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Amy (The Original Soundtrack)

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The vitality you hear on Antique Blacks is a testament to the unique energy of the community around The Foxhole Cafe in Philadelphia, as Ra honed his unique brand of Afro-Futurism through the late 60';s and 70's. Cosmic theatre, spiritual chants, and experimental electronics make this record an essential document that was ahead of its time. Ancient to future! BIG TIP !The 1970s saw change in Sun Ra's recorded output, and as far as we can tell, the content of his live performances. By the middle of the decade, Sun Ra's music no longer seemed comprehensible as part of the jazz New Thing – quirkier, more idiosyncratic elements were more to the fore.At this time, 1974, every Sun Ra record still surprised, and seemed radically different from everything else he had released up to then. The musical universe proposed by free jazz had never circumscribed Sun Ra. He had been part of the movement, but was able to use the possibilities it suggested without being limited by its conventions.The Antique Blacks illustrates this well. Recorded as a radio broadcast in Philadelphia, according to Dale Williams, it has a well defined but oddball structure. Sun Ra was a master architect, very concerned to use the unfolding of an album, a broadcast or a live performance to create a satisfying structure.Song No 1 starts on an upbeat note, it's a lively, tonal introduction, featuring John Gilmre on tenor saxophone, Sun Ra on roksichord, Dale Williams, then aged 15, on guitar, and Akh Tal Ebah on trumpet.Sun Ra's poetry is featured on There Is Change In The Air, a track which has on occasion been used for the album title: in its original incarnation as a Saturn LP, there was no dedicated sleeve artwork, and this record appeared under many names. Ra;s poetry is allusive, elusive and paradoxical, and this was its first major appearance on a record. During instrumental passages, Dale Williams'; guitar is heard, along with the saxophones of Marshall Allen and Danny Davis.The Antique Blacks is a similar setting for a Sun Ra poem, which encompasses "spiritual men", and Lucifer as a dark angel. The Arkestra is heard in conducted improvisational ensembles, in between the sections of the poem.This Song Is Dedicated To Nature's God has Arkestral vocals, with John Gilmore's voice in th foreground. Williams'; guitar is once again prominent in the instrumental passages.Sun Ra&'s poetic declamations provide the structire for The Ridiculous I and The Cosmos Me, which also has a fine unaccompanied tenor solo by John Gilmore, keyboard improvisations by Sun Ra, and closes with bass clarient from Eloe Omoe.Sun Ra's keyboards are heard with minimal Arkestra support on Would I For All That Were – a fine synthesiser improvisation, with electric piano left hand accompaniment.Tension is resolved by Space Is The Place, which rounds the album out in an upbeat mood, with Akh Tal Ebah, James Jacson and Sun Ra prominent among the vocalists. The closing section includes the chant Sun Ra And His Band From Outer Space, often used at the close of live performances. This isn't strictly live, though: in one line the vocal is played backwards on tape!

The trio hail from Modena, the Northern Italian motor city. As with the Ferrari and Maserati cars that are designed and manufactured in Modena, Strata-Gemma produce a music of beautiful symmetry.Strata-Gemma create jazz for the head, the heart and the body. Their sound is shaped by the ambient adventures Miles Davis and Ron Carter engaged in alongside the electronic pulse Mo' Wax and Ninja Tune carved out of clubland. Add to this a touch of Nino Rota's Fellini film scores, employ a pinch of Balkan and klezmer brass arrangements, and you have an instrumental trio who create music so fresh it stimulates the senses.Strata-Gemma are a collaboration between Billy Bogus, Luca Cacciatore and Andrea Moretti. The trio first took shape as a club jam between DJs and musicians. Their ability to create atmospheric music, pulsing with rhythm but never solely reliant on beats, music that breaks free and explores sonic possibilities, quickly won notice and lead to the trio playing their freeform music in clubs, music venues and festivals across Italy.

Wewantsounds poursuit son programme de réédition des albums d’Akiko Yano avec la sortie de Iroha Ni Konpeitou (いろはにこんぺいとう), l’un des albums les plus funky de Yano, mettant en avant ses talents de chanteuse et de compositrice. C’est peut-être le disque le plus connu d’Akiko Yano en dehors du Japon, pas seulement à cause de sa pochette insolite – une photo prise par le célèbre photographe Bishin Jumonji mettant en scène Akiko tenant un dauphin gonflable, mais parce que l’album est l’un des plus funky d’Akiko. Mélange fluide de pop japonaise et de funk new-yorkaise, l’album a été enregistré à Tokyo, à l’exception du titre « Iroha Ni Konpeitou », enregistré à New York avec un groupe composé de la fine fleur des studios New Yorkais : Rick Marotta, David Spinozza, Will Lee et Nicky Marrero. Pour le reste de l’album, Akiko est accompagné des meilleurs musiciens de la scène de Tokyo gravitant autour des groupes Happy End et Tin Pan Alley : le légendaire Haruomi Hosono à la basse, Tatsuo Hayashi à la batterie, Shigeru Suzuki à la guitare, pour n’en citer que quelque uns. Il est intéressant de noter que deux compositions de Hosono figurent sur l’album, « Ai Ai Gasa » qu’il a enregistré sur son album emblématique Hosono House en 73, ainsi que « Hourou » à l’origine enregistré par le chanteur Chu Kosaka en 75. L’album comprend aussi un autre musicien clé, Hideki Matsutake qui programme les claviers dont joue Akiko : Moog IIIc, Mini Moog, String Ensemble, en plus du Fender Rhodes, Clavinet et Yamaha CP7C. Matsutake qui deviendra bientôt le programmeur en chef du groupe YMO. Bien que l’album soit très accessible et funky, des éléments électro plus complexes se cachent sous cette apparente accessibilité, comme sur la première brève introduction « KAWAJI », sorte de fantaisie électro futuriste ou comme sur « Ai Ai Gasa » ou « Kinou Wa Mou » sur lesquels Akiko joue elle-même la ligne de basse au Moog, des détails qui en font un album riche et captivant. Les titres de l’album mettent en valeur les superbes compositions d’Akiko Yano et son don pour ciseler des mélodies parfaites. Iroha Ni Konpeitou ravira tous les fans de musique japonaise, de funk et de pop sophistiquée, prouvant encore une fois qu’elle est l’une des artistes les plus importantes de la musique japonaises.