Emerald, the fourth release of Ghezzi’s series Minerals, features pianist, synth player, composer and producer Maria Chiara Argirò. This is a sci-fi feminist EP. Emerald is supported by Help Musicians.
land briefly, inspired by the movie Another Earth, is the only track with lyrics: “In the red line, at the horizon, above the waves of clouds, I know you live. Parallel. Yellow into orange. Treehouse in the sky.” The lyrics were written on a plane at sunset. The clouds below looked like dark waves and only the horizon was lit up with yellows and oranges. Ghezzi had a strange sensation like a feeling of another parallel universe or something like that. The word “treehouse” is a tribute to Maria Chiara’s track with the same name that I was listening to on the plane.
on the outside is an image from the outside of Earth where women are strong, there are flowers, men and rockets. It’s basically life as it is right now but without the veil of patriarchy over everything. Women are laying bricks, flying rockets and getting recognition. And most of all they can have fun and dance. This world is booming with colours and energy, it is an unapologetic musical world where women composers take their space. This track is accompanied by an animated collage technique video by art collective Libri Finti Clandestini and photographer and filmmaker Tanguy Bombonera.
of the flower is about a girl sitting on the edge of an enormous white flower, her legs dangling from it. The full flower forest around her is displaying itself fully at the moonlight. The bendy detuned synths and vocals symbolize the gentle movement of the petals moved by the breeze. This song is about a “let me be” kind of feminism. Let me breathe, walk alone at night without being scared, allow me to flourish without restrictions.
To invite her audiences into this sci-fi feminist world, Ghezzi has created a spotify playlist and youtube visual playlist.
The titles make up: “land briefly on the outside of the flower”. This is a phrase taken from The Book Of Delights by poet Ross Gay and summerize the core of the Minerals series: going outside of one’s comfort zone to be inspired and enriched both personally and compositionally.
Emerald was home recorded. Support the EP here.