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ARTIST
BLUE LAKE
TITLE
Sun Arcs
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
TONAL UNION
CATALOG #
TU 002LP
TU 002LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
8/2/2024
"
Blue Lake
is the musical moniker of American born, Copenhagen based multidisciplinary artist and musician
Jason Dungan
, who signs to the Tonal Union imprint for the release of his new longform album
Sun Arcs
. It follows 2022's release
Stikling
, earning a nomination for Album of the Year at the Danish Music Awards plus warm praise from The Hum blog and musicians and DJs alike including
Jack Rollo
and
Carla dal Forno
. A self-taught player, Dungan began freely experimenting with self-built multi-string instruments, preferring to build his own hybrid 48-string zither and working in the realms of left-field ambient music, off kilter folk and improvised acoustic minimalism. The starting point of
Sun Arcs
saw Jason travel for a week alone to Andersabo, a cabin set in the idyllic Swedish woods just outside of Unnaryd, known also as the music project, festival and residency space which has been run by Dungan since 2016, hosting artists like
Sofie Birch
,
Johan Carøe
, and
Ellen Arkbro
. Whilst writing one to two pieces per day, a conscious decision was made to leave behind everyday distractions and shut out the outside world to instead focus on the natural passage of time as Dungan recalls: 'My only sense of time came from these daily walks out in the woods with my dog, and an awareness of the sun's path as it moved across the sky each day.' Musically it portrays a form of double life led by an American-identifying person living in Scandinavia, and a new found presence in Denmark, seeking out underdeveloped marshlands and barren stretches of beach adrift from other rhythms and distractions. Highlighting their individual and potent importance Dungan concludes: 'Both places feel like 'me,' I think on some level the music is always some kind of self-portrait.'
Sun Arcs
depicts the intricate balance of nature's cycles and the paths outlined by the seasons, from a winter dormancy to a warm sun-drenched scene. The album scales new glorying heights and further defines Dungan's musical narrative, inhabiting a unique space in left- field, improvised and experimental music, boring his most accomplished compositions to date. A singular and visionary expression, drawing on an array of instruments and sound worlds with a renewed sense of joy and discovery."
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