Love Unfold the Sun

A live performance from Love Unfold The Sun, a group creating a distinctive sound through its intense fusion of free jazz, hard rock, and Middle Eastern/Turkish elements

Searing, atmospheric and hypnotic, Love Unfold The Sun deftly summons free jazz, Middle Eastern and hard rock elements as the canvas for sparkling telepathic interplay and muscular grooves.

Conceived by guitarist/oudist/improvisor Mustafa Stefan Dill , Love Unfold The Sun reconvened in 2018, with most of its original lineup from its original Santa Fe provenance in the 2000s. The band’s first two reunion shows were multitracked and released as Live At Duel in February 2019.

The interplay, energy, range and the much freer take on the usual world/jazz mashup genre made the disc a compelling offering:

“The open improvisations reveal an acute sensitivity ,… ushering the quartet into one bracing and surprising exploration after another.” Mel Minter, Musically Speaking, April 2019

“…[the group members] combine nicely the kind of post-Milesian electricity of the Davis ’70s bands with a Mid-Eastern sensibility and plenty of freedom. Dill has his own way around the guitar and it has been influenced quite naturally by his own oud work. Everybody gets with it here. It is a good go of things…” Grego Applegate Edwards, https://gapplegateguitar.blogspot.com, May 2019

The band has developed an enthusiastic and increasing following via its live shows, spurring the digital-only Live at Paradiso in 2024, a documentation of the band’s celebratory first appearance following Dill’s bouts with cancer and open heart surgery.

“Explode Yourself”, releasing May 2025, is the group’s first studio release, offering new tracks as well as a more detailed, concise treatment of previous live material, while still maintaining their trademark spontaneity and sensitivity.