Golden era electronic music with a fantasy theme features vintage analog synthesizers, flutes, ethereal female vocals, acoustic instruments, and Lyricon. This enchanting album, Emerald Web's first, was recorded in 1976, and has a  haunting experimental quality. 

from a review by Frank  Rising Storm
".....Emerald Web’s 1979 debut album was a milestone in electronic psychedelia- rooted in the prog of the mid 70s and foreshadowing much of what would come in the early 80s.
Dragon Wings and Wizard Tales mixes analog synthesizing with the heavy use of wind instruments, augmented occasionally by the angelic vocals of Kat Epple. The sound is incredibly unique. The Lyricon wind controller makes a very early recorded appearance on this album and is one of the reasons the many sounds heard here are hard to place. The line is constantly blurred between live flutes and the electronic approximations, even occasionally mimicking bird calls. It’s these sound combinations that give the songs an otherworldly quality- like hearing indigenous music from another planet.
Although some pastoral vocal songs show up here and there, eerily dreamy instrumentals make up a little more than half the record. These are certainly among the highlights and show Emerald Web’s talent for crafting soundtrack music that would come to the fore later on. ”The Flight of the Raven” is a brief but gorgeous piece, summing up all that is good about this record in under three minutes. Fleeting melodies give way to dramatic clashing synths, fading away at just the right moment. ”The Powerstone” recalls early King Crimson, especially the vibe of “Moonchild”. It’s on this track that Emerald Web’s knack for creating natural sounding tones and soundscapes from very electronic instruments is most evident.
This record is highly recommended for fans of golden era progressive and electronic music. "


Flight Of The Raven by Emerald Web

Vintage synthesizers, Lyricon, and flutes by the classic "space music" duo Emerald Web. This song was originally released on "Valley of the Birds" album in 1981

Valley Of The Birds by Emerald Web

Kat Epple playing original music on a beautiful primitive flute made from clay.

Fog Mask

Vintage synthesizer music by Emerald Web
New Age, Electronic, Space Music, Soundscapes and Ambient Music

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Classic electronic/ambient New Age music blending vintage synthesizers, Lyricon, and flutes. Includes music originally released in 1986, and previously unreleased music by the legendary Space Music band, Emerald Web.

Although it was originally recorded in 1986, the music stands the test of time, with its mixture of innovative synthesizers, acoustic instruments, and magical sonic landscapes.

“Catspaw” was originally released by “The Audion Recording Company”, Larry Fast’s legendary electronic music label, which featured some of the finest electronic musicians in the world. “Catspaw” was Emerald Web’s eighth of eighteen albums to date. 

The bonus tracks on this collection, consist of previously unreleased music by Emerald Web, and was recorded in their Berkeley, California studio during that same era 1984-1986. The original master tapes were recently discovered in the Emerald Web archives.

Music by the legendary Space Music duo, Emerald Web, is creating quite a stir as six of their classic electronic music albums have been recently rereleased on record labels in Europe and USA. Emerald Web recorded, performed in Planetariums, composed soundtracks for Carl Sagan, and concert toured around the US, from 1978-1990. The band consisted of Emmy Award-winning musicians, Kat Epple and Bob Stohl, who played synthesizers, keyboards, Lyricon Wind Instrument, flutes, and other acoustic instruments on their albums, and in concert.


Leprechaun Gamelan by Emerald Web

Kat Epple's musical description of an Osprey in flight. 

Flight Of The Osprey

World Fusion music by Kat Epple and Nathan Dyke. The music takes the listener around the world and beyond, with an unusual array of acoustic instruments and ethereal synthesizers including World flutes, Australian Didgeridoo, Djembe drum, Ngoni African harp, Bawu, other native instruments, and electronic instruments. 128 BPM

Journey To Timbuktu

Drenched In Color

Kat Epple and Chuck Grinnell create music on piano and flutes glide and flutter with a positive mellow, yet energetic feel: like birds in flight, fish darting in water, boats sailing, or a graceful athlete in motion. This nature-inspired music is heartfelt, atmospheric, melodic, intricate, intimate, and spellbinding.
Beautiful flute passages with rippling piano chords hang suspended as they create an inspiring atmosphere which stands up to many listening sessions, as the melodies, chords, and textures are unique and complex, and are performed by two incredibly accomplished, innovative instrumentalists. Flautist/composer, Kat Epple is also one of the founding members of the vintage synthesizer band Emerald Web. Cover art by Robert Rauschenberg.
82 bpm

Sea Grass

The music takes the listener around the world and beyond, with an unusual array of acoustic instruments and ethereal synthesizers including World flutes, Australian Didgeridoo, Djembe drum, Ngoni African harp, Bawu, other native instruments, and electronic instruments.

Old As The Hills

Coquina Currents

Cosmic World music takes the listener around the world and beyond with an unusual array of acoustic World instruments and ethereal synthesizers. An earthy, yet cosmic soundscape is created on World flutes, Australian Didgeridoo, Djembe drum, Ngoni African harp, Bawu, Electronic Wind Instrument, and synthesizers.

Kat Epple and Nathan Dyke Live Demo

“A Magic Carpet Ride around the World with Flutes” - (solo flute) Composer, flutist, storyteller, and lecturer, Kat Epple, will talk about, and perform a concert on indigenous flutes that she has collected from her extensive travels around the world. As the sound of her flutes transport the audience to exotic locales, Kat describes these destinations, their traditional music, and recounts some of her fascinating musical adventures. The wide variety of interesting looking flutes are made of wood, silver, clay, tin, glass, bamboo, and bone. (available as a program for adults or children)
“This is definitely not a flute recital! It is fun, interesting, informative, and sometimes hilarious!”

A Magic Carpet Ride Around the World with Flutes

Music composed and performed by Kat Epple for contemporary Scottish artist, Ronnie Ford's art series "Rhythms of Nature" which premiered in Singapore 2016
http://www.ronnieford.com

Rhythms of Nature

Music for meditation film by Kat Epple (formerly from the electronic music band, Emerald Web)

EcoFlute

Music composed and performed by Kat Epple for renowned contemporary visual artist, Darryl Pottorf's art series titled "Unerased Journeys" which premiered at MOA in Denver, CO, USA 2017
http://www.darrylpottorf.com

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Unerased Journeys

Smooth jazz theme starts with a sliding fretless bass, percussion enters, jazzy piano introduces a high flying flute lead. A freewheeling carefree fun musical groove. This is a track from the album "Works in Progress" http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/emeraldweb4
with Kat Epple on flute, Chuck Grinnell on keyboard, Darrell Nutt on drums, and Ted Myerson on bass. Album artwork by Michael St Amand.

Scenic Route

Sequencers and synths create a sense of urgency and excitement. Fast, mechanized.

Locked

Indigenous flute theme inspired by the Native Calusa people. This is from the album, "Azure Pieces of Life" by Kat Epple and Chuck Grinnell

Calusa Shadow

Native American flute with orchestral percussion, shakers, string bed. Spiritual magic

Medicine Flute

Composer, flutist, synthesist, EWI-ist, and digital orchestrator, Kat Epple, has released twenty-eight albums internationally, is an Emmy and Peabody Award winner, and was a member of the classic Electronic Space Music duo "Emerald Web," which was nominated for a Grammy in 1986.

Her original music compositions for television and film scores include: National Geographic, Nova, CNN, Carl Sagan, The Travel Channel, History Channel, The Guiding Light, PBS, Apple Computers, and NASA among others.

Kat Epple has performed at The United Nations, National Gallery, London's Union Chapel, Guggenheim Museums, MoMA, and for President Bill Clinton at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, She performs concerts as a solo artist, and with various ensembles, including The Devin Townsend Project, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Symphony Orchestras, White Crow, Katalyst Project,  Sonic Combine and Emerald Web.

In addition to specializing in synthesis, EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument), and digital orchestration, she has traveled the globe, collecting indigenous flutes from various cultures, and often incorporates their unique sounds in her original compositions.


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