8. Emily A. SpragueFriend Forest
I had made this very long ambient public playlist called ‘Quiet’ which I’m continuing to build now. I don’t remember how I first came across this, but I think it could’ve been another suggestion on the [algorithm]. It sounded to me like a modular piece of some kind. I don’t know anything about modular synths; I’ve never used them, but why I liked it so much is because it just sounds so alive. It’s actually quite equivalent to the Emerald stuff, except that it has what I hear of as more of a feminine energy. It has a soft, kind of nurturing energy which I just love. I’ve listened to it so many times.
There’s no form of rhythm going on and it seems to find its own way from a chord sequence into a drone. Notes appear like light hitting water. I’m fascinated by musicians who can achieve that kind of thing electronically. I don’t really know how it was done, and I’m always fascinated by things where I can’t tell you exactly how it’s done electronically. I love the title as well because when you’re talking about quite abstract music, the title becomes really important whether we like it or not. I always struggle with titles. I feel like I don’t want to give things titles, but you have to look at them as opportunities to give people little tidbits, otherwise where do you start talking about a piece like that? If I fall in love with something, I really do always feel a desire to talk about it and share it and this is a good example of that.”
