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You mean there's someone else out there that's into both IDM aanndd Sun Ra? Incedible! (Bernice) Geoff X.

quoted 4 lines I like both tooo.. But I didn't know that liking SunRa and IDM were so

> I like both tooo.. But I didn't know that liking SunRa and IDM were so > very much mutually exclusive things... > > Mike

Well indeed they're not.. Both are space/sci-fi obsessed as a rule, often derive their potency from the mesmerizing effect of continual repetion of slowly changing patterns (cf Steve Reich), and rarely impinge themselves on the mainstream press. Differences being, of course, a somewhat variant BPM, and generally mutually exclusive audiences who don't know what their missing. Does anyone know a record shop where you'd find `The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra' next to `777' and all those wonderful Suns of Arqa records (which are definitely IDM to me)? Geoff X.

quoted 2 lines Worlds of Sun Ra' next to `777' and all those wonderful Suns of Arqa records

>Worlds of Sun Ra' next to `777' and all those wonderful Suns of Arqa records >(which are definitely IDM to me)?

Well, a couple times at the tower records in cambridge (what a popular place that is!), i have seen PWOG, sun ra, suns of arqa, 777 all in the same section (ie, either within the same column, or in the column next to it).... they are kinda lumped together there -John

quoted 3 lines You mean there's someone else out there that's into both ISM aanndd

>You mean there's someone else out there that's into both ISM aanndd >Sun Ra? Incredible! (Bernice) > Geoff X.

Yep. I dj'd jazz for 3 years and played at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival twice. b.

quoted 3 lines You mean there's someone else out there that's into both IDM aanndd

>You mean there's someone else out there that's into both IDM aanndd >Sun Ra? Incedible! (Bernice) > Geoff X.

On the Grid's album 456, the first song Turn and Face the Sun has Sun Ra doing vocals. It's pretty funny IMHO, a cool song (and album for that matter). [fletcher]

is this the same Sun Ra the philosopher/prophet/mr religion. over break, two of my friends from high school were talking about him ..al I remember them say was that he was dying in some hospital and that he believed he was from another planet... Does this ring a bell with anyone? I'm clueless as to his musical adventures if any.. please, someone fill this innocent child in. justified, Daniel vs. Djs022@acad.Drake.edu

At 4:08 PM 2/23/94 +0000, G R Burton wrote:

quoted 13 lines I like both tooo.. But I didn't know that liking SunRa and IDM were so

>> I like both tooo.. But I didn't know that liking SunRa and IDM were so >> very much mutually exclusive things... > > Well indeed they're not.. > Both are space/sci-fi obsessed as a rule, often >derive their potency from the mesmerizing effect of continual repetion of >slowly changing patterns (cf Steve Reich), and rarely impinge themselves >on the mainstream press. Differences being, of course, a somewhat variant >BPM, and generally mutually exclusive audiences who don't know what their >missing. Does anyone know a record shop where you'd find `The Heliocentric >Worlds of Sun Ra' next to `777' and all those wonderful Suns of Arqa records >(which are definitely IDM to me)? > Geoff X.

They are a little closer than one would expect. Sun Ra speaks on the first track on the Grid's 456. I pretty cool track, especially if you are into kind of a jazzy housey sound. -- Chris Fraser &:^) ! Windows reminds me of bad carpentry-I always ub141@freenet.victoria.bc.ca ! expect a light fixture to fall on my head. cfraser@island.amtsgi.bc.ca <= Finger me for my PGP2.3 public key