More Brilliant than the Sun
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More Brilliant than the Sun. Adventures in Sonic Fiction is a music history book by Kodwo Eshun first published in 1998 by Quartet Books.
It is a study of the black science fictions of artists such as Sun Ra and 4 Hero. Reliant on neologism and re-appropriated jargon the book is an exploration of “Sonic Fictions” - Eshun's term for the intersection of black music and science fiction; Eshun describes himself not as the book's author, but as its "concept-engineer".
Specific consideration is made of the following musicians:
- George Russell
- Teo Macero
- Miles Davis
- Herbie Hancock
- Grandmaster Flash
- The Knights Of The Turntable
- Mantronix
- Ultramagnetic MCs
- Rammellzee
- Dr. Octagon
- Cypress Hill
- The RZA
- Gravediggaz
- Sunz Of Man
- Funkadelic,
- Tricky
- The Upsetter
- 4 Hero
- Rob Playford
- Goldie
- A Guy Called Gerald
- Cybotron
- Zapp
- Drexciya
- Kraftwerk
- The Jungle Brothers
- Phuture
- Bam Bam
- Sleazy D
- Model 500
- The Electrifying Mojo
- The Bomb Squad
- Underground Resistance
- Scientist
- X-102
- Parliament
- Sun Ra
- Alice Coltrane
- John Coltrane
- Pharoah Sanders
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