) complain about the sound quality of EG releases (searching high and low for other pressings of the "classic" Eno albums), but this one actually sounds alright. Perhaps it's the narrow frequency range of the zither—the high frequency overtones are clear, but the instrument obviously produces no low end.