SUN RA
EXOTICA (TEQUILA SUNRISE ORANGE VINYL) - LP

UPC: 090771421913
Label: MODERN HARMONIC (SUNDAZED)
Format: LP
Release Date: February 13, 2026
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Sensuous dreamscapes to transport the listener to the lush tropical environs of the outer reaches of the omniverse. Three colorful inter-stellar saucers of "Exotic-Ra" bringing you to a lush cocktail party where space is the place. All packaged in a beautiful Chesley Bonestell adorned gatefold package with two sets of extensive notes!

Sun Ra. Exotica. Incongruous? Listening to the 25 tracks herein will showcase that Sun Ra was, indeed, an Exoticat of sorts, albeit in his own unique way, of course. That Sun Ra hasn't been celebrated in Exotica circles is understandable. Though many collectors are fans of both, at cocktail soirees Ra has never seemed to make the cut. This album aims to change that!

While Sun Ra never made an "Exotica record," such tracks are mixed in his LPs alongside idiosyncratic space jazz, post-bop, electronic freakouts, and his other sonic experiments. Never an easy categorical fit, anyone who says "File Under: Jazz" doesn't understand the stylistic breadth of Sun Ra's recorded legacy. It's a rhapsodic pandemonium of Afro-centric rhythms, Latin beats, ostinato grooves, and unissued tunes!

Limited edition colored vinyl, gatefold packaging, Bonestell cover, and two sets of liners!

TRACK LIST:

Side 1:

1. Kingdom of Thunder
2. Space Mates (abridged)
3. Star Bright
4. The Nile, Part 1
5. Eve

Side 2:

1. Tiny Pyramids
2. The Lady with the Golden Stockings
3. Paradise
4. New Horizons
5. Portrait of the Living Sky

Side 3:

1. India
2. Ancient Aiethopia*
3. Planet Earth*
4. April in Paris

Side 4:

1. Island in the Sun
2. Africa
3. Friendly Galaxy

Side 5:

1. Interstellar Low Ways*
2. The Conversion of J.P. (abridged)
3. Cha Cha in Outer Space

Side 6:

1. Brazilian Sun
2. Lights on a Satellite
3. Somewhere in Space
4. Spontaneous Simplicity*
5. Overtones of China