Ross Gentry a North Carolina based composer and experimental musician. According to his bio, his eclectic approach manages to intelligently bridge the genres of ambient, drone, synth, and folk onto a modern classical canvas. He’s back with a new album called Prism of Dust which is out now via Polar Seas. It contains compositions for strings, piano, synthesizers and electronics.

He explains: “I’ve always had a tendency to hoard old recordings. I often find myself buried in false starts and unfinished ideas. I felt like this could be an intriguing way to begin a new project. A purge of these cluttered hard drives and half finished sketches. A repurposing of forgotten material to form something new. I had hours of recordings from a time some years ago when a friend had lent me his mellotron while he was in between homes. In 2018 I had written and recorded some simple pieces for cello and violin that were beautifully performed by Emmalee Hunnicutt (cello) and Megan Drollinger (violin). Using granular synthesis, as well as computer and tape manipulation processes, I reshaped and reworked all of these early sketches. My goal was to abstract the original recordings into nearly indistinguishable versions of their original form. Combining these older recordings with new ideas, layering synths, piano, percussive elements and found sounds, it laid the groundwork for the overall production of the album.”

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