Sun Ra - Rocket Number Nine 10" xx1995 Its joyous social party nature

Its joyous social party nature sits within a lineage of African American history that includes the infamous Soul Train dance tunnel and Hip Hop dance circles

me laughing at one point and assuring my dog not to worry at another

You need form to work at this level of spontaneity and certainty and any frequenter of the outer limits of the European music scene could vouch for the jazz porridge these three have put away

world-beating pop expression and concentrating it into a span of seconds

Duncan’s lyrics offer a counterpointing liberation to the machine processes in action here

Sun Ra - Rocket Number Nine 10" xx1995 Its joyous social party natureAmong Sun Ra's most famous and jet propelled anthems, "Rocket Number Nine" is heard here in one of the earliest renditions from a marathon June 1960 session, with a staggering, swaggering, hip bop beat. Ignition. Liftoff. "Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus, Zoom Zoom! Up in the air! Zoom! Up!" Paired with originally unknown recordings, including the driving, bossa nova infused "Ankhnation" from 1959 and "Project Black Mass" from 1962.