Das Duo Bob Stohl und Kat Epple, bekannt durch Konzerte und Live-Shows in Planetarien, durch Musik für Film, TV und Ballett, kreiert zarte Stimmungsbilder. Diverse Flöten, (darunter die japanische Shakuhachi), keltische Harfe und digitale Synthesizer führen musikalisch gekonnt in einen Raum erfrischender Entspannung.

the project

This CD brings together selections from Emerald Web's recordings Nocturne and Lights of the Ivory Plains, creating a delicate balance of musical atmospheres. It flows from the haunting melodies of bass flute and Celtic harp to the intricate, rhythmic permutations of digital synthesizers to the timbral diversity of the Lyricon wind-driven synthesizer paired with the Japanese shakuhachi flute. With this music, Emerald Web combines a series of evocative, musical spaces into a graceful, unified whole.

the artists

Emerald Web is Bob Stohl and Kat Epple. They were a band that recorded, performed in Planetariums, composed soundtracks for Carl Sagan, and concert toured around the US, from 1978-1990. They were known for innovative synthesizer orchestration and created a unique blend of "electronic space music" and acoustic instruments. Keyboardist, Lyricon player, and flautist, Bob Stohl, who performed, recorded and co-composed the music of Emerald Web, passed away in 1989 at the age of 34. He was renowned for his innovative synthesizer orchestrations and for his Lyricon playing (an un unusual hybrid synthesizer/woodwind instrument that creates a variety of sounds such as electric guitar, oboe and french horn). Flautist, keyboardist, and vocalist Kat Epple, performed, recorded, and co-composed the music of Emerald Web, and continues to release albums under her own name.

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