Description
Travelogue through a cybernetical soundscape! The future rendered here by Ra seems more dystopian than
utopian, and these 1975 guided improvisations are imbued with an underlying violence, alternate twists,
bank turns, headchoppers, loops, rolls, sidewinders and drops. It's a dark & glorious journey. Featuring the
debut of the complete version of "Extension Out," Pathways has been exquisitely mastered from the 4-track session reel!
"This recording captures Sun Ra's thirteen-piece Astro-Infinity Arkestra on a stirring free-jazz date. A studio outing it may be, but the music bristles with the visceral energy of a live blow-out. Saxophonists John Gilmore, Marshall Allen and Danny Davis squeal, bray and generally over-blow bullishly, notably on 'Extension Out,' on the torrid mid-section of 'Cosmo Media' and on the heady blowout that is 'Of Mythic Worlds.' But there are also more subtle currents at play beneath the maelstrom." — All About Jazz
