#cameron stallones

[silverchildaccustomedtotherust]

[akagingersnap]

Second System Vision Radio 

Episode 1 : "Linen Clothes" 

[nothingisntsimple]

Sun Araw

Corsica Studios, London

18/4/13

[redefinemagazine-blog]

I've always had a powerful sense of the space -- physiological, emotional, spiritual -- invoked by music... I'm interested in evoking those spaces so that I can stay a while. That's why I'm interested in second wave psychedelia, drone, and minimalism. To me, it's the most direct approach to what gives me my musical kick, which usually involves some idea of mantra, transcendence through repetition, emphasis on texture rather than narrative.

Cameron Stallones of Sun Araw, Interview w/ The Decibel Tolls

Mystical & Spiritual Ideas In Modern Music (Infographic), REDEFINE magazine

[top40albums-blog]

9: Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw "Night Gallery"

At least one tremendously OTT live wig out should feature in every top 40, but this one is particularly special.  

Sun Araw is essentially a chap called Cameron Stallones, and he's been developing his own brand of psychedelic dub for a few years now. Paired here live for what i believe was a unique performance, broadcast live on the web live at SXSW, Eternal Tapestry join forces with the live Sun Araw crew for an epic, blissed-out adventure. 

http://www.insularisrecords.com/eternal-tapestry-and-sun-araw-night-gallery

http://www.insularisrecords.com/eternal-tapestry-and-sun-araw-night-gallery-vinyl

[kuddlykittenz]

Magic Lantern - "Deathshead Hawkmmoth"

I downloaded this record a year or so ago. The record is out of print, but I finally found a copy of the LP yesterday (for six bucks!). The clip cuts off after 10 minutes, but you get an idea of whats going on pretty quickly. 

[slow-swords]

Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw – Night Gallery

What do you get when you put together two of the best psych artists around today? An equal meeting of dub-damaged jungle jams mashed up with spaced out rock travelling? Well,  almost. This recently released collaborative album, from the on-a-pretty-damn-good-run-recently Thrill Jockey, is the meeting of West Coast minds that mine the grounds of psychedelia with relatively different approaches. Cameron Stallones’ Sun Araw is pretty firm in its carved out ground, and he’s been able to make quite a name for himself with his unique blend of influences and their convergence. Eternal Tapestry are rooted much more in the tradition of rock, particularly the kind that likes to travel to the cosmos quite frequently. This particular album came about as the result of a relatively spur of the moment collaboration around the time of SXSW, after a show earlier in the day, and was recorded for a local student radio session.

Not surprisingly, considering Stallones is the sole representative of the Sun Araw side of the coin, Eternal Tapestry guide the music more here. Full on rock band kind of overwhelms guy over in the corner hanging over his organ and flute (yep, he works that trademark in towards the end). Anyways, there’s nothing particularly unique or groundbreaking to be found here: it’s basically just a collection of really solid psych jams from a bunch of people that know what they’re doing. Cut into four suites, with very little in the way of vocals, this thing rocks pretty solid. The opener sets the scene for what to come essentially, with its slow build working as an excellent introduction. Part II stands a bit above the rest, with its solid “kraut” foundation (has someone found a better word to replace that term yet??) giving the band full reign to let themselves go. Again, it’s mostly guided by Eternal Tapestry, but Stallones’ drone-filled organ certainly helps to flesh out and sculpt the sound a bit more (and that flute certainly helps out the amazing Part IV, too). And again, nothing that’s going to change the world, but pretty damn good at what it’s going for. Many thanks again to Experimedia for the preview, and you can pick up this thing here, here, or here (and probably a bunch of other places too).

[sauchak]