Sun

Sydney duo Sun is the unusual pairing of world renowned experimental guitarist Oren Ambarchi and Australian music figurehead Chris Townend. Sun confirms its authors as two truly original music minds, a languid and sweet pop creation, brimming with sly invention in its classicist frame. These songs simply float into the consciousness with a grand air and sublimely delicate touch. There's an easy warmth to Sun as well as some darker surprises for added depth and nuance.   Ambarchi has become a solo performer whose stirring sonic experiments with the guitar have seen him recently record for acclaimed European exploratory music labels Touch and Tzadik, and perform and collaborate with artists such as Fennesz and Otomo Yoshihide, and revered minimalist composer Phill Niblock. Townend once fronted the wild Kiss My Poodle's Donkey, one of the first local groups to mix electronics with rock to crunching effect. He now spends his time as a hired gun helping to perform film scores and running his own studio, Bigjesusburger, where Bristo's Portishead bunkered down to record much of their upcoming album last year. Together as Sun, they have realised a beautifully measured work of restraint and melodic wonder, a sheer pop thrill to sit back and sink into.