Episode 2: Sun Ra

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Thanks for joining us for Episode 2 of the Cosmic Tape Music Club monthly Podcast! Join your hosts Jacqueline and Augustus of the experimental pop band The Galaxy Electric as they get cosmic on the topic of Sun Ra and his Arkestra band. In short he was a being that claimed he was from the planet Saturn. He was an avid reader and enthusiast of music instrument technology, as well as a virtuosic band leader, composer and pianist/keyboardist. We share all sorts of facts starting with his early life, his alien abduction, the various locations he lived and conducted the band from, his journey through being an early adopter of many different keyboards and synthesizers like the Moog Minimoog and Yamaha DX-7 (to name a few), his mystic ethos, and much much more!

Chapters

• Intro
• Uncertain Origin
• Forbes Piano
• 1st Gear Head
• Organ is the "Tastes Like Chicken" of electronic instruments
• Future Minded
• College
• Alien Abduction
• War Story
• Chicago
• Ghosting
• The band were on call
• Arkestra is Born
• Tape Delay
• A Joyful Noise bit
• Would LCD get an alien high?
• Rolling Stone Cover
• California
• Space is the Place
• One Take
• The Outer Space Visual Communicator
• Cosmic Keys
• Closing Notes

Personal Music section:

Dave Gibson's Mind Evaporator - WF 23 - This Time It's - by Personal Bandana https://personalbandana.bandcamp.com/track/mind-evaporator

Jamal Gray's Shamanism - POLYMATH - by Aquatic Gardener https://aquaticgardens.bandcamp.com/track/shamanism