The Circling Sun

The story

NZ jazz band centred around Julien Dyne. Formed in the mid 2000s, they describe themselves as a sonic collective from Tamaki Makaurau Auckland focused on progressive Afrocentric inspired Jazz music.

From Discogs, written by its community.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

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Records

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• Cameron Allen
• Julien Dyne
• Guy Harrison
• Matthew John Hunter
• Joe Kaptein
• JY Lee
• Finn Scholes
• Ben Turua
• JY Jong-Yung Lee
• Matt J. Hunter

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with The Circling Sun in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with The Circling Sun in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like The Circling Sun

• Chip Wickham2 sources agree
• Ancient Infinity Orchestra2 sources agree
• Makaya McCraven2 sources agree
• Joe Armon-Jones2 sources agree
• Brandee Younger2 sources agree
• Phi-Psonics2 sources agree
• Okonski2 sources agree
• Yoni Mayraz2 sources agree
• Nubya Garcia2 sources agree
• Alfa Mist2 sources agree
• Yussef Dayes2 sources agree
• Resavoir2 sources agree

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Circling Sun’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.