The London-based three-piece are the latest band to channel the late musician’s cosmic psych-jazz. It’s the in sound from far out
Sixty years after Sun Ra released his debut album, the influence of the late avant garde jazz musician and “cosmic philosopher” persists. In the intervening decades artists as diverse as Spiritualized, Krautrock pioneers Amon Düül and electronic minimalists Silver Apples have attempted to emulate his freeform style. But now in 2016, his true heirs may just have arrived.
Ra is a clear touchstone for futurists The Comet Is Coming, whose debut album Channel The Spirits arrives this month. Formed three years ago, after saxophonist – and compulsive collaborator – Shabaka Hutchings spontaneously joined funk duo Soccer96 on stage, the trio combine Sun Ra’s mythological themes and love of the experimental, whipping up a fusion of jazz, Afrobeat and electronica in an improvisational, intergalactic mash-up. Sci-fi song titles such as Slam Dunk In A Black Hole and Lightyears drive the point home.
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