the deep dark

1956, in the north of France. A group of underground miners is forced to take a professor to take samples a thousand meters underground. After a landslide that prevents them from going back up, they discover a crypt from another time, and unknowingly awaken a legendary bloodthirsty creature.

The Deep Dark An elliptical cinematic song cycle, The Deep Dark journeys into the psyche with animation, projected shadows, fleeting lights, and ethereal vocal incantations. The film is composed of layers and cycles edited to early experiments of looping rhythms and vocals track by songwriter and experimental musician Emily Lacy. Music was originally performed live and has been recorded in one track.

A light turns on. They are elusive and hard to see. They inhabit where nothing is. There. In the deep.