A Blink in the Sun is the second solo album by bassist and poet Sean Ali. The album is composed of many layers of bass and spoken word that have been shaped into seven musical pieces that depict an inner journey, a joyful dive into the interior rabbit hole. Speaking, whispering, and breathing combine with spectral and timbral double bass performances to create a series of self-portraits in sonic hues and oratorial pigments.. The album’s journey through density to translucence is a musical meditation on the multi-faceted nature of the self.
Sean Ali has been performing solo double bass concerts for a decade. In 2017 he released his first solo album, My Tongue Crumbles After, on Neither/Nor Records.
1. Salutations II
2. The Same Brisk Pace
3. Out Of-
4. Something Wrong Here
5. The Backs Of Eyelids
6. And Danced
7. Dialogue
8. The Reptilian Throat (digital-only bonus track)
Sean Ali - double bass, voice
Recorded by Nathaniel Morgan at Buckminster Forest in Brooklyn, NY on January 4th and 26th, 2020. Mixed and mastered by Nathaniel Morgan. All music and text by Sean Ali.
