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2018 repress. Sharing social circles and spiritual ideologies with artists such as Iasos, Connie Demby and Deuter, whilst splitting label release schedules with Laraaji, Laurie Spiegel and Wendy Carlos, the unique Florida-raised soul mate duo known as Emerald Web
released their privately pressed debut LP at an axis where post-prog
rock met proto-new age and ambient electronic music. At the turn of the
1980s, Bob Stohl and Kat Epple embarked on a ten-year
spiritual journey playing at planetariums and laser shows above the same
Californian silicon city that devised the early computer music
software, unifying their state-of-the-art modular synth soundscapes and
organic compositions of flutes, bells and field recordings and
furnishing a self-pressed cassette tapeography of inimitable Emerald Web
music for their self-funded Stargate label. Having first communicated
via the medium of music as flute players at a South Florida jam session,
the future space music luminaries would be instrumental in assisting
synthesizer companies via feedback and consultancy in developing
instruments such as the Lyricon wind synth (favored by Suzanne Ciani and Bruno Spoerri)
and various sponsored machines for Arp, Buchla, EML, Computone and
Orchestron. Named after a laser show formation and combining influences
from science fiction films, fantasy novels and a broad musical spectrum
including Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, It's A Beautiful Day and Goro Yamaguchi,
Bob and Kat would balance day jobs as synth programmers as well as TV
and film soundtrackers under the moniker BobKat Productions (counting
microscope nature documentarian Carl Sagan amongst their clients)
with evening synthesizer shows at galleries, spiritual centers and even
punk clubs. This compilation album comprises early tracks from Emerald
Web's debut vinyl release and the four rare cassette-only albums on
Stargate Records from 1979-1982. Taken from original master tapes and
recorded using revolutionary and prototypal music technology.