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Sun Sone’s Patience: A 10-Year Journey of Sound and Growth

Kono Vidovic January 28, 2025 16 2 5


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London imprint and party collective Earthly Measures has been curating terrestrial ruminations and humid vibrations since 2016, delivering native planet songs made for open spaces where ears, hearts, and minds can mingle and merge. Featured in Dirty Disco episode 584 as a standout highlight, Earthly Measures proudly presents their next release: Patience a breathtaking debut album from Sun Sone, the project of London-born electronic producer Luke Martin.

With three captivating singles already out there floating around the ether – Apogee, Body and Echo – Sun Sone brings his full-length journey ‘Patience’ out into the world. The title refers to the length it took to write it, spanning a total of 10 years spent honing his skills, until ‘Patience’ was finally ready for the world to hear.

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“I was a real perfectionist. I was not patient with myself, and when you are patient, you avoid self-criticism, allow yourself to make mistakes. It took 10 years to figure this out. I was patient. Some tracks are about particular emotions. Some are about being in a space which is not quite then, but not yet now. Some tracks are just for fun, for the sake of experimenting with sounds and seeing what happens. I like polyrhythms a lot, so I start there, building up patterns and then seeing how I can warp and mutate instrumental parts around those beats. I try to find the spot between being a bit weird and experimental but always with a groove.”

Sun Sone

Ignoring that inner perfectionist, Sun Sone presents a remarkable album that sits in a zone all of its own. Fans of Multi Culti and Flying Lotus will love this.

Beach Boys – Feel Flows – 1971

I think when a lot of people think of these guys they think of all the surfing stuff, which is true most of the time, but later on they started getting more experimental and introspective. There’s something really haunting about this track. It’s sort of sad, lost, and longing. Like slipping out of reality. It’s got a sort of emotional trigger on me which I can’t quite fully put my finger on.

Frank Zappa – Eat That Question – 1972

I think I’ve been listening to this track since I discovered it in my teenage years. I love this track because it’s so free and open. There is a loose framework for the band to operate within, and they just go wild. A lot of Zappa’s stuff is pretty wild, but this track and this album in particular are so inspiring in how much they push the envelope.

Blo – Chant To Mother Earth – 1973

Found this one during my DJ years with a Manc based DJ collective called Me Gusta.

It’s just a solid atmospheric psychedelic rock track with afrobeat bits in it. The guitar solo is awesome and perfect, the bass player god bless him just keeps up this hypnotic groove for almost the whole track.

Ronnie Mcneir – selling my heart to the junkman – 1976.

This guy was the keyboardist in The Four Tops, but he also had his own solo stuff.

The chorus is just beautiful, especially the part with the descending piano chords into a key change. It’s such a vulnerable sounding song, with this sort of bittersweet tone to it. Sometimes it’s weird to think about tracks like this which are almost lost in time and obscurity. He might not be the most well-known artist, but this track has lodged a permanent residence in my brain and every time I somehow get reminded of it I am happy to revisit it.

Prince – Purple Rain – 1984

Another one from my childhood, and potentially one of the best songs ever written. I think my mum wore out the vinyl of this to the point it was just distortion. It’s a nice departure from Prince’s usual funky dancey stuff and into the world of absolute sentimentality.

Apparently it was initially envisioned as a country song with Stevie Nicks but thankfully Prince changed his mind. It’s about love, forgiveness, and transformation.

The guitar solo is perfect, and the string arrangement right at the end with those haunting shifting chords is really beautiful.

Alain Peters – La Rosee si feuilles songes – 1996

This track immediately hooks you with the weird time signature. Alain was from La Réunion, and he liked to mix Réunionnais rhythms, Maloya, and Séga sounds together. It’s such a peculiar track because you know it has a groove, but the time signature doesn’t allow you to bob your head to it without slipping into some weird off beat thing. I don’t even really know how I discovered this track, but it’s stayed in my head ever since. It’s beautiful and unique.

Tinariwen, Babatunde Adebimpe – Walla Illa – 2011

This is a track that immediately transports me back to a particular place and time.

I was on a Greek island sitting outside of a quiet bar watching the sun set over the water of the bay. It sounds perfect but I was quite sad at the time for reasons, so whenever I listen to this song it’s a very complex emotion. The Portuguese have a word for this emotion – saudade. It’s a deep, melancholic longing for someone or something that is absent.

This song is sheer beauty.

Jai Paul – Jasmine – 2013

This is a deeply atmospheric track which perfectly encapsulates the mystique surrounding Jai Paul. It’s simplistic but masterfully arranged. Jai Paul reminds me a bit of Prince actually. Hard to put a genre on this, which I really like. I also like how Jai Paul just doesn’t seem to care about being famous.

Paul White – Running on a Rainy Day – 2015

This track is really gentle and hazy, and it sort of has the feeling of solitude and reflection with a bit of a nostalgic mood. The texturing, the instrumentation, the flutes, the percussion, it’s all so soulful and warm. A bit of a departure from his usual stuff which is more sample based and digital.

Sun Sone – Body – 2024

This track means a lot to me because it’s the one I’m proudest of. For me, this track is about feeling uncomfortable in your own body, and about the way we endure social pressures to conform to how people “should” look. I think there’s an existential tension between the body and the self, and though things are progressing and changing for the better that tension still exists.

Thank you!

A huge thank you to Sun Sone for sharing the tracks that shaped his incredible debut, Patience. This album is a testament to persistence, creativity, and finding beauty in imperfection. Be sure to stream or purchase Patience on all major platforms via Earthly Measures. Follow Sun Sone to stay connected, and don’t forget to check out his single “Body” for a glimpse of the soulful depth this project has to offer. Until next time, keep grooving, exploring, and supporting the artists who inspire us all.

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