This is the beginning.
Back in the summer of 1999 Greg Tate gathered a crew of eight musicians to flesh out an idea he had for a new type of band, to perform a new type of music.

Those sessions and the following jams at Shariff Simmon’s throwdowns in the basement of CBGBs led to this recording.

Of the 12 musicians (not including tracks 1 & 6 by Moomtez, a previous Tate inception) on this recording, many are still up in the sugar of the Arkestra Chamber today.

“A multiracial jam army that freestyles with cool telekinesis between the lustrous menace of Miles Davis’ On The Corner, the slash-and-om of 1970s King Crimson, and Jimi Hendrix’ moonwalk across side three of Electric Ladyland.”- David Fricke, Rolling Stone.