Tarzana / Sun Araw - AQUA X: Super Coracle / Tarzana Split

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: KRXN031  
Barcode: 5065004291194 
Release Date: 06 Oct 2023
Genre: Psych Rock / Oriental / Avant garde / Arabesque

Introducing a super charged split LP featuring the talents of Cameron Stallones aka Sun Araw and Spencer Clark’s duo with Jan Andersen, Tarzana.

What originally started as an Aquapelago inspired residency in the summer of 2021 quickly developed into its own thing. Truth be told, both ar[sts always surfed their own personal waves of musical freedom, so Aquapelagos Vol.2 album became AQUA X, a split offshoot work featuring rehashed Tarzana composi[ons on one side and a live presenta[on form Cameron’s residency in the island of Tenerife around Keroxen fes[val’s 13th Edi[on. With two ar[sts very dear to us this split LP picks up perfectly on the aquapelagic concept and twists inside out into worlds high and below crea[ng a further testament to both’s ar[sts oeuvres. Here’s an extract of Professor Haywards original liner notes regarding the music:
‘’The tracks on this album reflect the geo-cultural posi[on of Californian-based musicians, Cameron Stallones, (who records here under the Sun Araw moniker), and Spencer Clark and Jan Andersen’s (performing as Tarzana) with oceanic atmospheres and structures of feeling.

Sun Araw’s dedica[on to producing subtle, flowing, psychotropic composi[ons can be read as an a`unement to the oceanic sublime. Recorded within the disused Keroxen tank in Santa Cruz harbour in Tenerife, The Canary Suite is an extended piece that features a mix of electronic pulses, short synthesizer fragments and distorted guitar bursts. The textures are rela[vely sparse throughout, with a linear emo[onal contour sustained by an ongoing melodic play within a defined band of possibili[es before se`ling into a calmer, soothing and floa[ng mood, like an aural floata[on tank.

Tarzana’s tracks ar~ully blend simple synthesizer tones, vocal exhorta[ons, and an assortment of treated instrument sounds to create a pulsing, wandering and restless music. Short rhythmic os[nato fragments push and pull against bold blown pipes and horns while subtle darker colours and shades intermi`ently move through the soundscape to intensify the mood. This is busy and dense music but with an orderly flow and internal sense of mo[on that sweeps up the listener in its wake, like a sailing ship propelled through tropical seas.’’

Tracklist
Tarzana Side by Spencer Clark and Jan Andersen
1. Tarzana - Nano-Desert Imaging
2. Tarzana - Rep[le Enclosure, MIR
3. Tarzana - Deep Ocean Ibex Arena
4. Tarzana - Ling Sheng Su’s Peacock Man[s Shrimp Repertoires Super Coracle Side by Sun Araw Side
1. Sun Araw – Plex Chora (Mov.II)*
2. Sun Araw – Serpierite Sonare (Mov. III)

Credits
Sun Araw recorded live at Espacio Cultural El Tanque and mixed by Jorge Lozano

Tarzana recorded by Jan Anderzen and Spencer Clark. Originally mastered by Yves de Mey
Mastered by Rashad Becker
Artwork by Cameron Stallones and Spencer Clark