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Sven Wunder

Daybreak

Piano Piano

Indies Exclusive LP

u/avbl

Blue vinyl

Cat Number

PP1005SRD2

Release date
3 Oct '25
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Blue vinyl

LP

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Black vinyl

Cat Number

PP1005SRD1

Release date
3 Oct '25
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Black vinyl

'Daybreak' is Sven Wunder’s fifth full-length album, seamlessly continuing the progression of his musical oeuvre. It takes the listener on a vivid maritime expedition, beginning the moment the first rays of light break the darkness of the night and embarking on a lush journey through the early hours of the day and far beyond, until the light slowly fades and night falls once again.

True to Wunder’s now-distinctive artistry, 'Daybreak' is marked by elaborately crafted compositions and elegant pop-jazz arrangements for flute, percussion, brass and strings—supported by a decisive rhythm section, all of which add depth and build on his body of work, continuing to unfold his creative path.

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Barry says: A wandering collection of jazzy vignettes, classical string pulls and saturated Rhodes, crafting a beautifully evocative atmosphere that fits perfectly into any library catalogue and shows why he's such a repected figure in pop-jazz circles. Is it Svenny Wunder.

TRACK LISTING

1. Setting Off
2. Misty Shore
3. Take A Seat
4. Daybreak
5. Still Moorings
6. Scenic Byway
7. Leeward
8. Windward
9. Resting Place
10. Warmer Air
11. Deep Sea
12. Turning Tides
13. Liquid Mountains

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Sven Wunder

Wabi Sabi

Piano Piano

Second release on Piano Piano from Sven Wunder.
Appeals to both psych and prog listeners, folk or jazz aficionados and as well the gourmet hip hop connoisseurs.

By welcoming the beauty of imperfection and simplicity, Sven Wunder applies the timeless wisdom of wabi sabi on this musical journey. What you can hear is filtered through Ukiyo-e (which translates as “pictures of the floating world”), which illustrates everyday life, as well as through Japonism, the study of Japanese art, and more specifically its influence on European works. The result is a surface that creates an illusion by sound. The infusion of Min’yō with jazz rock, this hazy scene evokes the landscape of Monet’s ”The Water Lily Pond”, which depicts the painter’s Giverny garden, with a Japanese bridge, bamboo, ginkgo trees and the reflection of the sky in the pond. This illusion constructs both time and space.

The surface of the music, like the canvas of the painting, invents a journey between now and then by interpreting the idiom of folkloric and western art instruments. In this composition, the sound of the Western concert flute, which stretches back to the Renaissance and Baroque periods, evokes the sound of the bamboo-flute (”shakuchachi”), which reached its peak during the Edo period. The guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, with a more than 2,500 year history, joins traditional Japanese folk melodies with modern pop percussion and 20th century electronic instruments such as the Moog synthesizer, Wurlitzer electric piano and electric bass.

This is the illusion that celebrates the fleeting nature of all things. A journey. A deep inhale and a slow exhale. It has a mix of jazz (both funky and progressive), East Asian and South Asian sounds. The idea of fusing these styles and reframing them with the aesthetic of wabi sabi is to reconnect with nature and concentrate on asymmetries and emphasize ornamentation to generate new ways of looking at the world, here and now.

This record is produced with financial support from the Swedish Arts Council.