"Plutonian Nights," the opening jam from the 1959
Afrofuturist classic album Nubians of Plutonia, is Sun Ra's
quintessential, astro-majestic party joint. Among the top grooves in his
immense catalog, Ra reveals his love for R&B is inseparable from his
embrace of Jazz. (He once told bassist Richard Evans, "We don't play Jazz,
we play Dazz.") Pat Patrick's bari sax morphs into a Fender bass,
while the swinging flow of John Gilmore & Co. gives new meaning to the
notion of 'Blowing' (Out From Chicago). Remastered for top-down cruise control
and better breathing. "Reflects Motion" is breakbeat heaven
from the groundbreaking early-60s Choreographer's Workshop sessions, long
buried in the deep space vaults. Marshall Allen's flute whispers betwixt Scoby
Stroman's drums transmuted via Tommy �Bugs� Hunter's ghostly signature tape
reverb. Down to the striking reminiscence of the vocal melody pattern, a direct
predecessor (two decades prior) to King Tubby meets Augustus Pablo. Inna
Space-Fire Dub Style.