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Sun Araw简介
Cameron Stallones is an American musician who works under the name Sun Araw.
Previously a member of the band Magic Lantern, he has released several albums
of experimental music, including a collaboration with Jamaican reggae group
The Congos. He has also worked as partof the Not Not Fun label 'supergroup'
Vibes.
Originally from Austin, Texas, Stallones now resides in Long Beach, California.
Stallones was associated with the Not Not Fun label, and released his debut
album, The Phynx in 2008.This was followed later that year with Beach Head.
He has been prolific since then with three albums released in 2010 and two
in 2011. Stallones also collaborated with Pocahaunted on the Passage album.
Stallones set up his Sun Ark studio in his Long Beach home, where he records
most of his music.
His 2012 collaboration with M. Geddes Gengras and The Congos Icon Give Thank
reached number seven on the Billboard Top World Albums chart. Sun Araw and
The Congos also performed live together.
is 2010 album Off Duty was described by Allmusic writer Gregory Heaney as
"pulsing, Krautrock-influenced retro-futuristic lo-fi." Jon Pareles, writing
for The New York Times, described Sun Araw's music as "a happy jungle of
electronic repetition and live playing." Loops and echoes reconfigured reggae,
funk and Afrobeat in dizzying ways; the music cackled and hopped, ready to
trip up dancers or just get trippy in decidedly 21st-century grooves."
His style has been characterized as experimental, containing "sampled loops,
echoed vocals, bursting bass, and random moments." His music has also been
described as "neo-dub" and "psych-rock."