RP Boo & Armand Hammer team up for Sun Ra tribute 'Blood Running High'

Curated by Crystallmess News snacks

This week, Red Hot releases Outer Spaceways Incorporated: a Sun Ra tribute compilation album lead by Kronos Quartet with many guest contributions. Leading up to the release, the track Blood Running High is now shared: a collaboration between Le Guess Who? 2024 artists RP Boo and ELUCID (who is one half of LGW23 artist Armand Hammer).

<a href="https://redhot.bandcamp.com/album/outer-spaceways-incorporated-kronos-quartet-friends-meet-sun-ra">Outer Spaceways Incorporated : Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra by RP Boo, Armand Hammer</a>

"The new track “Blood Running High” is the first collaboration from RP Boo, the Chicago footwork pioneer, and Armand Hammer, the team of New York abstract rap greats billy woods and Elucid. It’s a scorched, damaged track that seems to lurch in 15 directions at once, and somehow its trips into relatively traditional jazz are its most disorienting moments." - Stereogum

Previously released tracks from the album, featuring contributions by a.o. Georgia Anne Muldrow, Laraaji, and Laurie Anderson, can be found here. All tracks feature performances from Kronos Quartet.

RP Boo performs at Le Guess Who? 2024 on Friday, 8 November, as part of the program curated by Crystallmess; ELUCID performs on Thursday, 7 November. Also performing at the festival are a.o. Theo Parrish, DARKSIDE, Aba Shanti-I, Angry Blackmen, Demdike Stare, Lord Spikeheart, and many more.