Heliotone 1a - ScienSonic Laboratories
THE HELIOSONIC TONE-TETTE
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"Heliotone 1a" is the first track from ScienSonic Laboratories' large ensemble recording, "Heliosonic Toneways, Vol. 1," released on Eclipse Day: August 21, 2017.
The album features The Heliosonic Tone-tette with Sun Ra Arkestra members Marshall Allen and Danny Ray Thompson plus ScienSonic founder and multiinstrumentalist Scott Robinson along with trombonist Frank Lacy, trumpeter Philip Harper, bassist Pat O'Leary, saxophonist Yosvany Terry, bass trombonist Tim Newman, drummer Matt Wilson and bass clarinetist JD Parran,
"Heliosonic Toneways, Vol. 1" was made on the 50th anniversary of Sun Ra's classic "Heliocentric Worlds," an album which introduced listeners to sounds not normally heard in improvised jazz. "Heliosonic Toneways" is not a recreation or remake of "Heliocentric Worlds," and instead Robinson's goal was to use the extraordinary sonic template of the original recordings - the same instrumentation and distinctive sounds - to create new and imaginative music that would honor the spirit of the original sessions while also setting off into new and completely uncharted terrain.