NEWS

 

J U S T    A    H E A D S    UP    THAT

 SSVR EPISODE 2, "WHO RAY" is now streaming

 

AND


SSVR EPISODE 3, "MY SMOKE IS FILLED WITH LUNGS" is now streaming

 

03/21/13

 

Quite pleased to announce a new AUDIO/VISUAL endeavor on DUBLAB.COM,

 

"SECOND SYSTEM VISION RADIO" 

A monthly stakeout involving a complex filtration system including but not limited to tunes, talks, texts, and video.

EPISODE 1: "LINEN CLOTHES" viewable HERE!   

 

ALSO!

 

CLICK HERE FOR FULL APRIL/MAY EURO-TOOR DATES

 

01/14/13 

 

TWO BIG NEWS ITEMS!  

  1. SUN ARAW BAND, M GEDDES GENGRAS, ITAL at BK KNITTING FACTORY, 1/19
  2. NEW SUN ARAW track, entitled RIGHT OFF, streamin' RIGHT HERE


10/22/12



GOOD  L O O K I N '  OUT

for

CELEBRATE MUSIC SYNTHESIZER GROUP

and

this BORDERING JAM



09/18/12



OUT NOW






08/05/12

 

TWO NEW MIXES FROM MY CACTUS TO YOURS:    A L L   Y O U R    H E A RT           &

                                                 W E        G OT         T E L E P HON E S


ALSO



07/28/12

 

"THE INNER TREATY," the 6th Album from SUN ARAW, available from SUN ARK RECORDS via DRAG CITY on September 18th, 2012.  LISTEN TO  " LIKE WINE " on your right.


07/17/12



SECOND SYSTEM VISION II has been printed and will soon be available.  IN LIEU of that, SECOND SYSTEM VISION 1.5, SUPPLEMENTAL " WE DRIPPY / GREEN TIDE INC. " is now available in ONLINE CLICK THRU VERSION




07/09/12

SCOPE THESE LIVE SETS FROM SUN ARAW BAND V in AUS 2012

 

04/11/12


FRESCH BACK FROM GREEN TIDE, INC. - STYLE ACTIVITIES.  HEATERS ONLY rolling TEXAS to CANADA and back again, so now its time to drop SUN ARK BATCH #4, and OH BROTHER its a doozy.  CROWNED WITH a reissue of JD EMMANUEL's 1981 blessing ECHOES FROM ANCIENT CAVES, also consisting of  SUN ARK PRAYER TAPES, VOL. 2, and new tapes from HIGH WOLF and DRAINOLITH.

CLICK HERE FOR PICS AND CLIPS AND PURCHASE POWER

 

03/14/12

!20ER-12 SXSW SKEDGULE!

 

03/11/12

SUN ARAW/MGG/MD/DIVA

2012 TOUR DATES!

 

02/07/12


AUS LIFE AND AUS DEATH, "TIME BEYOND THE SANDWICH MIND"

FRUITS TO FOLLOW

 

ALSO

FREE DISCO MIX

"OPEN:" THIS IS THE LITERATURE - DISCO HERMETICS

SUN ARAW VS. HEATWAVE

 

01/02/12

NEW TAPES IN THE SUN ARK SHOP + A PHOTO BOOK

 

 

 

11/11/11

 



AT DELPHI OFFICIAL VIDEO

and

IMPLUVIUM OFFICIAL VIDEO

 

 

 

10/02/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/26/11

HIGH WOLF/SUN ARAW at SHRINE TIME

 

 

 

09/15/11

 









08/23/11

 



OUT NOW! BUY IT HERE

 We're letting Drag City do the heavy lifting on this one, so get it directly from them!

NYC LOCALS:  8/26 at Williamsburg Music Hall with Prince Rama, Julianna Barwick and more!
8/27 at PS1



08/12/11


 

   

 SUN ARK BATCH #2!  3 new tapes + a super limited LIVEPHREAXXX! ! ! ! VHS
for you, check out samples IN THE SHOP


  EAST COASTERS!  Where are you on Aug 26th?


 
  

07/29/11



 

 

Sun Araw :: Live @ Mutek 2011 from Scott Kaplan on Vimeo.

 

Czech HEAVY DEEDS live at MUTEK.  Massive update coming so very very soon.

 

 

 

06/15/11





SHERBERT

 

 



05/25/11

 


LISTEN TO "CRETE"

ANCIENT ROMANS is the fifth full-length album from SUN ARAW

Primal Splendour, who sends out innumerable rays, not perceptible by the senses, but collectively thinkable

Heartfelt and marbled, this album is documentation of the slow exit (the triumphal entry): moving the camera back 8 stages along the circumference of the circle to the point where the obverse is reverse, in order to celebrate the building of an edifice and then walk away from it in wisdom, gaining freedom from it. 

ANCIENT ROMANS will be available as a 2xLP on white vinyl in a gatefold jacket with an accompanying art book, as well as on CD.

available on SUN ARK RECORDS through Drag City, August 23rd


Side A

Lucretius
Crown Shell

Side B

Crete
Lute and Lyre

Side C

At Delphi
Fit for Caesar

Side D

Trireme
Impluvium

 

05/21/11

WHERE'S YR CHILD V from miko revereza on Vimeo.



THE SUN ARAW BAND MOVES EAST

Newly minted large band mode comes to the east coast for shows and more!  Kicking off June 3rd at Coco66 w/ WHERES YR CHILD NYC!  HOUSE/ITALO dance party with DJ SETS from SUN ARAW, DJMGG, DJ EGROEG, TODD PENDU, and live performances from SEX WORKER and PSYCHIC REALITY!  Followed by a shredfest full band performance June 4th at 285 Kent St.  Here's the full rundown:

 

6/2 - MUTEK FEST, Montreal

6/3 - WHERES YR CHILD V NYC! w/ SEX WORKER, PSYCHIC REALITY and more
(HOUSE/ITALO NIGHT, DJ SETS)
at Coco 66, Brooklyn

6/4 - THE SUN ARAW BAND, M. GEDDES GENGRAS, MATTHEWDAVID, D'EON
at 285 Kent St, Brooklyn

6/5 - THE SUN ARAW BAND, M. GEDDES GENGRAS, RUN DMT, ZOMES
at Ottobar, Baltimore

6/6 - MORAL COMBAT w/ G LUCAS CRANE!
at 108 Leonard Street between Broadway and Lafayette, NYC

6/7 - THE SUN ARAW BAND, M. GEDDES GENGRAS, EXCEPTER, DANIEL HIGGS, DEEP MAGIC

at Maxwell's in Hoboken




 

04/18/11



        

SUN ARK CASSETTES!  INFO AND CLIPS IN THE SHOP



03/29/11





CLICK HERE FOR SXSW
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE





01/12/11

 

You might remember Matthew Lessner from IN ORBIT.  He is a good friend and a man of many talents, one of which has borne fruit in the completion of a feature film premiering at SUNDANCE in a few weeks.  He asked me to record a cover for the film, and so here is a cover of Neil Young's "Thrasher."

Sun Araw - "Thrasher" (Neil Young)

 

 

 

12/08/10

 


 

Collab tape with deep homie matthewdavid available from LEAVING RECORDS this week, should have some in the SUN ARK SHOP this week as well:

The legendary invite-only parties at SUN ARK STUDIOS had reached a sort of frenzied climax in late summer of 2010, steamy and yet ambiguous police actions, multiple lenticular object sightings, and spontaneous dance-floor teleportations all were pointed at some sort of budding vortex, a sinister portal that was going to have to be danced through.  Everything was coming up fungal, spiral filaments wrapping around wrists and ankles, yanking some chains.  For the 3am set, MATTHEWDAVID joined SUN ARAW onstage for what would be the moment of germination: SUN ARAW passing retrieved melodic objects while MD dilated, distended, folded, and then flung them through the gateway.  After listening from the control room with eyes closed, I wandered out onto the dancefloor to take stock: the partygoers as I remembered them had vanished, and the entities that were moving to these grooves were tough to identify, multiplying rapidly in fractal-like patterns and then slipping sideways into shadow.  I caught a cab and got out of there.  I have no idea who finished the recording.

-Aristocrat P. Child, 2010   

 

AND...

 




DECEMBER 17th, WHERE'S YOUR CHILD?
@ SHOWCAVE

From the minds of M. Geddes Gengras and Sun Araw comes

ALL THE HARD HOUSE, SUNRISE MIXES, AND ITALO YOU CAN HANDLE
LIVE SET by SFV ACID!!!
DJ SETS BY M. GEDDES GENGRAS
SUN ARAW
INTERESTING DRUGS
and more TBA!


In the meantime: WHERE'S YOUR CHILD? MEGAMIX

M. GEDDES GENGRAS:

HOUSE MASTER BOYZ & THE RUDE BOY OF HOUSE – HOUSENATION
IAMTHATIAM – AND ON THE 3RD DAY
AZTEC MYSTIC – REVENGE OF THE JAGUAR (MAD MIKE MIX)
FRANKIE KNUCKLES FEAT. JAMIE PRINCIPLE – BABY WANTS TO RIDE (X-RATED VERSION)
STEVE POINDEXTER – BODY HEAT 1991 (PERSON∆BLE DRTY FLTRZ MIX)

SUN ARAW:

HIPNOSIS – ASTRODANCE
ISAAC HAYES – CAN’T TURN AROUND (RON HARDY EDIT)
MR. FINGERS – SLAMDANCE
G FORCE – FEEL THE FORCE
COSMIC TOUCH – NOTHING EVER CHANGES


COME SWEAT: TAKE THIS BASS, FILTER, AND CELEBRATE


10/04/10

       

SUN ARK RECORDS is here with wearables and spinnables that will fill you to the brim with sweet fruits and nectars.

AVAILABLE NOW: New ON PATROL shirts, available in sizes S-XL in heather grey and white

COMING OCTOBER 30th:  BEACH HEAD [
SA001] remastered on 180gram vinyl!




Originally issued in a limited pressing in 2008, BEACH HEAD is a release of sunburnt affection for a place that has since submerged: a coastal constellation of friends and energies that still slosh and burn through dimensions just above our perceptual apparatus.   These are the coordinates, should you want to go: THOUGHTS ARE BELLS opens in séance before easing back into full Florian blossom.  HORSE STEPPIN’ is a love song to Neil Young’s six-string gateway: sunblushed and indulgent, persistently burning.  BEAMS builds a bridge between Marconi Notaro and Long Beach, and throws an underwater groove party in the midst.  BRIDAL FILLY pushes the sun under the horizon with a mountain of vocals; unfailing love glowing at its center: a marriage song.  As the inaugural release on SUN ARK RECORDS, BEACH HEAD has been re-mastered at the legendary Dubplates & Mastering in Germany, and has been imprinted onto 180 gram vinyl, these tunes have never sounded this good.  The LP comes correct with the original artwork, including an 11 x 11 full color insert.
 

To keep up to speed on all future happenings (and there will be ample, supple future happenings), join the mailing list!  Email sunaraw@gmail.com with "Subscribe" in the subject line.


8/24/10

 

HEAR SUN ARAW REMIX PRINCE RAMA


 

 
8/23/10

 

 

 EURO EURO EURO EURO EURO
 EURO EURO EURO EURO EURO
 EURO EURO EURO EURO EURO

 

  

 

6/14/10


Was stoked on the chance to dive in on lenticular objects in the LA WEEKLY this past week.  SCOPE IT.  I like your five-polygon-style.  

 

TUESDAY 6/15:


SUN ARAW at WOODSIST FEST, playing at 7pm
upstairs at The Echo

 

5/12/10


 

ON PATROL CD cruises into view. In case the 2xLP isn't your speed, grip it on the ones and zeros for a fraction of the cost.

On Patrol is a double album in two parts, and the 4th full length album from Sun Araw, following 2009’s Heavy Deeds. An album for heavy-steamin' late nights in the city, inter- dimensional back alleys, ghost cabs, and midnight-sweat locker rooms, it creeps and tunes in on a much darker, sparser, and more classically minded channel than its predecessors: dark and deep steam-vent ruminations on Philip Cohran, lenticular objects, and fried Hot 92.3 R&B slow-jams. Eschewing liner notes, Sun Araw has subtitled each track to let the listener know exactly where they are in hopes of recruiting more explorers as would-be enforcers. WATCH YOURSELF, GET ON PATROL. 

Available at the usual distros

 

4/15/10

 

The Wire asked me to make a mix for their ADVENTURES IN MODERN MUSIC radio program. It's been beamed across the UK and back, and now it can be on your computer.  Click HERE.

 

 

 

OLDER NEWS

 

GET ON THE MIND PLANES

 

 

 TUNES

Like Wine - The Inner Treaty (2012)

Crete - Ancient Romans 2xLP (2011)

Last Chants - Off Duty 12" (2010)

Deep Cover - On Patrol 2xLP (2010)

Heavy Deeds - Heavy Deeds LP (2009)

Horse Steppin' - Beach Head LP  (2008)

Harken Sawshine - The Phynx LP (2007) 


 MIXXES

MMX
GOT TO GET OVER pt. 1 & 2
OPEN: THIS IS THE LITERATURE
ALL YOUR HEART
WE GOT TELEPHONES
NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE!



 VIDEOS

WATCH IMPLUVIUM VIDEO!

WATCH AT DELPHI VIDEO!

WATCH DEEP COVER VIDEO

 

SSVR


EPISODE 1: "LINEN CLOTHES"
EPISODE 2: "WHO RAY"
EPISODE 3: "MY SMOKE IS FILLED WITH LUNGS"

GET RECORDS

FOR SUN ARK TAPES, SUN ARAW and MAGIC LANTERN LPs/CDs: GO TO THE SUN ARK SHOP

 

CONTACT

USA Booking, Press, Say Hay: sunaraw@gmail.com

Euro Booking: John at john.qujunktions@gmail.com

 

SHOWS

CLICK HERE FOR FULL APRIL/MAY EURO DATES


FORTHCOMING

CELEBRATE MUSIC SYNTHESIZER GROUP [SUN ARK]

 

 

DISCOGRAPHY

 



 THE PHYNX
  [NNF112 CD-R (2007) and LP (2009)]



 BOAT TRIP
  [STUNNED04 3" CD (2008) and WOODSIST018 LP(2008)]



 BEACH HEAD
  [NNF140 LP (2008)]

 HEY MANDALA!
  [NNF147 PREDATOR VISION SPLIT LP (2009)]

 LEAVES LIKE THESE
  [NNF112A Bonus c20 (2009)]

 

 HEAVY DEEDS
  [NNF169 LP (2009)]

 IN ORBIT
 [STUNNED51 c30 (2009)]

GENEVA HITS
 [MGSA001 c40 (2009)]

 

SUN ARK
  [NNF183 7" (2010)]

ON PATROL
  [NNF187 2xLP (2010)]

OFF DUTY
  [WOODSIST045 12" EP (2010)]

 

MAJOR GROTTO
  [HUSTLE MUSCLE03 c20 (2010)]

LIVEPHREAXXX! ! ! !
  [LR010 c30 (2010)]

HOUSTON ABSTROS
  [MONOFONOUS 7" (2011)]

ANCIENT ROMANS
  [SA012 2xLP (2011)]

SUN ARK PRAYER TAPES VOL. 1
   [SA016 C40 (2012)]

 

SUN ARK PRAYER TAPES VOL. 2
   [SA019 C40 (2012)]

 

 SUN ARAW/SPACEMEN 3
 split 7"
   [GPS89 (2012)]

 THE INNER TREATY
  [SA022 LP (2012)]