Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw - Fantasias for Violin & Guitar
Artists: Maarja Nuut, Sun Araw
Rating: DECENT
Genres: EAI,  Electroacoustic,  Free Improvisation Progressive Electronic
Released: 2020
Type: Album
Label: MIDA
Link: Bandcamp
Estonian violinist & singer Maarja Nuut & LA’s psyche-experimentator Sun Araw hand in gentle, unpolished improvisations on their collaborative album “Fantasias for Violin & Guitar” recorded live on location by Jackson Bailey aka Tapes....

Brought together by Tallinn’s IDA Radio under the umbrella of a 10-day sound residency in magnificent Narva Art Residency on the border of Estonia & Russia, Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw set up their gear to jump head first into unknown territory of live-improvisation.

Don’t let the title fool you though, as the intro “White Comb” unveils, there’s more here than the old violin & guitar, there’s Buchla magic, entertaining tries to MIDI a violin, gentle glockenspiel fills, occasional bursts of electronica zooming in from unknown sources & Cameron Stallone’s guitar swings all over the place glued together by Maarja’s stellar voice.

This is the debut release by MIDA, a new record label based in Tallinn, Estonia.

released October 10, 2020
Editions:
2020 Original Release
MIDA | MIDA01 | Digital/Vinyl
  01. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw ‐ White Comb (3:06)
  02. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw ‐ Festi (8:04)
  03. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw ‐ Lily Fadeth Not (5:43)
  04. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw ‐ Fofner (1:33)
  05. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw ‐ 144.000 Rose Petals (7:19)
  06. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw ‐ Clams (4:08)
  07. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw ‐ Stasis Particle (5:42)
  08. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw ‐ Mute Marble (4:07)
  09. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw ‐ Globular Exeunt (2:01)
  10. Maarja Nuut & Sun Araw ‐ Smell of Brass (4:54)