Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
by Sun Ra
- Type: Album
- Released: 1967
- Label: El Saturn
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:06:28
- Community rating: 4.03/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Ronnie Boykins, Robert Cummings, Tommy Hunter, Clifford Jarvis, Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick, Danny Davis, John Gilmore
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded in a cramped New York studio, this session features Ra experimenting heavily with a Hammond B-3 organ and primitive tape delay. The Arkestra utilizes an assortment of unique percussion instruments to create a muddy, echoing soundscape that feels distinctly otherworldly and lo-fi.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, lo-fi, improvisation, instrumental, experimental, space, electronic
Tracklist
- And Otherness (5:11)
- Thither and Yon (4:03)
- Adventure - Equation (8:28)
- Moon Dance (6:37)
- Voice of Space (7:43)
- Cluster of Galaxies (2:24)
- Ankh (6:10)
- Solar Drums (2:29)
- The Outer Heavens (4:50)
- Infinity of the Universe (7:11)
- Lights On a Satellite (3:12)
- Kosmos in Blue (8:06)
Credits
- The Sun Ra Arkestra - primary artist
- Danny Davis - alto saxophone, flute
- Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, drums [astro space drums], oboe
- Ronnie Boykins - bass
- John Gilmore - bass clarinet, drums [sky drums], drums [sky tone drums]
- Robert Cummings - bass clarinet
- Clifford Jarvis - drums, percussion
- Sun Ra - drums [cosmic side drums], keyboards [clavoline], organ, organ [astro space organ]
- Pat Patrick - flute
- Tommy Hunter - percussion