Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw

Fantasias For Violin & Guitar

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Record Label
MIDA

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Estonian violinist & singer Maarja Nuut & LA's original cactus muncher Sun Araw hand in gentle, unpolished improvisations on their collaborative album “Fantasias for Violin & Guitar”, recorded live on location by Jackson Bailey aka Tapes.

Brought together by Tallinn’s IDA Radio under the umbrella of a 10-day sound residency in magnificent Narva Art Residency on the border of Estonia & Russia, Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw set up their gear to jump head first into unknown territory of live-improvisation.

Don’t let the title fool you though, as the intro “White Comb” unveils, there’s more here than the old violin & guitar: Buchla magic, entertaining tries to MIDI, a violin, gentle glockenspiel fills & ringing bells, occasional bursts of electronica zooming in from unknown sources & Cameron Stallone’s guitar swings all over the place glued together by Maarja’s stellar voice.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: LA's no. 1 cactus muncher psyches us out once again! This time joined by a wildly skilled violinist for a dualistic, pan-continental moonlit ritual. Check!

TRACK LISTING

A1. White Comb
A2. Festi
A3. Lily Fadeth Not
A4. Fofner
B1. 144.000 Rose Petals
B2. Clams
B3. Stasis Particle
B4. Mute Marble

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