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A Setting Sun

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From Boomkat (Flower Garden of Doom):
A new ambient release on Moodgadget from New York's Jay Bodley, Flower Garden of Doom is an EP entrenched in the icy atmospherics of Norwegian black metal, with the artist himself having made admissions to being mildly obsessed with thee mighty Ulver. All that said, there's plenty of light and sonic warmth to 'Sun Hammer Pounding', whose glowing, wafting tones fill the air with gauzy luminosity. You can hear a certain amount of Fennesz's Black Sea in 'Vision Creation Newsun (Version 3)' and 'Men, Women and Children' exudes phantasmagorical loveliness with its crumbling, muffled air currents. Recommended.
From Boomkat (Empty Sound):
Another outing on Moodgadget for A Setting Sun, and Empty Sound proves to be a real gem, taking cues from the current digital-ambient scene, making particular reference to Tim Hecker and shuttle358 - never more explicitly than on 'Views From The Real World', which sounds like it actually samples something from Dan Abrams' Chessa album on 12k. If it's not a direct quotation it certainly comes pretty close. There are beats running through this album though, adding a more ornamental element to the sound mix, resulting in some beautiful 4/4 microsound on 'The Sunshine Mind' and 'Garmonbozia', which shuffles along with treated piano chords as its driving force. Beautiful stuff, harkening back to the very best material from the clicks & cuts movement that was so prevalent a few years back. Highly recommended.
A Setting Sun - Flower Garden of Clouds: Live at Glasslands

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/10/2005
Band Members: jay bodley
Influences: recent:

morton feldman: rothko chapel
throbbing gristle: 20 jazz funk greats
kim cascone: blue cube []
gorguts: obscura
alva noto & ryuichi sakamoto: utp
portishead: portishead
ikue mori: class insecta
eleh: location momentum
edgard varèse: the complete works
ryoji ikeda: matrix

Sounds Like: light and darkness colliding into empty sound
Record Label: moodgadget
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car"

ISO50 Covers 2010, Vol. 1 - A Setting Sun: Fast CarFor Jakub Alexander's birthday, he recruited 20 of his music-making friends (from myself and Shigeto to Benoît Pioulard and The Sight Below) to cover...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:27:00 GMT

New Sun Hammer Pounding blog launched!!

I've started yet another Sun Hammer Pounding blog, this one to showcase some really amazing music that has been highly influential in my life and also to my music.  Please visit the blog at:http://sun...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:07:00 GMT

Men and Women mix series

Over the course of one year I am issuing four mix sessions featuring music by a wide variety of ambient artists. The name of the series is Men and Women, with each individual release carrying a partic...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:24:00 GMT

Men and Women Want Babies (free download)

I've released a free ambient mix session (first in a series of four) on my website, Sun Hammer Pounding.  Please visit, download and enjoy.Click here to download.Tracklist:Angelo Badalamenti-Them...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:45:00 GMT

please visit my blog Sun Hammer Pounding

Hi, You'll find that I have started a blog, Sun Hammer PoundingPlease visit for music- and nonmusic-related stuff of any kind!
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:42:00 GMT

Views from the Real World

Jay Bodley is preparing for the release of Views from the Real World, his first album as A Setting Sun, out December 18th on Moodgadget Records. Time Magazine sent our honorary correspondent Bertrand ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:59:00 GMT

MGT Asks...

On November 22nd, a series of Q&A with me was posted on moodgadget.com (which is, by the way, quickly becoming one of my favorite sites).  This is it:Oh, and please check the moodgadget site ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:56:00 GMT