January 9, 2009
Sun Araw
Sun Araw is good ol’ fashioned bluesy fog-laden ambient jams, idyllic anthems to long lost deep-sea gods. The sort of thing that’s really perfect for listening to no matter what you’re doing, but especially when you’re ready to float away on a sonic high-beam.
I had the pleasure of seeing him live last night, and it was a near perfect experience.
With the rise of small labels such as Not Not Fun and Stunned Records, people are starting to concentrate on smaller releases, all meticulously created with handmade elements, original artwork, and a great deal of collaboration between artists and labels alike. This sort of music comprises a good majority of my listening these days, in part because of the people. A lot of my friends are involved on both ends, and it’s incredible to see the talent that torrents out of these relationships. This is what film/art school was supposed to be like, and it’s what life should be. Intense creativity is encouraged, experimenting without abject fear of rejection, and the results are audible, visible, and interesting.
These people are incredibly sincere about the kind of music they are creating. Sure there’s a few people, as in any musical situation, who are just in it because of the cool factor, but most of these people have always been doing this in one form or another for most of their lives.
Here is a fan video someone made for the Sun Araw song Horse Steppin’. 60’s beach footage, and bikini clad girls, a perfect song for the dead of winter.
(Sun Araw website)
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That was, as described, “the sort of thing that’s really perfect for listening to no matter what you’re doing.”
awesome.
I highly highly recommend his album “Beach Head” which available for purchase here:
http://www.notnotfun.com/now.html
“sun” in Filipino is “araw”, reading his name’s very amusing to me