- sun ra: inside the light world - sun ra meets the ovc
(2024, 2cd, uk, srut)
Crafted by the forward-thinking technological innovator and rocket scientist, Bill Sebastian, during the mid-1970s, the Outer Space Visual Communicator (OVC) stood as a groundbreaking invention. Instead of producing traditional sound, this keyboard-triggered "instrument" harnessed the power of light, casting mesmerising kaleidoscopic, multicoloured patterns onto a screen suspended above performers on stage. Ra first performed with the idiosyncratic fractal light projector in the late ‘70s and, in 1986, two grainy VHS tapes surfaced featuring Ra performing ‘Calling Planet Earth’ and ‘Sunset On The Nile’, both accompanied by the OVC’s radiant light painting.
So this is a bit of a strange concept.
The OVC doesn't produce music a such. It produces light.
How do you present an album, an audio registration, of something that was a visual experience?
That being said, "Inside The Light World" is a beautiful album. It comes with a fine booklet with lots of pictures and with an interview with Bill Sebastian.
Also released as a 3 LP set.
Record Store Day release.
The OVC doesn't produce music a such. It produces light.
How do you present an album, an audio registration, of something that was a visual experience?
That being said, "Inside The Light World" is a beautiful album. It comes with a fine booklet with lots of pictures and with an interview with Bill Sebastian.
Also released as a 3 LP set.
Record Store Day release.
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