thanks for the little excerpt as well!! this is an amazing song

From the Gilles Peterson curated collection 'To Those Of Earth... And Other Worlds]
Out 30th October 2015 on Strut
Order: https://lnk.to/GillesSunRA

Originally released on the LP 'New Steps' (HDP 25-26). Written and Arranged by Sun Ra. Published by Enterplanetary Koncepts. Recorded in Rome, 2nd and 7th January 1978. 

Sun Ra: Crumar Mainman, keyboards, piano, vocals
Michael Ray: trumpet, vocals
John Gilmore: tenor saxophone, percussion, vocals
Luqman Ali: drums, vocals

From the album's liner notes:
In January 1978, Sun Ra brought a quartet to Italy. He bought himself a Crumar Mainman keyboard, then made two double albums in Rome. His new drummer, Luqman Ali, had been in the Arkestra in Chicago; Sun Ra hadn’t brought a bassist, so programmed some keyboard ostinatos; his trumpeter, Michael Ray, broke into stratospheric runs, battling John Gilmore in furious improvisations. Gilmore was closer to Coltrane now than ever been and they fittingly made a driving version of ‘My Favorite Things’. But laments like ‘When There Is No Sun’ are equally inspired.

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Sun Ra Quartet - When There Is No Sun Feat. John Gilmore [To Those Of Earth... And Other Worlds]

Enjoy this mix tape of tracks released on Numero Group's Project 12, a seasonal music club featuring 12 exceedingly rare or entirely unreleased LPs.

http://www.numerogroup.com/project12


Rob Galbraith - Daytime's For Sleeping

Chassol – Birds, Pt. I

Coming out 17 June on Awesome Tapes From Africa

Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band’s Wede Harer Guzo is the third release on Awesome Tapes From Africa for Ethiopian keyboard and accordion maestro. In the years since Shemonmuanaye, Mergia has revamped his touring career, playing festivals and clubs worldwide, including a recent tour supporting Beirut. By 1978, Addis Ababa’s nightlife was facing challenges. The ruling Derg regime imposed curfews, banning citizens from the streets after midnight until 6:00 am. But that didn’t stop some people from dancing and partying through the night. Bands would play from evening until daybreak and people would stay at the clubs until curfew was lifted in the morning. 
One key denizen of Addis’ musical golden age, Hailu Mergia, was preparing a follow-up to his seminal Tche Belew LP with the famed Walias Band. It was the band’s only full-length record and it had been a success. But his Hilton house band colleagues were a bit tied up recording cassettes with different vocalists. Still Mergia, amidst recording and gigs with the Walias, was also eager to make another recording of his instrumental-focused arrangements. So he went to the nearby Ghion Hotel, another upmarket outpost with a popular nightclub. Dahlak Band was the house band at Ghion at the time. Together they made this tape Wede Harer Guzo right there in the club during the band’s afternoon rehearsal meetings, with sessions lasting three days.
Dahlak Band catered to a slightly more youthful, local audience, while Mergia’s main gig with the Walias at Addis' swankiest hotel had a mixed audience that included wealthy Ethiopians, foreign diplomats and older folks from abroad. Therefore, their sets featured lighter fare during dinnertime and a less rollicking selection of jazz and r&b. Meanwhile, Dahlak was known more for the mainly soul and Amharic jams they served up for hours two nights a week to a younger crowd. 
Mergia released Wede Harer Guzo (“Journey to Harer,” a city in eastern Ethiopia)  with Sheba Music Shop, which was located in the Piazza district but has long since shut down. His cassette copy is the only known source we could find. Jessica Thompson at Coast Mastering managed to restore the recording to clean up layers of hiss, flutter and distorted frequencies, made worse by years of storage. Although there are some remaining sonic artifacts of the era’s recording and cassette duplicating quality, this reissue captures the band’s inimitable vibe. 
Recalling the audience’s positive reaction to Wede Harer Guzo’s novel arrangements, he says it sold well and found many fans. However, as no trace of the tape can be found online, there’s no indication as to why the cassette appears largely forgotten until now. 


Wede Harer Guzo

Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band — Sintayehu

From the upcoming album "Private Energy" Out October 7th 2016.

Lyrics: 

Leopard garden
walk backwards 
like you with me before.

Hot dog let’s play games,
you catch me
I catch you
no love can cut our knife in two.

Somewhere in space,
someone else plays our game.
Inflatable face,
chameleon ways to reach you.
Alien days,
its the longest day till i seen you.
Psychic way,
wait till i heal you.

(healing humming melody)

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,

And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

Credits:
All music by Roberto Carlos Lange

"Hot dog let’s play games,
you catch me
I catch you
no love can cut our knife in two." are from the short story Runaround by Isaac Asimov.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaround_(story)

Additional Musicians:
Violin - Jeffrey Young
Vocals - Felicia Douglass
Synthesizer - Lori Scacco
Pedal Steel - Trey Pollard
Additional engineering - Adam Heathcott
Mastered by - Keith Reynaud
Design by - Carlos Lange
Photo by - Ben Sellon

Runaround

Every Moment I Live To Come

Polymood

L'Eclair - Taishi-Koto Pt.2

Electronic System - Skylab - 1974

Taken from the brand new album 'Mantra Moderne' out now on Mr Bongo https://backl.ink/mantramoderne

Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band — Sintayehu

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