Review of Atlantis by Sun Ra

Certainly this album is a pretty impressive piece of work. Whilst not being a Jazz officianado when i do occasion into the realms of Jazz then Sun Ra is always the most exciting place to go. The music on this One Album alone could be seen as a precursor to many of the so-called ground-breaking groups to come covering many genre's. Throbbing Gristle even came to mind half way through the title track, whilst the violent interplay on Bimini is so complex that on 1st listen it may appear as nothing more than a practice in speed drumming. But wait, let your mind empty of preconceived notions of rhythm and melody and you'll suddenly find yourself making sense of the madness.

Trying to follow the music on this album is an adventure in itself. Let the music take you and you'll find yourself in a mighty powerful place where Sun Ra pulls you into his fingertips as he crashes his Electric Piano through the spaceways of his mind. And all this from the 60's, my god you have to be kidding. My opinion is that Sun-Ra is from Saturn because surely no-one else on the planet ever sounded like this.