In search of the sublime, contemporary electronic musician
Steve Hauschildt has designed grids and panoramas of sound across
multiple releases through the rise and dissolution of his former band,
Emeralds, an American touchstone of 2000s home-recorded psychedelic
noise music. The album was constructed in Chicago (where Hauschildt now
resides) and partially in New York. "Much of it was recorded in a
windowless studio which removed elemental or seasonal references to
time in the music," says Hauschildt. "The focus this time was on mixing
the album and incorporating a broader set of instrumentation. I describe
my compositional approach as being quasi-generative." Embracing new
methods and philosophical curiosities, and in turn, expanding the range
of his repertoire, Hauschildt proposes a fascinating and profoundly rich
experience in listening, being, and deliquescing.