This is yet another in the mostly brilliant series of concerts recorded by Berry Kamer and Jan Hiddink at the VPRO Radio Studios in Holland and released in conjunction with Staalplaat in limited editions only. It was recorded in 1996, for those of you who need to know. As usual it's embraced in a gatefold cover with silver spike. Individual tracks are indexed and titled, but I found this an unnecessary editing process. It starts gracefully with warm analogue synthesiser set to random - soft wings flutter close stirring motes of settled dust, sweeping across the space in slow arcs.
Subtle effects swoop in filling the corners with a low, dark pastel drone.
Quiet protestations and trickling flutes flit by. Gradual slopes are ascended, but it seems as if our progress is halted before reaching the summit. A carefully constructed hint of a great mystery and one to listen to forever. This CD is the first in a series of compositions which 'explore the synergy between the man-made worlds of architecture and electronic music'. I've always been interested in interfacing intelligent buildings to sound generators, so took this home for a listen.