title track from the forthcoming LP :::

Within Sun Ra’s vast-as-outer-space discography, the album that orbits the furthest away from the known jazz universe is Strange Strings. Calling it a “study in ignorance,” Ra directed his Arkestra stalwarts to pick up unusual stringed instruments and homemade percussion with which they had little familiarity, and improvise without any guidelines or direction; the resulting record is one of Ra’s best. Now, Roaratorio is proud to issue a satellite around that lonely planet: Other Strange Worlds, recorded in Ra’s NYC apartment in May of 1965, dates from the same era and employs the same methodology as Strange Strings. But while the latter album featured the full Arkestra, Other Strange Worlds pares the players down to a core quintet of Ra, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Art Jenkins, and Ali Hasaan. There’s plenty of freewheeling collective improvisation in the Ra catalog, but rarely in a small-group setting such as this. Half of the pieces are texture-over-tonality string experiments, while the rest feature exotic reeds and percussion. Other Strange Worlds is a significant addition to Sun Ra’s body of work, and a brilliant example of free improv from the days before it had a name. 

“There’s always more Ra being issued than anyone can keep up with. But this one’s essential. Don’t skip it.” – Byron Coley



Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra - Other Strange Worlds

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One might think, with a discography as extensive as the one Sun Ra boasts, that the scope of his work has been fully apprehended by this point, but The Intergalactic Thing demonstrates its seemingly bottomless depths.  This is not a complete surprise: anyone who saw Ra and the Arkestra perform will remember the sight of the band quickly shuffling through an imposingly thick stack of sheet music, when Sunny would call the next tune on the program with an encrypted hint on his keyboard.  Band members tell stories of spending long hours practicing a newly-written composition, only to never play it again.  Here, we have a taste of what's been hidden: drawn from rehearsals at the Sun Ra house in Philadelphia from 1969, The Intergalactic Thing introduces a dozen never-before-heard pieces from Ra’s songbook – tunes that may have never even made it to the bandstand, let alone the recording studio – along with a handful of reworkings of such Ra classics as “Spontaneous Simplicity” and “The Exotic Forest.”  Without a doubt, this is one of the most important augmentations to the Sun Ra catalog in many a moon.  This double LP set comes in a beautiful gatefold jacket, with extensive liner notes by Ra discographer Robert L. Campbell and a download coupon for the full album.  

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SUN RA | MERZBOW 'Strange City' CD/LP/Shirt(CSR228CD/CSR229LP)

Officially licensed from Irwin Chusid of the SUN RA estate, Cold Spring’s Justin Mitchell negotiated rare and unreleased tracks from the SUN RA archive to be remixed and treated by Masami Akita. The tracks incorporate the jazz power of SUN RA, carried into brutal excess by the legendary Japanese artist, MERZBOW.

This release is available in two distinct editions: 180gm black vinyl, with a limited 200 only for Cold Spring mailorder on yellow vinyl (SOLD OUT), both with download code – and a matt laminated digipak CD. Please note that both formats have completely different music!

Free release stickers when purchased directly from Cold Spring!

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CD (CSR228CD)

1. Livid Sun Loop (32:11)
2. Granular Jazz Part 2 (34:03)

http://www.coldspring.co.uk/discography/csr228cd

Out 21st October

Barcode: 0641871744817

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LP (CSR229LP)

A1. Granular Jazz Part 1 (17:50)
B1. Granular Jazz Part 3 (13:22)
B2. Granular Jazz Part 4 (5:05)

http://www.coldspring.co.uk/discography/csr229lp

Out 21st October

Barcode: 0641871744824

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PRE-ORDER LINKS:

CD: http://store.coldspring.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=5816

LP Black: http://store.coldspring.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=5817

T-Shirt: http://store.coldspring.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=5821

Combo 1 (CD + LP Black): http://store.coldspring.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=5928

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