Nuclear War RSD 2026 Hazardous Orange & Yellow Vinyl

Strut proudly presents Nuclear War, a powerful collaboration between UK collective The Heliocentrics, Sun Ra Arkestra legends Marshal Alen and Knoel Scott, and vocalist Bilal issued on limitededition hazardous orange and ye low vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day 2026.The Nuclear War recordings stem from a rare session at Malcolm Cattos Quatermass Sound Lab in January 2015. The group had assembled in London to rehearse for their performance at Giles Petersons Worldwide Awards, where Alen received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Catto the John Peel Award. With The Heliocentrics trademark raw, psychedelic energy as the backbone, the ensemble captured a series of reimagined Sun Ra classics in a spontaneous, oneoff studio moment, and these tapes that have remained unheard in Cattos archive until now.The 4track EP features a sinuous take on Ronnie Boykins Angels And Demons At Play, originally recorded in 1960, a strident version of Where Pathways Meet which was originally created for the muchloved Sun Ra Lanquidity album in 1978, and a dense and deep re work of 1972s Astro Black featuring Bilals incredible otherworldly vocals. The title track Nuclear War is reworked into a cavernous groove featuring Heliocentrics vocalist Barbora Patkova. Nuclear War is mixed by Malcolm Catto, mastered and cut by Frank Merritt at The Carvery, and designed by Alex Evans of Reason For Being Studio.Please allow 57 business days for dispatch.