Sun Ra Arrival Day Mix
This is two hour Sun Ra Arrival Day broadcast on May 22 to celebrate the 109th anniversary of his arrival from planet Saturn (1914–2023), highlighting his ultra-creative musical journey centred on space travel as a form of Black liberation.
David Toop’s Ocean of Sound
A book that “travels from the rainforests of the Amazonas to virtual Las Vegas, high in the Hollywood Hills to the megalopolis of Tokyo.”
Broken Music Vol. 2
70 Years of Records and Sound Works by Artists
Vinyl records: Sound pressed onto a black plastic disk
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Scenius, or Communal Genius
The geography of scenius is nurtured by several factors:
Rapid exchange of tools and techniques – As soon as something is invented, it is flaunted and then shared. Ideas flow quickly because they are flowing inside a common language and sensibility.
Wayne Shorter, Innovator During an Era of Change in Jazz, Dies at 89
His career as an influential tenor saxophonist and composer reached across more than half a century, tracking jazz’s complex evolution during that span.