Dark to Emerald By Sylion

 

Dark to Emerald

By

Sylion

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

Taking a moment to pause, I came across a wonderful single today called Dark to Emerald by Sylion. This pause for musical reflection stood in my mind’s eye and I bathed sonically in its realms for a wondrous six plus minutes of great beauty, in a composition that I rate as one of the best new age singles I have heard for years.

The slow gentle start reminded me of the 90’s new age classic material we were used to getting from artists like Medwyn Goodall and Phil Thornton back in the day, but as the composition picked up, and the strings and keyboards began to operate symbiotically, I found a wonderful pastiche of fluency that would birth something more soundtrack in nature and intent.

The arrangement is carefully curated and masterfully put together, so much so that as we reach the half way juncture the entire piece becomes almost regal to behold, angelic at times, but also breathtakingly powerful and moving, thanks to the vocalisations and powerful Kerani like motifs.

There is everything to love about Dark to Emerald, its onward march is like a force of nature from the Elven forests, its drum beat the percussion of the planet itself, and the symphonic fluency manifests a sublime new single, one that I am convinced should reach a very high chart position and possibly more.

There are many artists around at the moment that might do well to take a look at this release, some take instrumental music too lightly, and pray to the mighty algorithm by producing quantity instead of quality. Here Sylion shows them the way, producing a perfect example of new age instrumental music, with not only a perfect performance, but a crafted composition which deserves all the plaudits it gets, this is a master work of build and progression, along with care and attention to detail, and as such I rate this as a fine example of what can be achieved with a little time and a little musical love, full marks indeed to Dark to Emerald by Sylion.