There Are Other Worlds

One of the more typical or representative songs from Sun Ra's Lanquidity, an important album of his oeuvre and an excellent introduction for beginners to the world of Ra. Lanquidity shows Sun Ra expounding upon his jazz and blues past within the disco and funk idiom of the 1970s. One finds the chants, space themes, ethereal touch via special effects and electronic instruments, a hint of the Orient and 'world music' (a trait in Sun Ra's music since the 1950s) and one has the usual potent brew of Sun Ra. Although not the best composition on Lanquidity, it exemplifies the continuity in Sun Ra's work, despite the vastly different material and styles he played in throughout his long career.