CRUELTY Presents:
Artist...: Sun Araw
Album....: Sun Ark
Label....: Not Not Fun
Size.....: 17,9 MB
Source...: Vinyl
Playtime.: 12:16 min
Genre....: Psychedelic Rock
Release..: Jan-19-2010
Encoder..: LAME V3.97 -V2 --Vbr-New
Quality..: avgkbps 44.1Hz Joint-Stereo
TrackList:
01 06:08 Bump Up (High Step)
02 06:08 Live Mind
Release Notes:
Left coast karaoke machine enthusiast Cameron Stallones leaves no loop unturned
in his endless questing for the ultimate kaleidoscopic island-psych cocktail,
and relocating from the LBC to Glen Rock (half Glendale, half Eagle Rock) freed him
up to construct his own hermetic jam cove ûdubbed Sun Ark Studio û thereby ratcheting
up his workaholic-ism several levels. And so this Sun Ark 33 RPM single serves as both a
love letter to his new musical HQ and a curious vinyl document of ArawÆs next next-wave.
Dubby basslines and reverbed drum pad action still reign hard but the song construction is
less western and more liberated than ever before (echoing his new all-solo live set up),
with micro-cycles of flute, voice, FX, and organ cascading down like fuchsia sunset light
across the plastic rhythm section.
ôBump Up (High Step)ö is a warped reggae club heartbreaker, flangy cheese guitar leads and jungle
rattles, a constant chorus. ôLive Mindö is the B side, and itÆs descended from the Heavy Deeds
lineage, lots of equatorial sweat, low end pulse, dry funk guitar, bucket percussion, etc.
A cool new boat trip on an evolved vessel. Black vinyl 7 inches in glue-pocket jackets
with art by Stallones. Edition of 500.