Thunder Of The Gods

by Sun Ra

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	1.	Calling Planet Earth - We'll Wait For You 23:34
	2.	Moonshots Across The Sky 05:44
	3.	Thunder Of The Gods 13:23

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Sun Ra is still trying to get our attention 50 years after dispatching this transmission. Humanity’s path since then makes his message even more urgent today. Years after Herman Poole “Le Sony’r Ra” Blount “left the planet” he’s still trying to reach us, to wake us up and to change our destiny.

Sun Ra and the Arkestra weren’t a traditional studio band, and every star in the vast galaxy of their discography reflects this. The origins of these records can be hard to pinpoint at times, but when it comes to Thunder Of The Gods, it’s a bit easier. “Calling Planet Earth - We’ll Wait For You” was discovered on tapes from Ra’s, Universe In Blue, believed to be recorded in ‘71. The raucous title track and “Moonshots Across the Sky” are unearthed from the ‘66 Strange Strings sessions. Modern Harmonic has once again paired Ra’s sonic art with the visual art of “The Father of Modern Space Art,” Chesley Bonestell, whose 1952 work “Formation of the Earth’s Continents” sprawls across the front and back covers.

"Thanks to Modern Harmonic, in partnership with Sun Ra LLC, soon you will be holding an album of unreleased Sun Ra music 50 years after it was recorded! That this music survived to reach our ears after all of this time is quite a miraculous gift. It sounds as though it could have come from either the ancient past or the distant future, yet most perfectly, it’s the music of right now.” – Christopher Eddy (Sun Ra Arkive)

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released August 21, 2018

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Sun Ra Birmingham, Alabama

Across the history of jazz, there is no wilder, more future-forward composer and performer than Sun Ra. Known as much for his wild on-stage persona as his innovative compositions, Sun Ra was the avant-garde bleeding edge of the jazz genre, introducing modal composition and electronic instrumentation before almost anyone else. ... more