Jason Dungan, working with the moniker Blue Lake, had an interesting mix of upbringing. Growing up in American south, he was college educated in New England, and later on moved to the UK, and has been settling in Denmark of late. The influence of Americana and taste of minimalism in his 2023 Sun Arcs reminisce past and present.
Sun Arcs is a memory enabler. The ever looping fingerpicking from his zither and acoustic guitar drives one into the memory lane. His improvisation on top reminds you being alive, or at least alive enough to remember some of the dramas that would have lost in the quotadian.
Tonal Union from the UK is one of those labels that emphasizes just as much on the artist's character as the music. It is this kind of rapport that Blue Lake can gather to put out a modern classic that blurs the boundaries of multiple genre while not losing his very own dialogue.