Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy - African Skies (2026 Reissue) JUSTUS KÖHNCKE creating a soundtrack that unknowingly

creating a soundtrack that unknowingly begs comparison to Masahiko Satô’s Belladonna Of Sadness and Billy Green’s Stone

of which they both have been of part of

and Al Green — whose influences loomed large in the band’s rhythmic DNA — Naive Melodies shines a light on the Black music traditions that underpinned their artistry

This album will stand testament to the ingenuity of Cathal Coughlan

Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy - African Skies (2026 Reissue) JUSTUS KÖHNCKE creating a soundtrack that unknowinglyListening Position is proud to present the first official reissue of this cosmic masterpiece. Originally recorded in 1993 for the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, African Skies stands as one of the few official releases outside of Cohrans seminal work in the 1960s with The Sun Ra Arkestra and The Artistic Heritage Ensemble. Cohran drew upon his research of the celestial, spiritual, and ancestral throughout these compositions. Beguiling and gently