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On March 27th, Omni Sound will release When There Is No Sun, the first volume in a global recording project to reimagine the universe of Sun Ra. After sharing the albumʼs lead single, “When Angels Speak” by Underground Resistance feat. Saul Williams, today the label is thrilled to share Calibreʼs remix of “Chopin” featuring the Sun Ra Arkestra. “Chopin” finds the Belfast-born producer–one of electronic musicʼs most revered and distinctive
auteurs–remixing a 2022 Sun Ra Arkestra track from the Arkestraʼs 2022 album, Living Sky. That composition, itself an interpretation of Frédéric Chopinʼs “Prelude in A Major,” was previously only available on live Sun Ra recordings.
Listen to “Chopin” by Calibre feat. Sun Ra Arkestra
One of the most radical musical pioneers of the 20th century, Sun Ra used jazz, electronics, poetry, and performance to expand the possibilities of sound, identity, and imagination. A composer, bandleader, philosopher, and visionary, Ra didnʼt just play music, he invented a universe. At the core of his philosophy is freedom through creation. He taught that the worldʼs dominant narratives—history, race, time, even gravity—are prisons of the mind, and that through music, myth, and performance, one could transcend these limits and reclaim control of destiny.
When There Is No Sun unites electronic visionaries Ricardo Villalobos, Underground Resistance, Chez Damier & Ben Vedren, Calibre, A Guy Called Gerald, SHE Spells Doom, and Barış K to reinterpret Raʼs universe by drawing from Omni Soundʼs recordings of Living Sky, by the Sun Ra Arkestra, and My Words Are Music, a spoken-word album of Sun Raʼs poetry. Invocations by Saul Williams, Anthony Joseph, Mahogany L. Browne, Abiodun Oyewole, Tunde Adebimpe, and Tara Middleton turn rhyme into rhythm and resistance into revelation. Rooted in deep reverence for Sun Raʼs legacy, yet reaching forward as a living, generative force, When There Is No Sun is not a tribute but a continuum. Each contributor balances the pulse of electronic music with the spirit of experimentation, embodying Sun Raʼs conviction that sound is a vessel for transformation.
The artists featured across When There Is No Sun, in their own way, embody this conviction. They are not united by genre but by purpose—artists who use rhythm, language, and imagination to rewire perception and open portals to new worlds.
Pre-order When There Is No Sun
Listen to “When Angels Speak” by Underground Resistance feat. Saul Williams
When There Is No Sun Release Events:
Tue. March 17 – Cape Town, ZA @ Pan African Space Station (streaming event only) Fri. March 20 – Wuppertal, DE @ Open Ground (feat: Ricardo Villalobos & Chez Damier) Fri. April 10 – New York, NY @ Nublu (feat. Sun Ra Arkestra & Chez Damier)
Fri. July 31 – Amsterdam, NL @ Dekmantel Festival (feat. Saul Williams & Underground Resistance)
