This place had a feeling. It was something indescribable, you simply had to experience it to know... There was a freedom that imbued everything, from mind to body, location to energy; nothing was constrained or shackled. They sat on the sand banks looking out to sea, the sun beat down on their backs as the slow and steady pulse of the music wrapped them up in a warm blanket. They were present, more present than they'd ever been before, if only this moment could last forever...

Simas Slabačiauskas has been part of the Lithuanian music scene for many years. Whether it's through his iconic Smala nights (alongside Manfredas and Marijus Klimaitis), or his 12 Inčų po žeme project with the latter, to his more recent Tribal Ice Cream duo with Middle Sky Boom, good music remains at the core of everything he does.

With his first solo single under his given name, which also marks the second release on his newly founded Sorelsol label, he invites us to find our "inner sun" through the warm, organic rhythms of 'Sun Jacuzzi' which features vocals from his Tribal Ice Cream partner and guitar from JUODUOMENĖ member Tumosa. The release also comes with a stripped back instrumental version, and two remixes on the flip from Tim Paris and a clubby rendition from Middle Sky Boom.

PREMIERE: Simas Slabačiauskas - Sun Jacuzzi (Instrumental Version) [Solresol]

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SPR13 @sordid-sound-system I Dream Of Electric Sheep EP incl. @ripperton remix
SPR12 @treasure_island_music No Loss EP incl. 2 versions of the @sordid-sound-system remix
SPR11 @love-over-entropy - Pleioné EP incl. Philipp @priebe remix
SPR10 @ly-sander - Landing The Remixes A Compilation with remixes by @ripperton, @love-over-entropy, @man2point0, @ioriwakasa, @jacquesbon, @gregorythme, @onurozman and @paulcallens
SPR09 @ly-sander - Landing
SPR08 @ly-sander - Landing Sampler 2 feat. @love-over-entropy and @man2point0 remixes
SPR07 @ly-sander - Landing Sampler 1 feat. @jacquesbon and @ioriwakasa remixes
SPR06 @paulcallens - Where's Sister EP feat. Johannes @klingebiel remix
SPR05 Polyarmory feat. Michael J Collins - Dream Back To Sleep EP feat. 
@jamiepaton-1 and @amarcordmusic remixes

SPR04 @mushrooms-project2 - Caldosavana EP feat. @drdunks and @longhairlive remixes
SPR03 @ly-sander feat. Matt Bessa - Under The Moonlight feat. @gregorythme and @onurozman Remixes
SPR02 Ly Sander feat. @j_e_e_p - Lay Down feat. 
@ripperton's Dream's Sequence mix
SPR01 Ly Sander & Michael J Collins - Last Call EP

ABOUT SPECIAL PLACE
Aimed at providing a different insight into dance music the label Special place recordings launched by Ly Sander provides both acoustic and electronic sounds that are not sonically linked to a specific era, but all carry a slight shamanic hinge. As Ly Sander says : « With such a name you cannot release strictly functional music. It has to have more to it, cater to specific emotions. Those you can sense in your favorite high spot where you contemplate the world or simply that cosy corner of your living room where you feel well and enjoy music”.