Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Darryl Blood – “Street Flute”

Ball of Wax mainstay Darryl Blood returns on Volume 68 with “Street Flute,” a mellow contemplative piece that gradually adds instrumentation as it rises from its slumber. At first, sustained synth notes and oceanic wash suggests a somnolent ambient piece, but then clean electric guitar emerges to gently play a few chords and a pretty figure. Enter a flute, a flute from the street one presumes, which plays the main motif that seemingly summons drum machine and semi-tuned barroom piano. After a quieter cycle or two, a gaggle of instruments return to play the theme before they all recede so only street sounds remain.