![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the closest frame, two people encounter each other, grow close, and then separate. In the widest frame, the universe begins, meets itself, and ends. Connection and severance, joy and grief, wonder and bewilderment all tumble through its scope. Through a dazzling suite of songs inspired by Maurice Ravel‘s ballet Daphnis et Chloé, Gustav Holst‘s The Planets, and Les Baxter‘s midcentury exotica, Emerald Sea studies intimacy on both an interpersonal scale and a cosmological one. “ My attraction to Sound of Ceres comes from the fact that the music feels so galactic – from a very part of the universe,” she says. Abramović first met the band after attending one of their performances during a 2017 Brooklyn residency. In its dreamlike impressions, it could also be the soundtrack to a long-forgotten early musical film – an experience that delighted and transported audiences and then vanished from record, surviving only in the imprint of memory. Rendered in dynamic, ambitious orchestral passages, it forms the basis of future stage performances intended to draw its half-submerged narrative into the visual sphere. Listen to “Arm of Golden Flame” and watch the video for it below:Įmerald Sea, the third album from New York-based audiovisual project Sound of Ceres, tells the story of how the universe comes to know itself. The Universe, voiced by Marina Abramović, follows unseen, watching this part of herself as they transform.” Further on the video, they said “It’s very important that all aspects of the band’s art (musical, visual, design) come from within, that is why band member Jacob Graham directed this debut video, with set-design and props handmade by all 4 band members.” Sound of Ceres then went on to share the following on the first track: “ Venus Caelestis, the morning star, embodiment of innocence and potential, journeys beneath the waves to be reborn as Venus Physica, a new vital force. And they create an emotional impact on my soul.” ![]() Marina, on the collaboration offered: “ My attraction to Sound of Ceres comes from the fact that the music feels so galactic – from a very part of the universe. The album making with her felt like years of a slow friendship building up to the creation of art colliding from both the audio and visual art world.” While our fated union at our Brooklyn residency in 2017 might feel like chance to some, to me, it felt incredibly foundational. The first glimpse of the record “ Arm of Golden Flame” is online now and Emerald Sea is set for release June 17th via Joyful Noise Recordings.Ībout the collaboration with Marina Abramović, lead-member of Sound of Ceres, k shares: “ I believe that Marina’s collaboration with us was inevitable from the very beginning of our audio/visual project formation. And there is Venus, transformer of matter and avatar of love, sung by the group’s lead vocalist Karen Hover (who goes by k). There is the Universe, all that exists, voiced by performance artist Marina Abramović. Written in three acts, it follows two deities who trail each other through the furthest reaches of experience. Emerald Sea, the new album from New York-based audiovisual project Sound of Ceres, tells the story of how the universe comes to know itself. ![]()
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