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Whether intentional, or some telephonic accident, that message serves as a starting point (and source material) for this entire collection. Like some alien communique, mote (0:45) hisses, stutters and blips enigmatically.
Droning and contorted, straddling a darkened chasm in some unknown landscape, the bridge (10:00) is constructed of buzzing electronics, elongated violin strands (courtesy of Susan Worland, a.k.a. Mrs. eM) and other misshapen e-instruments.
A lovely murk is found in the depths of subaqua; this "underwater" zone emits soft gurgly tones amidst several other layers of activity.
Slowly wandering, brassy tones are laced with chiming distortions in reverie, a darkly dreamy interlude which safely sleepwalks the listener through a fantastic, slightly ominous soundworld.
Introspective occluded forms is a collaboration between eM and rhomb (contributing "sounds" and "noise" respectively), wherein a pulsing hum/drone is periodically overlain with soft musical interjections. Another short joint effort, dark passage features string sections infused with odd electronic background wails.
eM's celestial eartrek, shoals of stars is appropriately spacey, with shifting solar currents in flux within a panorama of radiating electrons and faint metallic embellishments.
rhomb takes a brief look at rods and cones where quiet ripples meet distantly wafting tones. rhomb's music merges with eM's digital processing effects as they float in the drift; blurry belltones casually meander a delicately throbbing bed of electrohaze. Yet another Foundry entity, the apiary enters with filaments. A hushedly surging backdrop receives patterns of glistening musical dewdrops, similar to the muted tonal cascades of twinkling.
rhomb's two closing tracks were developed from improvisational jam sessions between the artists. Bass notes stir the drifting currents around islands of sleep which are in turn backed by the panned rhythmic effects of electronic residue.
The radiant overtones of epilogue (for those who came before) are sporadically visited by oddly timed beats, buzzing particles and operatically oscillating waveforms.
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