boy who ate the sun
The contemporary jazz trio ‘boy who ate the sun’ carries the distinct sound and penmanship of artistic leader and composer, Australian jazz-guitarist and vocalist Ula Martyn-Ellis. Joined by Calvin Lennig on double bass and Lukas Schwegmann on drums and percussion, the formation echoes that of the classic jazz guitar trio but breaks with tradition, moulding elements of jazz with the storytelling characteristics of folk and singer-songwriters and the rawness of an indie rock band. Sharing an acute sensitivity for the dynamics and density of their combined sound, ‘boy who ate the sun’ make music that is as meticulously condensed as poetry, while also as down-to-earth and transparent as a well-put postcard.
boy who ate
the sun
The contemporary jazz trio ‘boy who ate the sun’ carries the distinct sound and penmanship of artistic leader and composer, Australian jazz-guitarist and vocalist Ula Martyn-Ellis. Joined by Calvin Lennig on double bass and Lukas Schwegmann on drums and percussion, the formation echoes that of the classic jazz guitar trio but breaks with tradition, moulding elements of jazz with the storytelling characteristics of folk and singer-songwriters and the rawness of an indie rock band. Sharing an acute sensitivity for the dynamics and density of their combined sound, ‘boy who ate the sun’ make music that is as meticulously condensed as poetry, while also as down-to-earth and transparent as a well-put postcard.
Ula Martyn-Ellis
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Ula Martyn-Ellis is at home in the in-between. The Australian guitarist, singer and composer lives and creates drawn towards and torn between various poles – two languages, two hemispheres, innumerable musical and literary influences. In her solo work, she experiments along the fault lines between these poles, creating music with the rich harmonic and rhythmic density of jazz and the poetic storytelling of a singer-songwriter. With an honest voice that can crackle with energy or melt with warmth and guitar playing that tells tales of its own, Ula Martyn-Ellis conjures a space where contradictions can thrive – the in-between.
