Revolutionary Arts Ensemble journey the cosmos with the progenitor of afrofuturism...SUN RA!!! Recorded live at the Hastings Pipe Band Hall October 12 2019 as part of the Hastings Fringe Festival.

Bad day at the TAB? Aunty Melissa thinks you're a loser? Eating creamed rice for pudding, out of the TIN?! Well, why don't you leave earth? That's right: get the eff off terra firma! When flying with the Revolutionary Arts Ensemble you'll enjoy astounding-ly good company, amazing-ly seductive aural stimulation, and Fantastic-ly kung-phooey fare.

Join this adventurous troop of musicians: Captain Adrian Thornton (bass/ideology), Chief Navigator Willie Devine (MoogerFooger), Electrical Modulations Officer Vinnie Beaumont (string sextant), Lt. Commander Max Parkes & Lt. Commander Joe Dobson (nuclear fusionistas) and ship’s doctors Will Darbyshire & Anton Wuts (hornstars), as they take you on a ride through the omniverse of Sun Ra via the planets Mingus, Ayler and Coleman.

As the great Stephen Hawking once said, “BE CURIOUS”...

Personnel:
Anton Wuts – Saxophones/Music Transcription.
Will Darbyshire - Trumpet
Vinnie Beaumont – Electric Guitar.
Adrian Thornton – Electric Bass.
William Devine – Organ/Synths.
Max Parkes – Drums/Percussion.
Joe Dobson – Drums/Percussion.
Greg Sims - Visual Projections.