Synth Single Review: “Ghost Cue” by Ferus Melek

by Karl Magi

Ferus Melek’s “Ghost Cue” begins with slowly trembling notes that drift in a line with a ghostly glide as a rhythm transmitted on clean drums swings smoothly, mingling to form a pattern with a hypnotic flow as it comes together. The background climbs with diffuse lustre, like sun seen through mist, as continually rising and falling notes slip past.

All the musical layers work to paint a memory of past feeling, captured in contemplation. A charming mixture of gentleness and wistfulness permeates the melody as it moves on softly sliding synth and fills me with a hankering for times gone by before the track climbs into gliding melancholy.

Like a blazing comet, tones explode with excited illumination, ramping the energy level up higher. Once again, notes move in a slowly revolving line as bells ring with a soft radiance of feeling as the swinging drum beat fades away.