The CD opens with a soundscaping piece by Eric LaCasa that moves from from nature sounds into the city and back into nature again. Something similar, soundscaping wise, is offered by Nick Peck. Deep sounds, scraping sounds and an occasional bell. Koji Marutani, a.k.a. boss of Digital Narcis, explores more sound scaping field recording processings with church bells, piano sounds and traditional music. They had a great LP on their own Quiet Artworks label but seemed to have disappeared from the earth.
Metal sounds rinkel and electronics play a small backgrond role.
RLW closes the team with what sounds like a breath sampled and tearing up paper, but you never know with this kind of stuff. Every artist on this CD take his time to show what they can do, so if you ever wonder what they were about, this is a good place to start. This is another compilation featuring a bunch of the usual softies, starting with TUU, whose earlier CDs may be familiar to sombunall of you. Their track 'Shiva Descending' is a flutebelldrone which drifts out of the speakers like heavy mist over oily ground. This is followed by true fusin from Jorge Reyes who mixes authentic instruments with body percussion and voice into an excellent hypnotic track.