Warm Waves
Reissue of the 2020 album

Warm Waves

Turn On The Sunlight (Feat. Sam Gendel)

€ 27,95
  • LP
Label
Tokonoma Records
Expected release
29 May 2026
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Description

Warm Waves’ first appeared in 2020, ten years after Turn On The Sunlight’s debut self-titled album was first released in Japan. During that decade, Turn On The Sunlight’s Jesse Peterson and Mia Doi Todd welcomed their first child and co-founded a music venue in Los Angeles. When performance spaces were required to close at the start of the pandemic, Jesse’s focus shifted back towards home recording. Since ‘Warm Waves,’ five more Turn On The Sunlight albums have followed (including ‘Drives To The Beach,’ also on Tokonoma Records), all of which can be seen as an expansion of the musical direction set forth on this album.

The group heard on ‘Warm Waves’ consists of musicians who Mia and Jesse were regularly playing with at the time - Sam Gendel, Mitchell Brown, Andres Renteria & Gabe Noel - joined by Laraaji, Arji & Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, making their first recordings together.

The group’s blended signal was routed through Mitchell’s tape loops and modular synthesizer, which contributed to the unique communal sound of these recordings. Further extending this approach, Carlos Niño then reprocessed and reimagined ‘Passing Rain’ with Jamael Dean for his Elemental Beat Mix.

Originally released one week into the official lockdown period, some listeners found the warm, collective sound well-suited for the time of introspection and shifting priorities that followed. Now, in 2026, ‘Warm Waves’ returns on vinyl to once again encourage peaceful contemplation and open-hearted togetherness, in echo of the spirit of its creation.

Tracklist

  • 1.Warm Waves
  • 2.Passing Rain
  • 3.Wander The Open Sky (Feat. Laraaji)
  • 4.Looking For A Waterfall
  • 5.Closer Still (Opening)
  • 6.Windy Day, Rainy Day
  • 7.Passing Rain (Elemntal Beat Mix By Carlos Niño & Friends Feat. Jamael Dean)

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