This album gives a perfect example of why having too much going on at once can break ambient-related music by not allowing atmosphere to set in. This is my comment for the bulk of the record, some sections are nice, some sounds are really cool, but structurally the tracks just feel febrile and too eager to move on to the next sound. So it doesn't work. The opener starts off nice and gritty to morph into some kinda psychedelic synth stuff, and it is pretty nice. 2 has nice synths again, but starts the record's aforementioned main problem. 3 and a lot of the ensuing tracks feel a lot like some kind of OST that would be nice in a movie but not so much on its own. 9 is more focused but is a bit forgettable. The three piano pieces are quite nice, not so much the first but the second and especially the third (10) with its degrading reverberations in the background - the best track on the record, kinda jammy. The closer relies on a lot of field recording and is a nice way to wrap up the album, it is simpler, more bare bones, and works well because of that. There is just a lot more exciting stuff in this guy's discog. 2.7
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