An arpeggio, a whisper.
Reeds, strings, silvery.
A disturbance, a revelation, a return to form.
Emerald Web’s song found me through a personal mixtape posted online almost a decade ago, compiled by the late Trish Keenan. It was the first opener for an uncanny, moldering compilation of tracks by long-forgotten bands. Considering their knack for synthesized tranquility, “Flight of the Raven” is an outlier for Emerald Web, touching upon musical juxtapositions more comfortable in the outputs of psychedelic experimentalists & horror film composers.
The buzzing analogue synths overwhelming the second half are uncomfortable, almost campy, as if soundtracking a mad super-villian’s victory over our lead protagonist––the singer, quiet, breathing incantations. It sounds as if it belongs nowhere, three minutes frozen in cassette for someone else’s ears.
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About the Curator - Psetta
Psetta is a Los-Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist & musician. Hailing from rural Maine, he curated two community radio shows for several years, flirting with mundane, innovative & surreal sounds.
He runs a biweekly submission-friendly playlist with So Fertile, “summer but I don’t like heat”, covering upcoming, obscure, and quintessential Lo-Fi, Electronic, Dream Pop, Ambient, & Experimental music.
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