S.Q.E.

The Abyss Stares Back by S.Q.E. is a sonic playground of ghostly apocalyptic
ambient compositions.  There are also a few contemeplative drum and
bass arrangements led by beautiful female vocals (the piece titled Cat
is a nice example).  There is something very tragically mythic
about this music.  It could be the soundtrack to a stage
production of a work by Aeschylus or William Blake (in fact, one of the
tracks is titled Daughters of Albion Awake which must be a reference
to the poem by Blake).  Lots of theatric synthesized textures are
subtly layered creating a unique aural experience.  At times the
drama is broken by operatic singing and at times by haunting
synthesized tones that sweep and grow with intensity.  This is a
serious work that demands the listeners attention. 

I grew up listening to Brian Eno.  I shunned his ambient music
believing it was some bad midlife crisis he was going through.  It
wasn’t until I hit my 30’s that I started to rediscover the beauty of
those compositions.  S.Q.E. along with contemporary musicians like
Amber Asylum and Rachel’s have taken the audio experience to a new
space.  The compositions are meditative rather than shallow
pop. 

S.Q.E. : Jorinda X
S.Q.E. : Epitaph 2
S.Q.E. : Cat
S.Q.E. : 1974