Plantsong lets Bald Cypress translate Houston’s Menil campus into meditative drone

Plantsong’s Bald Cypress continues to surface in the 28 June listening pile as one of the stranger, quieter releases worth catching. The album 5242026: Houston, Menil Campus, 29.7375° N, -95.3984° W was released earlier in June, but the track page gives Bald Cypress a useful spotlight as a plant-frequency soundscape built from synthesizers, Roland RE-201 Space Echo and reverb units. The Chicago project asks the wonderfully odd question: what does a plant’s frequency sound like? That might sound like a novelty until you sit with the idea for a second. Ambient music has always tried to translate environment into time, and Plantsong simply makes that translation more literal. Bald Cypress sounds like meditation routed through leaves, circuitry and a tape machine, a small botanical drone for listeners who like their new age with coordinates attached.

Source: https://plantsong.bandcamp.com/track/5242026-bald-cypress