Lonnie Liston Smith: Astral Traveling Vinyl LP active speakers The tracks were committed to

The tracks were committed to tape in the order that they were written and show a demonstrable progression from start to finish

This set includes an additional vinyl LP with eight rare or never previously released live tracks from the Prague stop of the insomniac world tour on march 26

with founding member and singer Emily Haines banging out chords on keyboard more often than her axe

lo-fi approach to production

Lonnie Liston Smith: Astral Traveling Vinyl LP active speakers The tracks were committed toLonnie Liston Smith uses the Rhodes infused opening track from Pharoah Sanders Thembi (a tune which he composed and played on) as the jumping off point for an extraordinary five album run with Flying Dutchman in the 1970s. He reframes the decidedly Eastern tinged version found on Pharoahs album with smokey nightclub vibes and even more syrupy grooves, without compromising any the tunes transportive qualities. From there he jumps on ye olde grand piano