KEROSENE 454 @ HUNTINGTON BEACH LIBRARY, 1996 (*Christian Cervantes)
PHOTOGRAPHY: BEN CLARK
Under The Sun is a love letter to the artists who move us, and to the spaces that make room for them. It’s our way of filling Calienna with the same things that fuel us: passion, curiosity, vulnerability, and the kind of creative expression that makes life feel more alive. We don’t do this for clicks or commerce. We do it because it feels right. Because beauty belongs in unexpected places. Because sharing something real is reason enough.
For Christian Cervantes, our Creative Director and co-founder, Under The Sun is also deeply personal. It’s rooted in a youth spent in the DIY music scene of 90s Southern California. A raw, unpolished world of hardcore shows, zines, record stores, and friends discovering meaning together through sound. It was honest. It was intimate. It shaped who he became.
Under The Sun is an echo of that time. A way to reclaim something lost in the scroll of the algorithm. A chance to offer back to music what music once gave to us: belonging, perspective, and the courage to create something of our own.
We built Calienna to be a vehicle for growth. This is part of ours.