Ancient Banquet by Emra Grid

In a marked departure from the caustic electronics of their previous Opal Tapes releases 'A System, A Platform, A Void' and 'A Band of Thoughts...', Emra Grid's 'Ancient Banquet' reveals an artist embracing a more contemplative vernacular. Gone are the more cinematic undertows and degraded tape loops that characterised their earlier work, replaced by a luminous palette of processed acoustic instruments and devotional ambient forms.

The material here feels less concerned with the concrete brutalism that informed their earlier output, instead drawing inspiration from sacred architecture and ritualistic sound. While still engaging with psychogeographic principles, Emra Grid transmutes their normally abrasive sonic archaeology into something approaching serenity – though traces of their signature textural exploration remain in the way acoustic sources are subtly degraded and transformed.

'Ancient Banquet' suggests an artist confidently stepping away from the cinematic experimentalism of their past work, embracing an almost liturgical approach to ambient composition that feels both timeless and deeply personal. The result is their most accessible and emotionally resonant work to date.

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