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| | | art yard (uk) #artyard 002 cd sun ra “media dreams” double compact disc set - saturn research (3:03)
- constellation (13:30)
- yera of the sun (4:36)
- media dreams (13:39)
- twigs at twilight (7:23)
- an unbeknowneth love (4:41)
- friendly galaxy (8:07)
- an unbeknowneth love (5:47)
- of other tomorrows never known (8:09)
- images (13:41)
- the truth about planet earth (6:57)
- space is the place (3:45)
- the shadow world (2:47)
| | ... companion volume to “disco 3000” ; recorded during the same stretch ... much heavier on the weird-synth tip overall (listen to the sound-sample for a good stretch of the album’s opener “saturn research” ; the zombie-detuned warble & errant low-end sawtooth say it all) ... |
| | art yard press release... |
| this is the companion to disco 3000, made on the same classic italian quartet tour with john gilmore, michael ray (trumpet) and the minimal but perfect luqman ali (drums). ra himself plays piano and electronic keyboards, including the mysterious crumar mainman, which ra describes as 'like a piano, organ, clavichord, cello, violin and brass instruments' and which also, importantly, has a facility for pre-programmed bass lines and electronic percussion, which ra uses constantly and to great effect in this small ensemble setting and seldom, if ever, elsewhere.
the best of this collection (most of cd1) is luminous: very electronic, often rhythmical and melodic, always economical and making every sound count. these tracks are like no other jazz ensemble and, although recognizable as ra -- who else could think of, and then get away with this -- unlike any other ra ensemble, either. ra makes the machines do amazing, visionary things while the band exercises restraint, remaining always in focus.
in between, there are piano, saxophone, trumpet and drum vignettes, fresh and perfectly judged; this real was a fine band. this places the original vinyl release (and related releases, sound mirror and disco 3000) back into the context of the concerts from which they were drawn. an important addition to the sun ra canon, since it is a rare document of an unusual ra project that produced three classic late '70s lps. beautifully packaged and well annotated. |
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