The Sun Ra Arkestra The Magic Sun
2005 DVD
Free Jazz
Space-Age

Main image
Atavistic
film director [directed by] Phill Niblock
mastered by Lou Mallozzi
photography by Charles Shabacon
producer John Corbett
Distributed By Music Video Distributors
Mastered At Experimental Sound Studio
Composer, photographer and filmmaker Phill Niblock's classic of experimental underground filmmaking with a sensational soundtrack by pianist Sun Ra and the members of his Solar Arkestra! Shot in the mid '60s, when the Arkestra was based in New York, this film was produced using a unique negative process and ultra-tight close-ups on the moving hands and mouths of the musicians. The result is a virtually abstract music film, mastered from a new print in all its incredibly sharp black & white glory.



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