The Sun Ra Arkestra – Dark Myth Equation Visitation

Label:
Strut
Art.No.:
09547368
Cat.No.:
STRUT227LP

Released:
2020
First Date:
1972
Cover:
Picture
Format:
LP
Pressing:
EU - Reissue
State:
New
Vinyl:
Cover:
Genre:
Jazz + Black Grooves
Tags:
sun ra and his astro-intergalactic-infinity-arkestra
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2020 Reissue

Strut present the 4CD edition of Sun Ra's 'Egypt 1971' along with the original albums 'Dark Myth Equation Visitation', 'Nidhamu' and 'Horizon' released as individual LPs, documenting Sun Ra's first trip to Egypt with his Arkestra in December 1971. In the years leading up to 1971, Sun Ra wrote many compositions and poems specifically inspired by the ancient African Kingdoms and many others with associated mythological and heliocentric connotations. As such, a visit to Egypt and the opportunity for the Arkestra to play there was a matter of necessity. Ra's first ever concerts outside of the US had occurred in late summer and autumn of 1970 with performances in France, Germany and the UK and a second European tour was arranged for late 1971. At the end of that second tour, Ra caught wind of cheap flights from Denmark to Cairo. This release comprises recordings made by Arkestra member Thomas "Bugs" Hunter made in December 1971 in the streets around the Mena House Hotel, Giza, from a concert held at the house of Goethe Institute ex-pat Hartmut Geerken in Heliopolis, from a live Cairo TV channel broadcast and a concert at the Ballon Theatre in Cairo. The impact and significance of these few weeks upon Sun Ra can be measured by the growth and development of his output over the next few years; the immediate post-Egypt period included new studio and live recordings on the Saturn, Blue Thumb, Atlantic and Impulse labels and the 'Space Is The Place' movie. Ra also edited the three LPs of the 'Live In Egypt' series which were subsequently released on his Saturn record label and its affiliated twin, Thoth Intergalactic: 'Dark Myth Equation Visitation', 'Nidhamu' and 'Horizon'. These three albums are now reissued as single LP editions in their original artwork. 

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TitleFeaturingProducingTime
A1. Discipline 2703:55
A2. Interview With Ra
A3. Solar Ship Voyage02:33
A4. Interview With Ra [concluded]
A5. Cosmo-Darkness02:08
A6. The Light Thereof05:12
B1. Friendly Galaxy No. 210:16
B2. To Nature's God09:05
B3. Why Go To The Moon?02:39
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