6 tracks, 2 CDs and 105 minutes of laptop minimalist electronic twaddle by esteemed polymath O'Rourke. Normally i prefer Jim's guitar music to his electronic doodles but this is reasonably arresting stuff. The sparser tracks like '1,2,3,4' work better than the more obviously Terry Riley/Philip Glass/etc inspired pieces as they give the tracks atmospheric room to breathe and drift around - rather than poking their atonal fingers in your ears like a small child with a new keyboard and no hand coordination. I'd split this album thus: half very interesting and enjoyable mood music , a quarter good experimental noodlings and a quarter irritating nonsense. Not a bad hit rate i s'pose.
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