This album is very compact and the complexity of music is rather high. Layers of synths creating dissonances that shake your soul and mood adorn the songs, and build an atmosphere quite effective and chilling. At times it is disturbing, even frightening. Elend haven´t abandoned in this album the evocative fragments, delicate sounds which are their trademark. I should add the Dead Can Dance influence is somehow weaker in this album. Still the voices are strongly marked by Brendan Perry, but the music as a whole is kind of distant from that band. The use of samples is far richer than before, and sometimes they are the key element when trying to dissect the eerie sound of those passages. The classical education of Elend members is evident, although represented in composers that meant a renewal in schemes, breaking the established patterns to drive the orchestra sound. This duo still manage to deliver beauty made music, but this time other atmospheres can be experienced apart from the traditional classical parts. Brave, varied, perhaps unpleasant, but endowed with professional arrangements that make this a great ambient album. A great album that is not for everyone, by the way...

written by Fjordi

Playing time: 59.04