Red Hot Org - Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War (2023)

The first project in this exciting new series, Red Hot & Ra – Nuclear War LP, is an album of political and social commentary, stemming from the incomparable Sun Ra track “Nuclear War”. Sun Ra’s 1982 track “Nuclear War” is an intense and potent call to action against the use of nuclear weapons and the potential for their use to inflict global destruction. The track is a stark reminder of the consequences of human carelessness and ignorance and the potential for our own demise. Originally written in response to the Three Miles Island incident in Pennsylvania in 1979, close to where The Arkestra was living at the time, in Philadelphia. The song may have been written in reaction to a very specific incident, but its relevance only grows.

Our second single from this project “Nuclear War ” performed by Irreversible Entanglements is out now! Nuclear War has over 60 minutes of music by Georgia Anne Muldrow, Josef Leimberg, Irreversible Entanglements, Angel Bat Dawid and Malcolm Jiyane Tree-o, which covers and reinterprets Sun Ra’s 1981 song protesting the meltdown at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant near Philadelphia, where Ra and the Arkestra lived.

Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War LP features 4 separate versions/interpolations of the Sun Ra single “Nuclear War” by Georgia Anne Muldrow, Josef Leimberg, Irreversible Entanglements, Angel Bat Dawid, Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O and Grandmaster CAP. The album paints a vivid picture of the struggle and resistance in the face of nuclear war, touching on themes of racial injustice, environmental destruction, and the power of love in the face of disaster.
Overall, Red Hot & Ra – Nuclear War is an emotionally powerful and thought-provoking album, offering an artistic response to the ever-growing threat of nuclear war. Over the next two years, we will release an ongoing series of additional albums that show the relevance of Sun Ra’s vision and music.