Outer Spaceways Incorporated : Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra (DELUXE EDITION, STARRY NIGHT VINYL)

Individually, Kronos Quartet and Sun Ra are two of the most groundbreaking names in contemporary music. The former is the legendary San Francisco-based string quartet that laid a blueprint for what concert music could become, working with the likes of John Cage, Tanya Tagaq, and Astor Piazzolla. The latter was a singular jazz and avant-garde bandleader, as well as a philosopher and poet, who honed an extraordinary strain of cosmic experimental music from the 1950s until his ascension in 1993. As a capstone to Kronos Quartet’s 50th anniversary, the group has joined forces with the Red Hot Organization for the new album Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra. It’s stacked with some of the most innovative artists active today — everyone from multidimensional electronic musician Jlin, to Moor Mother and DJ Haram’s radical noise / rap project 700 Bliss, to abstract hip hop luminaries Armand Hammer, to avant-garde hero Laurie Anderson, to minimalist pioneer Terry Riley. A1. Outer Spaceways Incorporated - Georgia Anne Muldrow & Kronos Quartet A2. Maji - Jlin A3. Images -Laurie Anderson Marshall Allen Sexmob B1. Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie - Laraaji B2. Phenomenon - Laurie Anderson B3. The Furthest Out Things - Nicole Lizée B4. Love in Outerspace - Secret Chiefs 3, Trey Spruance C1. Blood Running High - RP Boo & Armand Hammer C2. The Wuz - Laurie Anderson C3. Black Body Radiance - Zachary Watkins D1. Secrets of the Sun - 700 Bliss D2. Three Seasons on the Tempestuous Twelve Inch Planet - Victoria Shen D3. Kiss Yo Ass Goodbye - Terry Riley, Sara Miyamoto