Sun Ra & His Astro Ihnfinity Arkestra - Strange Strings (Expanded Edition) - VINYL LP
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For this album, Sun Ra collected an arsenal of exotic string instruments and handed them out to his Arkestra on the precept that Inchstrings could touch people in a special way.Inch That the Arkestrans didn't know how to play or tune these instruments was not beside the point-it was the point. Ra framed it Incha study in ignorance.Inch The result was primitive, yet sophisticated; brutal, yet highly sensitive. In his essay for this expanded edition of the 1967 Saturn LP, musician-curator David Toop calls Strange Strings Inchsaturated in mystery.InchFans of Sun Ra's Space Bop and genre-bending jazz were in for a shock with Strange Strings. Even in the eclectic and sometimes baffling Sun Ra catalog, Strange Strings is an outlier. It's primitive, it's sophisticated, but it's not a gradient of either. It's brutal, yet highly sensitive. Is it music, or just noise? Or noise as music? John Cage could not be reached for comment.Ra had accumulated an arsenal of exotic string instruments from curio shops and music stores. At his makeshift rehearsal/recording space (Sun Studio = Ra's apartment at 48 East 3rd Street), these artifacts were handed out to members of the Arkestra on the precept that Inchstrings could touch people in a special way.Inch That the Arkestrans didn't know how to play these instruments was not beside the point-it was the point. Ra termed it Incha study in ignorance.Inch To this unconventional Inchstring sectionInch he added a few sonic oddities, including a large piece of tempered sheet metal on which was chiseled the letter InchX.Inch The band's Inchspace vocalistInch Art Jenkins rounded out the ensemble.The original 1967 Saturn LP version of Strange Strings was monophonic, contained three tracks, and suffered distortion in the mastering (perhaps due to the high-decibel studio performance and excessive reverb). Yet some sessions were captured in stereo. A d
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- GenreJazzDescriptionFor this album, Sun Ra collected an arsenal of exotic string instruments and handed them out to his Arkestra on the precept that Inchstrings could touch people in a special way.Inch That the Arkestrans didn't know how to play or tune these instruments was not beside the point-it was the point. Ra framed it Incha study in ignorance.Inch The result was primitive, yet sophisticated; brutal, yet highly sensitive. In his essay for this expanded edition of the 1967 Saturn LP, musician-curator David Toop calls Strange Strings Inchsaturated in mystery.InchFans of Sun Ra's Space Bop and genre-bending jazz were in for a shock with Strange Strings. Even in the eclectic and sometimes baffling Sun Ra catalog, Strange Strings is an outlier. It's primitive, it's sophisticated, but it's not a gradient of either. It's brutal, yet highly sensitive. Is it music, or just noise? Or noise as music? John Cage could not be reached for comment.Ra had accumulated an arsenal of exotic string instruments from curio shops and music stores. At his makeshift rehearsal/recording space (Sun Studio = Ra's apartment at 48 East 3rd Street), these artifacts were handed out to members of the Arkestra on the precept that Inchstrings could touch people in a special way.Inch That the Arkestrans didn't know how to play these instruments was not beside the point-it was the point. Ra termed it Incha study in ignorance.Inch To this unconventional Inchstring sectionInch he added a few sonic oddities, including a large piece of tempered sheet metal on which was chiseled the letter InchX.Inch The band's Inchspace vocalistInch Art Jenkins rounded out the ensemble.The original 1967 Saturn LP version of Strange Strings was monophonic, contained three tracks, and suffered distortion in the mastering (perhaps due to the high-decibel studio performance and excessive reverb). Yet some sessions were captured in stereo. A dArtistSun Ra & His Astro Ihnfinity ArkestraTitleStrange Strings (Expanded Edition)FormatVINYLLabelCosmic Myth Records
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For this album, Sun Ra collected an arsenal of exotic string instruments and handed them out to his Arkestra on the precept that Inchstrings could touch people in a special way.Inch That the Arkestrans didn't know how to play or tune these instruments was not beside the point-it was the point. Ra framed it Incha study in ignorance.Inch The result was primitive, yet sophisticated; brutal, yet highly sensitive. In his essay for this expanded edition of the 1967 Saturn LP, musician-curator David Toop calls Strange Strings Inchsaturated in mystery.InchFans of Sun Ra's Space Bop and genre-bending jazz were in for a shock with Strange Strings. Even in the eclectic and sometimes baffling Sun Ra catalog, Strange Strings is an outlier. It's primitive, it's sophisticated, but it's not a gradient of either. It's brutal, yet highly sensitive. Is it music, or just noise? Or noise as music? John Cage could not be reached for comment.Ra had accumulated an arsenal of exotic string instruments from curio shops and music stores. At his makeshift rehearsal/recording space (Sun Studio = Ra's apartment at 48 East 3rd Street), these artifacts were handed out to members of the Arkestra on the precept that Inchstrings could touch people in a special way.Inch That the Arkestrans didn't know how to play these instruments was not beside the point-it was the point. Ra termed it Incha study in ignorance.Inch To this unconventional Inchstring sectionInch he added a few sonic oddities, including a large piece of tempered sheet metal on which was chiseled the letter InchX.Inch The band's Inchspace vocalistInch Art Jenkins rounded out the ensemble.The original 1967 Saturn LP version of Strange Strings was monophonic, contained three tracks, and suffered distortion in the mastering (perhaps due to the high-decibel studio performance and excessive reverb). Yet some sessions were captured in stereo. A d
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Official expanded 2xLP / 2xCD edition with fourteen tracks of alternate versions and studio takes, and the CD version contains an additional four CD only tracks. Liner notes by avid fan Ira Kaplan from Yo La Tengo, and additional essay from longtime Ra blogger Rodger Coleman (NUVOID Sun Ra Sundays). Vinyl gatefold jacket includes a 12x12 insert reproduction of the original LP jacket art.When Sun Ra released his debut Saturn in 1957, it signaled the Arkestra's mission for the future. The cover declared the album a Inch21st Century Limited Edition.Inch The compositions on Supersonic Jazz conveyed optimism and hope, bringing a message auguring the World of Tomorrow. Ra declared this the first dimension of a fresh art form, as he set about evolving a new American music - a composite of the past and future, the known coalescing with the unknown. The album, not very well received upon , reveals a vibrant universe of sound, with highly developed arrangements and sophisticated musicianship, especially Ra's innovative keyboard work and John Gilmore's astonishing soloing.
Sun Ra, the extraordinary, outlandish, and sometimes controversial pianist, is often described as an Inchacquired tasteInch, with a massive and diverse catalog. This is a good place to start for uninitiated or dismissive listeners. The album showcases Ra's grounding in the jazz tradition, with unique takes on standards like InchTime After Time,Inch InchEasy to Love,Inch and InchBut Not for MeInch. Not unordinary for Sun Ra, the recording process was informal; InchCan This Be Love?Inch was recorded in his Chicago apartment in 1955; he is accompanied only by the great Wilbur Ware on bass. The other five tracks, which feature, among others, Ra's longtime associate John Gilmore on tenor saxophone, were recorded at the Choreographer's Workshop rehearsal space in 1962 and 1963.
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