Hania Rani - Sun (Official Video) [Gondwana Records]

’Esja’ is out now, stream and buy here: Original music by Hania Rani Concept / Photography: Bartek Warzecha Editing / Colour Correction: Marlena Jablonska Sun is a piece from Hania Rani’s debut album, Esja, released in April this year by the UK label Gondwana Records. Composed by Hania in Warsaw, it was recorded in Reykjavik with the help of her friend, Bergur Porisson. The footage was captured in November 2018, during the photographer Bartek Warzecha’s journey to Crete, an island that seems to naturally exude the same aura that Sun reverberates with. “I’ve been a visitor to the island for a few years now and have become enamoured by its off-season beauty. It shows a certain kind of diversity which appears to directly correspond with Hania’s work”. The video was edited by Marlena Jabłońska, who added the final touch to its concept by reflecting Sun’s delicate pulse in the gentle pace of softly flowing images. The resulting narrative resonates with nostalgia for summer, with serene passing of time, as the subtle play of light and shadow becomes the film’s very essence.