Sound of the Sun, Volume II is here to accompany you through the darkest day of the year. Created for the Winter Solstice of 2024, this compilation features an eclectic mix of tracks responding to this notable time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere—a time of slowness and sleep which simultaneously harbours the promise of an increase in light and the renewed progression towards brighter days. Building on our first iteration of this project which launched with the Summer Solstice of June of 2023, a new slate of artists have responded to these planetary movements on the shortest day of the year through song, storytelling, and experimental audio recordings in this second instalment of the Sound of the Sun project.

Curated by Catherine de Montreuil and Marisa Kriangwiwat Holmes.

Album artwork and design by Marisa Kriangwiwat Holmes. All tracks were recorded by the individual artists except for the following, which were recorded with additional help from CHOMS in Vancouver, BC:

Tracks 1 + 5 are partially recorded by Nick Short
Tracks 3 + 8 have additional mixing by Nick Short

Read more about the artists and tracks at: https://www.unitpitt.ca/portfolio/sound-of-the-sun-volume-ii/

Sound of the Sun, Volume II

Sound of the Sun, Volume II is here to accompany you through the darkest day of the year. Created with the winter solstice in mind, this compilation features an eclectic mix of tracks responding to the darkest point of the year—a time of slowness, sleep, but also the promise of increasing light and a slow progression towards summer.

Aaron Oliver - Daughter Of The Sun

Hank Bull - Old Soul

Olivia Valenza - Egress

May Flower - Winter Song

Aila - Today

Tiffany Muñoz - The Sun Frowns/Ang Adlaw Gakusmod

J Ward The - Light Goes Out

Spiral Remix - Goodbye to Everything

goddaughter - listen to me (inhale/exhale)

In The Are - Cosmic Goblets

Artist-run center on unceded territories of Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples

Sound of the Sun, Volume II

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