Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC

This extraordinary album unveils previously unreleased recordings from the year 1986 for the very first time, showcasing a unique chapter in the Sun Ra catalogue. Crafted by the forward-thinking technological innovator and rocket scientist, Bill Sebastian, during the mid-1970s, the Outer Space Visual Communicator (OVC) stood as a groundbreaking invention. Instead of producing traditional sound, this keyboard-triggered 'instrument' harnessed the power of light, casting mesmerising kaleidoscopic, multicoloured patterns onto a screen suspended above performers on stage. Ra first performed with the idiosyncratic fractal light projector in the late '70s and, in 1986, two grainy VHS tapes surfaced featuring Ra performing 'Calling Planet Earth' and 'Sunset On The Nile', both accompanied by the OVC's radiant light painting.

1: Calling Planet Earth
2: Theme of the Stargazers
3: Love in Outer Space (DX7 Interlude)
4: Love in Outer Space
5: Stardust from Tomorrow
6: El Is a Sound of Joy
7: Sunset On the Nile (DX7 Interlude)
8: Sunset On the Nile
9: East of the Sun
10: Saturn Rings
11: Calling Planet Earth (Piano Interlude)
12: Discipline 27-II

Number of Discs: 1

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