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Sunda Arc, the project started in 2018 by brothers Nick and Jordan Smart (from folk/jazz band Mammal Hands) with the EP Flicker on Manchester label Gondwana Records (GoGo Penguin, Portico Quartet) takes its next big step by releasing its first full length album, which would not have appeared out of place in the Erased Tapes catalogue. Like Nils Frahm, the two brothers harmoniously blend electronics with acoustics and are obsessed with “finding the ghost in the machine”, a concept dear to Terry Riley. The ghost must be floating around Vespers, a beautifully ambient track to be listened to curled up in front of a fire, the closing piece of an album which is perfectly on trend, somewhere between Jon Hopkins, Max Cooper and Rival Consoles.
But although the ambient contemplations have got a special appeal, the Smart brothers don’t recoil from a dancing atmosphere – without crossing the line into club music however – on the hypnotic Cluster, the obsessive Dawn (which reminds you of certain Caribou productions) and Daemon, a nod to Moderat. They also know how to go lighter, almost into pop, like on the single Hymn which demonstrates their ability to make this project evolve into something very promising indeed. © Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz
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Norman Nitzsche, MasteringEngineer - Nick Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Jordan Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, BassClarinet, SoundEngineer - Sunda Arc, MainArtist
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
Norman Nitzsche, MasteringEngineer - Nick Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Jordan Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, SopranoSaxophone, SoundEngineer - Sunda Arc, MainArtist
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
Norman Nitzsche, MasteringEngineer - Nick Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Jordan Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Sunda Arc, MainArtist
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
Norman Nitzsche, MasteringEngineer - Nick Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Jordan Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, BassClarinet, SoundEngineer - Sunda Arc, MainArtist
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
Norman Nitzsche, MasteringEngineer - Nick Smart, Composer, Producer, Piano, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Jordan Smart, Composer, Producer, MixingEngineer, BassClarinet, SoundEngineer - Sunda Arc, MainArtist
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
Norman Nitzsche, MasteringEngineer - Nick Smart, Composer, Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Jordan Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, SopranoSaxophone, SoundEngineer - Sunda Arc, MainArtist
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
Norman Nitzsche, MasteringEngineer - Nick Smart, Composer, Producer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Jordan Smart, Composer, Producer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Sunda Arc, MainArtist
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
Norman Nitzsche, MasteringEngineer - Nick Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Jordan Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, BassClarinet, SoundEngineer - Sunda Arc, MainArtist
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
Norman Nitzsche, MasteringEngineer - Nick Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Jordan Smart, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, BassClarinet, SoundEngineer - Sunda Arc, MainArtist
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
Norman Nitzsche, MasteringEngineer - Nick Smart, Composer, Producer, Guitar, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Jordan Smart, Composer, Producer, MixingEngineer, SoundEngineer - Sunda Arc, MainArtist
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
Album review
Sunda Arc, the project started in 2018 by brothers Nick and Jordan Smart (from folk/jazz band Mammal Hands) with the EP Flicker on Manchester label Gondwana Records (GoGo Penguin, Portico Quartet) takes its next big step by releasing its first full length album, which would not have appeared out of place in the Erased Tapes catalogue. Like Nils Frahm, the two brothers harmoniously blend electronics with acoustics and are obsessed with “finding the ghost in the machine”, a concept dear to Terry Riley. The ghost must be floating around Vespers, a beautifully ambient track to be listened to curled up in front of a fire, the closing piece of an album which is perfectly on trend, somewhere between Jon Hopkins, Max Cooper and Rival Consoles.
But although the ambient contemplations have got a special appeal, the Smart brothers don’t recoil from a dancing atmosphere – without crossing the line into club music however – on the hypnotic Cluster, the obsessive Dawn (which reminds you of certain Caribou productions) and Daemon, a nod to Moderat. They also know how to go lighter, almost into pop, like on the single Hymn which demonstrates their ability to make this project evolve into something very promising indeed. © Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:03
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sunda Arc
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Gondwana Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Ambient
2020 Gondwana Records 2020 Gondwana Records
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