Phrozenlight Starlight CDR / 1 track / 64.59 mins Play Sample:   56K Dialup   Broadband Download Sample:   500K   1.5Mb (Excerpt from track(s) 'Starlight')

Albums like this are very difficult to review because what you get is a sound environment that most people would be hard pressed, if you selected a point at random, to tell you exactly where on the CD you were. Yet there most certainly is progression in the sounds used, as well as their intensity but as there is no melody and very little added detail other than the drones, I find it very difficult to orientate myself- which might even be the point- you can lose all track of time. It is just a personal thing but if I try and listen to this all the way through (as I tried to for this review) my brain basically shuts down. There isn't anything for it to gets to grips with so it just meanders off in any direction but without latching onto any thought long enough to be of any use.

I know some people consider that pure ambient music such as this isn't really designed to be listened to. It is supposed to be on while you are doing other things - subtly affecting your mood while your concentration is elsewhere. This is a concept I find a little difficult to appreciate but there is no doubt that I got some positive feedback from customers concerning the first Phrozenlight album and many of the comments I am making about this album could also apply to that. The sonic palette used here though is new so might well effect the listener differently. In addition the first album was split into four tracks instead of just one so the listening experience on that album was not as intense as we have here. On one final note, even though the title is 'Starlight', I actually found the album quite 'dark'. (DL)

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