Indra Millenium Live 2000 Play Sample:   56K Dialup   Broadband   Download Sample:   500K   1.5Mb (Excerpt from track(s) 'Morpheus')

OK, so this is supposed to be a live album but your really wouldn't know as it sounds much more like a studio concept album to me. Lovely little melodic note flutters and twitters get 'Focus of Mind' off to a nice relaxed start. Big whooshes and an excellent Berlin School bass sequence pick up the pace. Another high register tuneful sequence joins it as well as more little melodic flourishes / leads, providing the perfect final touches to an already exciting track which just oozes class.

'Moving (into the Solar Wind)' is appropriately cosmic with bleeps, metallic effects and the aforesaid solar wind. Then female recited text, a rapid sequence / loop as well as great crashing sounds. The spoken female voice returns. Apparently she can 'grant my wish' - hm really! It's a bit of a strange one but all part of the concept I suppose. Another good sequence returns for 'Brain Machine'. We get the occasional Gregorian chant and some stunning cello playing. This is superb stuff that if it had have been on a Klaus Schulze album people would be raving about. The sequence mutates constantly both in form and sound, the cello reacting to it masterfully. A synth lead then comes in duetting with the cello- what wonderful musicianship by all concerned! The pace quickens at the half way mark and the pulse starts to race. What a fantastic track.

'Angel Dream' however is a completely different matter. Initially shimmering drones mix with plucked strings- all rather beautiful. Then in comes some angelic female singing. It really is lovely stuff but to me feels rather out of place in the context of the rest of the album. Others on the other hand might think it gives the whole proceedings welcome balance. It's all part of the 'concept' whatever the opinion. If you don't like it just programme it out, it still leaves over an hour of music.