COMPLETE JOHN CAGE MEETS SUN RA RECORDING RELEASED ON VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME
An avant-garde collaboration of mythic proportions.
In June 1986, two 20th century heavyweights John Cage and Sun Ra came together in a Coney Island freak show for a one-off performance that has assumed truly legendary status.
Recorded and subsequently released in “unedited segments” the following year by Meltdown Records, the collaboration at Sideshows By The Sea has become one of the most sought after records in either discography.
Rare documentary proof of what really happened when John Cage met Sun Ra, it’s a record replete with dissonant electronics, astral flourishes, vocal experimentations and, as you’d expect from Cage, moments of profound silence.
Following their series of Sun Ra 7″s, label Modern Harmonic now making the mythic recording available on vinyl once more, releasing the complete concert as a monophonic double LP set for the first time, featuring over twenty five minutes of previously unheard music, and accompanied by liner notes from writer Howard Mandel, who was in the audience that night.
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„Etwas ist da, was jenseits der Bedeutung der Worte, ihrer Form und selbst des Stils der Ausführung liegt: etwas, was direkt der Körper des Sängers ist, und mit ein- und derselben Bewegung aus der Tiefe der Stimmhöhlen, der Muskeln, der Schleimhäute, der Knorpel einem zu Ohren kommt, als wenn ein und dieselbe Haut das innere Fleisch des Ausführenden und die Musik, die er singt, überspannen würde.“ (Roland Barthes: Die Rauheit der Stimme)