Join DJ Dave Aardvark for a journey of exploration through the cosmic-scape that is Sun Ra. ‘It’s an all vinyl mix, an impressionistic portrait of the Sun Ra universe. I’ve tried to present a balance of structured songs, and more abstract pieces; of space chants and instrumentals; of his more accessible songs, and more experimental works; of self recorded pieces with small bands utilising lo fi effects, and more professionally recorded pieces with larger bands; and of studio performances and live performances.’
Here’s one of our favourite Sun Ra quotes regarding his trip to Saturn: ”My whole body changed into something else. I could see through myself. And I went up… I wasn’t in human form… I landed on a planet that I identified as Saturn… they teleported me and I was down on stage with them. They wanted to talk with me. They had one little antenna on each ear. A little antenna over each eye. They talked to me. They told me to stop [attending college] because there was going to be great trouble in schools… the world was going into complete chaos… I would speak [through music], and the world would listen. That’s what they told me.”
Track list:
0:00 It’s After The End Of The World (1973, from Space Is The Place – Soundtrack)
0:58 Where Pathways Meet (1978, from Languidity)
6:02 A Cosmic Dimension Of Music (1966, from The Sub-Dwellers) 7:30 The Beginning Of (1963, from Blue York)
8:20 Enlightment (1970, from Nuits De La Fondation Maeght)
10:52 Calling Planet Earth (1973, from Space Is The Place – Soundtrack)
12:28 Strange Worlds In My Mind (1966, from Strange Worlds In my Mind)
13:12 Spontaneous Simplicty (1967, from Pictures Of Infinity)
20:54 New Planet (1963, from Continuation)
22:29 Black Holes In Space (1977, from The Outer Darkness)
24:02 Interpretation (1967, from The Solar-Myth Approach, Vol. 2)
25:40 We Travel The Spaceways (1976, from Live At Montreaux)
28:04 Moon People (1978, from The Mystery Of Being)
35:39 The Mayan Temples (1991, from At Inter-Media Arts)
43:58 Rocket Number Nine (1981, from Beyond The Purple Star Zone)
51:53 Carefree (Egyptian Fantasy)/Untitled Improvisation (1987, from Live in the late 80’s)
1:10:05 Space Is The Place (1974, from The Antique Blacks)
Artwork: Sun Ra II by Tym Stevens