Sun & His Astro-Infinity Orchestra Ra - Strange Strings (1966)
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Music CD Cover Artist: Sun & His Astro-Infinity Orchestra Ra Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2009-03-31 Music Label: ATAVISTIC Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Strange Strings (1966) Album
Free Music Review: Singular Musical Masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
There are a considerable number of Sun Ra sessions available on CD, but the welcome appearance of this vital disc completes the availability of his most important works. (I phoned the kind folks at Evidence a number of years ago, begging for a "Strings" release, but their response was that they didn't have a decent master tape of it, even if the LP was still being pressed.)
Strings comes from the mid-60's NYC period when Mr. Mystery was at his creative height, releasing such classics as Cosmic Tones, Heliocentric Worlds and the Magic City. Each is unique, but Strings completely stands out in terms of one of a kind brilliance.
Sonny sent his band over to a 3rd world import shop to pick up various modest hand made musical instruments. Then, after scant time to become at all familiar with them, he turned on the tape deck and conducted his band into a performance that is both fascinating and compelling. It is pure magic. Highest possible recommendation to anyone seeking a most bold and adventurous work of art.
This CD tacks on an additional track recorded a year after the first three. It consists of Sonny playing a squeaking door, accompanied by a couple of those plucking strings. While it may not be his most compelling composition, it must be said that he puts his complete focus into getting everything he can out of that squeak, extracting a strong fundamental tone that has an almost synthesized quality. As usual his Saturian mind was sensitive to sound potentials that elude the imagination of mere earthlings.