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The Circling Sun: Orbits

by James Taylor
July 17, 2025

The Circling Sun plays spiritual jazz with reverence and a sense of reverie. Formed in Tāmaki Makaurau (the Māori name for Auckland, New Zealand), the seven- member ensemble crafts rich tapestries that stretch to the stars with feet planted firmly on the dancefloor. Their sophomore full-length album, Orbits, finds the collective coming into its own, expanding the sonic spaceways they first explored on Spirits (Soundway Records, 2023). Finn Scholes' vibraphone is a tone setter for much of the ...