The music of Sun Ra is magical. He and his Arkestra take major risks, both musically and culturally. Although most associated with outer space and the mystery of the cosmos, Sun Ra is still remarkably humanistic in the emotion he crafts from his outer-world sounds. Lanquidity is one of his later albums, recorded during his 1970's Philadelphia period - a musical mecca that no doubt played an influence on this album's unique instrumentation. The horns and raw funk of Philly soul creeps its way onto this slab of wax, molding beautifully with the surreal jangles of the bells and gentle hum of the organ. Sun Ra has been noted for his large discography and varying degrees of experimentation, but Lanquidity is not a difficult album to love, in fact it is pretty easy. Through soulful space-age magic, Sun Ra connects the ideas of the past with the spirit of the future. There are other world they have not told you of.
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