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Emerald Web composed and recorded music in the New Age and electronic genres. They were known for innovative synthesizer orchestration and created a unique blend of "electronic space music" made by using synthesizers, sequencers, and acoustic instruments. Both Epple and Stohl were also flautists;
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to be closer to the growing New Age music scene and set up their own home recording studio in the hills above
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Epple continued to compose and record under her own name as a solo artist and with the ensemble White Crow (1997). She also played flute and other instruments on
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Many of their records were composed and recorded in their own home studio using a 4-track reel-to-reel and released on
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Thematically, their work was influenced by hard science and technology (including astronomy and early computing) as well as science fiction and fantasy.
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their flute-dominated music achieved a distinctive sound among New Age artists. Stohl was also noted for his musicianship on the
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