Sun Ra
Nidhamu+ Dark Myth Equation Visitation
LabelArt YardGenreJazz & Improvisation
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This is an overlooked gem drawn from the 1971 Balloon Theater (Cairo) show, with the title track recorded at the home of the esteemed Mr. Hartmut Geerken. The Balloon Theater material is, in contrast to many of the more raucous live albums of this period, deep, dark, and intimate-sounding...even meditative. Discipline 11 and Discipline 15 both feature slow, haunting ensemble horns and reeds playing those wild intervals that saxophonist John Gilmore always cited as a reason he made the Arkestra his home. Nidhamu is a solo excursion by Sun Ra on Minimoog and Rock-si-chord. The Moog playing is abstract, yet thoroughly informed with Ra's musicality. The Rock-si-chord electronic piano figures prominently in the second half, resembling a 'fantasia' like something from 'Night Of The Purple Moon'. This is accompanied with simultaneous left hand Moog..... it sounds like he's got both his Moogs going. I hope Mr. Geerken's guests appreciated the evening's entertainment!
Release notes
Packaged in tri-folded digipak cover. The spine and label credit this release to Sun Ra. The sleeve also refers to the artists as Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra. Space Loneliness #2, Discipline #11, Discipline #15, recorded at Ballon Theater, Cairo 12/17/1971; The concert was sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. Nidamu was recorded at the House of Hartmut Geerken, Heliopolis, Cairo, 12/12/1971. Originally release on the Saturn Record label, Philadelphia…
| 1 | Space Loneliness #2 | 11:42 | |
| 2 | Discipline #11 | 9:40 | |
| 3 | Discipline #15 | 2:44 | |
| 4 | Nidhamu | 13:12 | |
| 5 | Discipline #27 | 3:55 | |
| 6 | Solar Ship Voyage | 2:33 | |
| 7 | Cosmo-Darkness | 2:08 | |
| 8 | The Light Thereof | 5:12 | |
| 9 | Friendly Galaxy #2 | 10:16 | |
| 10 | To Nature's God | 9:05 | |
| 11 | Why Go To The Moon | 2:39 |
- Larry Northington
- Alto Saxophone, Congas
- Marshall Allen
- Alto Saxophone, Flute, Oboe, Percussion, Vocals
- Danny Davis
- Alto Saxophone, Flute, Vocals
- Hakim Rahim
- Alto Saxophone, Flute, Vocals
- Art Yard
- Artwork By
- Danny Thompson
- Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Vocals
- Eloe Omoe
- Bass Clarinet, Vocals
- Clifford Jarvis
- Drums, Vocals
- Lex Humphries
- Drums, Vocals
- Tommy Hunter
- Drums, Vocals
- Pat Patrick
- Electric Bass, Vocals
- Sun Ra
- Keyboards [Rocksichord], Organ [Tiger Organ], Synthesizer [Moog], Upright Piano, Vocals, Composed By, Arranged By
- Peter Beckmann
- Mastered By [Transfered By]
- Harmut Gerrken
- Photography By
- Peter Dennett
- Producer [Reissue]
- John Gilmore
- Tenor Saxophone, Percussion, Drums, Vocals
- Kwame Hadi
- Trumpet, Congas, Vocals
- Gloristeena Knight
- Vocals
- June Tyson
- Vocals
- Verta Grosvenor
- Vocals
