Catspaw by Emerald Web
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Catspaw is Emerald Web's seminal recording, first issued on Larry Fast's Audion label. Anodize is reissuing the duo's classic proto-electronica/new age hybrid, containing the original recording, remastered and appended with 5 additional, unreleased and archival works from the same mid-80s period.
From the original release album notes:
A captivating blend of shimmering synthesizers and intricate flute passages. Progressive, ethereal music by Emmy Award-winning artists Kat Epple and Bob Stohl. They augment their sound resources with an entire orchestra of computer and manually-controlled electronic keyboards. Digital orchestrations integrate the sounds of harps, bells, violins, cellos, oboes, percussion and piano. The album is composed of a wide variety of elements from the magical enchantment of the pieces, "Fog" and "Time Particles", to the delicate textures of "Soft Silence the City". This album was released on the legendary Audion label which featured some of the finest electronic musicians in the world. Catspaw is Emerald Web's 9th album.
"The Web continues to blend organic, elemental timbres of flutes and other acoustic traditional instruments with the latest tools of musical technology. From their earliest album together, (1978) "Dragon Wings and Wizard Tales" to "Manatee Dreams of Neptune", they have always remained true to their vision of a beautiful simplicity, yet paradoxically their music exudes an alluring warmth and elegance through technology." —Robert Carlberg, music reviewer for Electronic Musician Magazine
Tracklist
| 1. | Fog | 9:47 |
| 2. | A Stir Upon the Waters | 5:05 |
| 3. | Catspaw | 5:16 |
| 4. | Time Particles | 5:08 |
| 5. | Open Passage | 2:58 |
| 6. | Biosphere | 5:33 |
| 7. | Soft Silence the City | 4:23 |
| 8. | Ancestral Ode (archival extra track) | 3:18 |
| 9. | A Rush of Sublime Colors (archival extra track) | 7:28 |
| 10. | Leprauchan Gamelan (archival extra track) | 7:33 |
| 11. | Through A Portal We Pass (archival extra track) | 14:13 |
| 12. | Nova Suite (archival extra track) | 5:25 |
Credits
Kat Epple: Digital Sampling, Flute, Lyricon, Sequencing, Shakuhachi, Synthesizers
Bob Stohl: Synthesizers, digital Sampling, Flute, Lyricon, Sequencing, Shakuhachi
License
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