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When There Is No Sun - Vol.2
Omni Sound - Cat No: OS 1007
- updated:2026-09-22
A Sun Ra remix project curated by Ricardo Villalobos. Featuring Ricardo Villalobos, UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE Featuring Saul Williams, and Baris K. The vinyl version of Vol. 2 is in stock. (Saito)
Track List
From Detroit’s techno resistance to Berlin’s elastic minimalism, Lusaka’s ancestral futurism to Chicago’s house communion, When There Is No Sun is a recording project, uniting visionary electronic music producers to reimagine the universe of Sun Ra.
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.
Commissioned by Omni Sound and curated by Ricardo Villalobos, the series brings together Underground Resistance, Chez Damier & Ben Vedren, Calibre, A Guy Called Gerald, She Spells Doom, Barış K, and Ricardo Villalobos himself.
Drawing from Omni Sound’s recordings of Living Sky by the Sun Ra Arkestra and My Words Are Music of Sun Ra’s poetry, the producers pull fragments of sound and text into their own creative orbits, passing through the portal that Sun Ra opened into a realm where the impossible is possible.
Saul Williams, Tunde Adebimpe, Mahogany L. Browne, Abiodun Oyewole, Anthony Joseph and Tara Middleton are the featured voices that turn rhyme into rhythm and revelation into resistance
Rooted in deep reverence for Sun Ra’s legacy, yet reaching forward as a living, generative force, When There Is No Sun is not a tribute but a continuum, balancing the pulse of electronic music with the spirit of experimentation, embodying Sun Ra’s promise that ‘there are other worlds’ if you are willing to see them.
Vol. 2 features new works from:
Ricardo Villalobos
Underground Resistance
Barış K
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.
Commissioned by Omni Sound and curated by Ricardo Villalobos, the series brings together Underground Resistance, Chez Damier & Ben Vedren, Calibre, A Guy Called Gerald, She Spells Doom, Barış K, and Ricardo Villalobos himself.
Drawing from Omni Sound’s recordings of Living Sky by the Sun Ra Arkestra and My Words Are Music of Sun Ra’s poetry, the producers pull fragments of sound and text into their own creative orbits, passing through the portal that Sun Ra opened into a realm where the impossible is possible.
Saul Williams, Tunde Adebimpe, Mahogany L. Browne, Abiodun Oyewole, Anthony Joseph and Tara Middleton are the featured voices that turn rhyme into rhythm and revelation into resistance
Rooted in deep reverence for Sun Ra’s legacy, yet reaching forward as a living, generative force, When There Is No Sun is not a tribute but a continuum, balancing the pulse of electronic music with the spirit of experimentation, embodying Sun Ra’s promise that ‘there are other worlds’ if you are willing to see them.
Vol. 2 features new works from:
Ricardo Villalobos
Underground Resistance
Barış K
“Intergalactic music belongs to ‘Outer Darkness.’”
It is rhythm against rhythm in various dispersions.
It is harmony against harmony in endless harmony.
It is melody against melody in a revelation brimming with life.
(Excerpt from *Outer Darkness* by Sun Ra)
From Detroit’s techno resistance to Berlin’s resilient minimalism, from the ancestral futurism of Lusaka to the house communion of Chicago, *When There Is No Sun* is a global recording project that brings together visionary electronic music producers to reconstruct Sun Ra’s universe.
Sun Ra, one of the most radical musical pioneers of the 20th century, expanded the possibilities of sound, identity, and imagination through jazz, electronics, poetry, and performance.
Commissioned by Omni Sound and curated by Ricardo Villalobos, this series features Underground Resistance, Che Damier & Ben Vedren, Calibre, A Guy Called Gerald, She Spells Doom, Barish K, and Ricardo Villalobos himself.
Based on Omni Sound’s archival recordings—including *Living Sky* by the Sun Ra Arkestra and the spoken-word album *My Words Are Music*, which features Sun Ra’s poetry—the producers draw fragments of sound and text into their own creative trajectories, passing through the gateway to the “realm where the impossible becomes possible” that Sun Ra opened.
The recitations by Saul Williams, Anthony Joseph, Mahogany L. Brown, Abiodun Oyeyole, Tunde Adebinpe, and Tara Middleton transform rhyme into rhythm and resistance into revelation.
Rooted in deep respect for Sun Ra’s legacy yet reaching toward the future as a vibrant creative force, *When There Is No Sun* is not merely a tribute, but a continuum. Striking a balance between the pulse of electronic music and a spirit of experimentation, it embodies Sun Ra’s promise that “another world exists”—if only one is willing to see it.