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A Haunting Sun

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A Haunting Sun is a study of light; an enveloping opus of intricate, alternative, ambient soundscapes; inspired by sunlight and its interaction with picturesque landscapes. Chris captures the beauty of this synergy via subtle organic textures, dense immersive drone-scapes, fragile lo-fi frequencies, and shape-shifting tonalities; tinged with the timbre of isolated melancholy. A Haunting Sun flows chronologically, unfolding over the course of a day (Sunrise to Dusk); drinking in the light’s delicate interplay with the surrounding natural locales, mesmerizing minutiae and voluminous vistas; the audio equivalent of ‘light-thirsty Scenedows’. ‘Scenedows’ feature in works by science fiction author ‘Bob Shaw’, notably ‘Other Days, Other Eyes’, from which the tracks ‘Slow Light’ and ‘In Light Of Other Days’ draw their inspiration. Shaw introduced the concept of ‘slow glass’, through which the past can be seen...‘Slow glass delays the passage of light by years or decades, and is used to construct windows, called scenedows.’ “…having a scenedow was the exact emotional equivalent of owning land. A man who owns tailored gardens and estates doesn’t spend his time proving his ownership by crawling on his ground, feeling, smelling, tasting it. All he receives from the land are light patterns, and with scenedows those patterns could be taken into coal mines, submarines, prison cells…” Chris plays on this concept. A Haunting Sun can be seen as series of scenedows; harnessing the aesthet

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Sunrise Through The Morning Mist

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4:34
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Black River Shimmers

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5:48
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Sundrops

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5:00
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The Sun Key

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2:02
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Shadowed By A Haunting Sun

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4:00
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Cloud Cover

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5:33
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Rain Delay

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1:35
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Slow Light

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11:11
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Phosphorescent Hills

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3:51
10

Infrared To Ultraviolet

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6:00
11

Buoy Adrift On The Setting Sun

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4:02
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Nautical Dusk - Light Remains

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6:45
13

Below The Horizon

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3:28
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In Light Of Other Days

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9:28

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