As ever with most of Chihei's discog, this is very much a background listening album, but it also is a good one at that. Not too varied but hypnotic enough and just about enough variation and ideas to keep you entertained when the goal of jamming this isn't to fall asleep. 6 with its stutterrings or 3 and 7 with their slightly grittier sound are prime examples. This is definitely not one of those albums with two 45min long tracks. There are lots of fadeouts between tracks which is a shame, but I guess it helps underline the variations between tracks. 3,6,9,11 are highlights but this is really one to just spin in the background. The concluding track is a nice example of how lush Chihei's sound gets. 3.5
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