To sing a new sapling into existence is to believe in slow growth, invisible progress, and the beauty of things that take time. Fifteen years later, that sapling is still growing—small, green, and perfectly strange.
Release Date: October 12, 2009 Label: [self-released / digital] Location: Vancouver, BC / Internet Kona Triangle Sing A New Sapling Into Existence 2009
It is humid, cracked, and impossibly tender. By 2009, CFCF had already released Panamanian Nights (a Balearic-disco homage) and The River (a moody, piano-led EP). But under the alias Kona Triangle , Silver allowed himself a different kind of freedom—one unmoored from dancefloor functionality. To sing a new sapling into existence is
In the hypercolor, blog-fueled hangover of late-2000s electronic music, certain records felt less like albums and more like transmissions. Sing a New Sapling Into Existence by Kona Triangle is one such artifact. A ghost in the discography of Canadian producer Michael Silver (better known as CFCF), this brief, seven-track EP (often called an album in fan circles) remains a cult touchstone for listeners who fell between the cracks of dubstep, glo-fi, and the then-nascent “vaporwave” aesthetic. By 2009, CFCF had already released Panamanian Nights