Szun Waves is a British band composed of electronic producer
Luke Abbott
Luke Abbott is an English electronic music producer from Norwich, Norfolk. He records and performs extensively under his own name, under the alias Earlham Mystics and as one third of electronic jazz group Szun Waves. His work has been describe ...
,
Laurence Pike
Laurence Pike is an Australian drummer and electronic musician. He studied at Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Mike Nock. Pike has specialised in improvised music, " ntegratingeverything from jazz to psych to ambient to ... experimental ele ...
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PVT on drums and Jack Wyllie of
Portico Quartet
Portico Quartet are an instrumental band from London, UK. They are known for their use of the hang, a modern percussion instrument. Their debut album, ''Knee-Deep in the North Sea'', was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize and was '' Time Outâ ...
on
saxophone. The band combines elements of spiritual and experimental jazz with electronic music. Their debut album ''At Sacred Walls'' was released in 2016. In August 2018 they released the follow-up, ''New Hymn To Freedom''.
The group's debut album ''At Sacred Walls'' was recorded at the studio of British electronic artist James Holden, from which the album takes its name. The album was released on Buffalo Temple records, a label run by Abbott.
''New Hymn To Freedom'' was released on 31 August 2018 through
The Leaf Label
The Leaf Label is a British independent record label based in Yorkshire, England. Initially an electronic music label, releasing mainly instrumental music, the company's approach now features artists spanning jazz and post-punk.
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, on digital, CD, black vinyl and limited edition white vinyl. The album is made up of six "wholly unedited improvisations" that "illuminate the field on which many of UK’s experimental musicians have been playing of late".
On this record "the trio has seamlessly integrated everything from jazz to psych to ambient to kosmische to experimental electronic music in their ongoing effort to reach a sort of enlightenment through performance".
''Earth Patterns'', Szun Waves' third album, was released on August 19, 2022.
Discography
* ''At Sacred Walls'' (Buffalo Temple, 2016)
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New Hymn to Freedom
''New Hymn to Freedom'' is the second studio album by British band Szun Waves. It was released on 31 August 2018 through The Leaf Label
The Leaf Label is a British independent record label based in Yorkshire, England. Initially an electronic ...
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The Leaf Label
The Leaf Label is a British independent record label based in Yorkshire, England. Initially an electronic music label, releasing mainly instrumental music, the company's approach now features artists spanning jazz and post-punk.
History
The Le ...
, 2018)
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Earth Patterns
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The Leaf Label
The Leaf Label is a British independent record label based in Yorkshire, England. Initially an electronic music label, releasing mainly instrumental music, the company's approach now features artists spanning jazz and post-punk.
History
The Le ...
, 2022)
References
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