Sun - I Can See Our House From Here '2024

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A home, a house, has countless frequencies. Each room, each corner feels
different. Swings differently. And as you grow older, you realize which corner
is yours. But yeah, it takes time…

It certainly marks the end of an era when the house one called home as a kid no
longer exists. This home, it was the starting point of so many journeys. Of one
big, ongoing journey. And so it feels good, soothing, reassuring to at least
return to a spot nearby – to that (proverbial) hill from where you can
see it. Feel the vibe that made you.

Andi Haberl’s debut solo album as Sun is sort of dedicated to that house.
It’s a journey leading to that hill overlooking everything that made him.
It’s not about nostalgia, not about actually returning to a specific
place. Instead, it’s about finding a personal frequency, an overlapping
of sounds and samples, an open space that mirrors and extends whatever
frequencies felt right at different points in time.

“To me, the results feel like Gold Panda/Four Tet meets Steve Reich meets
Krautrock meets film scores. I just really wanted to create moods that touch me
– and ideally others, too.”

Talking about his first solo album, Haberl recalls many stages: early
compositions that ended up on Alien Ensemble’s albums, early DIY/home
studio/multi-instrumentalist inspirations (Le Millipede), new technologies that
came and went, even a set of wildly convincing arrangements (done with Cico
Beck’s crucial input) that ultimately became stepping stones for yet
another round of DIY takes. “It was a long, recurring process, and the
songs went through so many different versions,” he says, talking about
phases of growth (“I added more and more equipment over time”) and
pruning, “cleaning up my music a bit.” Tending towards instruments
that open up space, and slowly falling in love with sampling, he certainly
didn’t rush things once it was time for interior design decisions ;)

“During this whole process I got to learn so much about my own taste, how
I prefer to listen to the pieces, which musical elements really matter to
me… and what my own voice is. For example, that acoustic elements are most
important to me: the banjo, piano, drums, my voice, glockenspiel, trumpet,
melodica. Anything that opens up some space.”

Every journey begins with a search: “Missing” with its plucked
chords opens like a sunrise over pastoral plains, gently leading the way towards
the intricate, playful explosion that occurs once a certain amount of energy
(“Sun”) hits dirt and other surfaces: things grow, clot and curdle
into new shapes, like new buds; layers of sound move forward, drenched in
Spring’s new light. Relying on samples to ask for precipitation
(“Rain On Me”), robotic “Low” goes from barren to
bass-heavy after its midway shift in pace, full of loops plucked from the shade.

Towards the album’s midpoint, things are suddenly reversed:
“Cluster” has that backwards pull, you can’t tell
what’s what, yet everything is perfectly locked in, as the pace increases
once again. And before the title song shimmers with densified cheering (to
eventually stand tall like early Lymbyc Systym), “Beside Me” swipes
you off your feet with its booming bass drum. The beat returns once again
(“Daydream”), full of searching voices underneath, and at
“Dawnday,” we can finally catch a melancholy view of the house.
Voices hum. It’s the score moment of the album. Everything makes sense
now. A happy end of sorts?

“I want to take people on a journey. A personal journey, too, because when
my parents split up and sold the house I grew up in, I felt a bit like the
ground had fallen out from under my feet. But I have dedicated the album title
and the accompanying piece to this house… so I can keep it in good
memory.”

“I Can See Our House From Here” has been a long time coming.
It’s been a long journey. Homeward-bound. Leading to a place
that’s really Haberl’s – his sound. His frequencies.

Known as a long-time member of The Notwist and various other bands/projects
(Alien Ensemble, AMEO, jersey, Ditty etc.), Berlin-based drummer/composer Andi
Haberl has also worked with My Brightest Diamond, Till Brönner, Owen Pallet,
and Kurt Rosenwinkel, to name a few. “I Can See Our House From Here”
is his first solo offering. 

Tracklist:
 1.01 - Sun - Missing (2:56) 
 1.02 - Sun - Sun (3:52) 
 1.03 - Sun - Low (5:26) 
 1.04 - Sun - Rain On Me (3:15) 
 1.05 - Sun - Cluster (4:18) 
 1.06 - Sun - Beside Me (3:38) 
 1.07 - Sun - I Can See Our House From Here (4:55) 
 1.08 - Sun - Daydream (6:04) 
 1.09 - Sun - Dawnday (4:22)

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