{"id":3125,"date":"2015-11-04T15:31:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T15:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/gilles-peterson-presents-sun-ra-and-his-arkestra-to-those-of-earth-and-other-worlds-2lp\/"},"modified":"2019-03-02T16:58:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T16:58:48","slug":"gilles-peterson-presents-sun-ra-and-his-arkestra-to-those-of-earth-and-other-worlds-2lp","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/gilles-peterson-presents-sun-ra-and-his-arkestra-to-those-of-earth-and-other-worlds-2lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilles Peterson Presents Sun Ra And His Arkestra &#8211; To Those Of Earth&#8230; And Other Worlds &#8211; 2LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strut follow up their hugely successful Marshall Allen-curated \u2018In The Orbit Of Ra\u2019 compilation with a newly curated set from the immense 125 LP back catalogue of jazz maverick, <span class=\"caps\">DIY <\/span>philosopher and self-professed member of an \u201cangel race\u201d, Sun Ra. \u2018To Those Of Earth\u2026 And Other Worlds\u2019 is a hand-picked selection from <span class=\"caps\">BBC<\/span> 6Music \/ Worldwide DJ Gilles Peterson, long-time champion of Ra\u2019s music and the UK\u2019s leading tastemaker for jazz-based sounds. It serves as perhaps the best introduction yet to the music of Sun Ra for a whole new generation of converts.<\/p>\n<p>Sun Ra was a one-off in the history of jazz. As author Robert L. Campbell describes, \u201cHe claimed to be the last of the swing band leaders, yet dosed classic songs with <span class=\"caps\">LSD.<\/span> He wrote poetry about the \u201ccoming space age\u201d and claimed to be a citizen of Saturn. He dressed himself and his band in gold-lam\u00e9 and lectured on the Creator\u2019s message to the cruel and deceitful Earthman. He named himself after an Egyptian God. Was this guy for real? Sun Ra was very much for real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the CD version, Peterson picks personal favourites, classics and unreleased tracks and weaves them into a flowing piece across 2CDs, showcasing the incredible variety of Ra\u2019s work. Alongside the familiar tones of \u2018Love In Outer Space\u2019, the modal classic \u2018Sleeping Beauty\u2019 and a heavy version of \u2018We Travel The Spaceways\u2019, he brings in the off-kilter 1950s doo-wop of \u2018Dreaming\u2019, a 45 given to him personally by the late John Peel, alongside an unreleased 1987 bossa take on \u2018Astro Black\u2019, the experimental dub ambience of \u2018Adventure-Equation\u2019 and the defiant anthem, \u2018Blackman\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 2LP features full length versions of selected tracks from the mix while the digital version features a full unmixed selection with Peterson\u2019s mix available within the album bundle. Sleeve notes on physical formats come from Gilles Peterson with a full Ra career biography by author Robert L. Campbell. The album also features previously unseen photos from the archives of Val Wilmer alongside full musician line-ups and session details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strut<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0Strut<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Strut follow up their hugely successful Marshall Allen-curated &#8220;In The Orbit Of Ra&#8221; compilation with a newly curated set from the immense 125 LP back catalogue of jazz maverick, <span class=\"caps\">DIY <\/span>philosopher and self-professed member of an \u201cangel race\u201d, <strong>Sun Ra<\/strong>. <strong>&#8220;To Those Of Earth\u2026 And Other Worlds&#8221;<\/strong> is a hand-picked selection from <span class=\"caps\">BBC<\/span> 6Music \/ Worldwide DJ Gilles Peterson, long-time champion of Ra\u2019s music and the UK\u2019s leading tastemaker for jazz-based sounds. It serves as perhaps the best introduction yet to the music of <strong>Sun Ra<\/strong> for a whole new generation of converts.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"See the Video\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Jlg-kaJLBf4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u25ba CLICK HERE TO LISTEN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[],"product_tag":[965,1002,771],"class_list":{"0":"post-3125","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_tag-strut","7":"product_tag-sun-ra","8":"product_tag-to-those-of-earth","9":"product_shipping_class-lp","10":"pa_artist-sun-ra","11":"pa_genre-jazz","12":"pa_label-strut","14":"first","15":"outofstock","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3125"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3125"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}