[PS] Sun Ra Arkestra

De estar vivo, Sun Ra cumpliría 100 años una semana antes del Primavera.

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Before the cyber age, the computer age and even the space age, there was Sun Ra. Possibly the most complex figure to have emerged from black musical history, Sun Ra claimed he was born on the planet Saturn and was sent to Earth to save it through the power of jazz.   From his emergence in the 1950s, till his death four decades later, his writing, polemic lectures and music foresaw space travel, cultural virtual reality and the rise of electronics; in both music and a wider cultural context.  His futuristic performances were famed for their eccentricity but behind the flashing head lights, reflective clothing and cosmic sound was a man with serious ideas on race relations at the height of the American civil rights movement.  Some called him a charlatan and others called him just plain crazy, but if only one thing is for certain, it’s that he was out of this world.

The influence of Sun Ra has been far reaching and the range of genres he helped stimulate only reflects the complexity of the artist.  Now common place in twentieth century, the use electronically produced sounds in music back in the 1960s was groundbreaking.  Sun Ra’s influence, alongside fellow avant-garde composers such as Philip Glass or John Cage, has been undeniable.  The bleeps of Detroit techno or Chicago house can all be traced back to Sun Ra’s experiments with the first electronic instruments.  Secondly, and along a different branch of the music family tree is the hugely vital role of Sun Ra’s approach on the development of the free jazz movement in the 1960s and 1970s.  Artists like John Coltrane and The Art Ensemble of Chicago all owe Sun Ra and his Arkestra a debt of gratitude, without whom, jazz may not have developed into a complex art form, rather than merely entertainment music.  Lastly, the psychedelic scene that emerged with the rise of LSD in America can also tip its day-glow hat to Sun Ra.  Bands like Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention, shared a regular slot with The Arkestra at the cult downtown hangout Slug’s.  Here audiences, often with the aid of hallucinogenic drugs, were treated to the sensual overload that only Sun Ra’s warped music and colourful stage show could provide.

Abro hilo para que los que estén familiarizados con este fistro y su Arkestra nos guíen y nos cuenten más sobre qué nos podemos encontrar.

jamonbjork escribió:

De estar vivo, Sun Ra cumpliría 100 años una semana antes del Primavera.

Citación :

Before the cyber age, the computer age and even the space age, there was Sun Ra. Possibly the most complex figure to have emerged from black musical history, Sun Ra claimed he was born on the planet Saturn and was sent to Earth to save it through the power of jazz.   From his emergence in the 1950s, till his death four decades later, his writing, polemic lectures and music foresaw space travel, cultural virtual reality and the rise of electronics; in both music and a wider cultural context.  His futuristic performances were famed for their eccentricity but behind the flashing head lights, reflective clothing and cosmic sound was a man with serious ideas on race relations at the height of the American civil rights movement.  Some called him a charlatan and others called him just plain crazy, but if only one thing is for certain, it’s that he was out of this world.

The influence of Sun Ra has been far reaching and the range of genres he helped stimulate only reflects the complexity of the artist.  Now common place in twentieth century, the use electronically produced sounds in music back in the 1960s was groundbreaking.  Sun Ra’s influence, alongside fellow avant-garde composers such as Philip Glass or John Cage, has been undeniable.  The bleeps of Detroit techno or Chicago house can all be traced back to Sun Ra’s experiments with the first electronic instruments.  Secondly, and along a different branch of the music family tree is the hugely vital role of Sun Ra’s approach on the development of the free jazz movement in the 1960s and 1970s.  Artists like John Coltrane and The Art Ensemble of Chicago all owe Sun Ra and his Arkestra a debt of gratitude, without whom, jazz may not have developed into a complex art form, rather than merely entertainment music.  Lastly, the psychedelic scene that emerged with the rise of LSD in America can also tip its day-glow hat to Sun Ra.  Bands like Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention, shared a regular slot with The Arkestra at the cult downtown hangout Slug’s.  Here audiences, often with the aid of hallucinogenic drugs, were treated to the sensual overload that only Sun Ra’s warped music and colourful stage show could provide.

Abro hilo para que los que estén familiarizados con este fistro y su Arkestra nos guíen y nos cuenten más sobre qué nos podemos encontrar.

 

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