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Once again (hm, where did I write that before?) Robert Scott Thompson offers us a stunning composition, this time suggested by the sounds emanating from the universe, bizarre sounds human ears cannot hear. RST offers an approximation, not bizarre but of mesmerizing exploration. A work for deep listening. Thus music will DO things with your soul..

Robert Scott Thompson (RST) states in the liner notes, "in this work, I have attempted to fashion a long-form ambient recording which takes its cue from the cosmological sounds which surround us." However, this is not typical "spacemusic" (i.e., the stuff you might hear played at a planetarium).

The album contains 15 tracks (3 of which are 'bonus tracks') of pure ambient music. It often has a background drone (which, according to the liner notes, 'is positioned somewhere between cosmic radio static and pitched harmonic resonance'), along with resonant, echoing sounds (such as a single piano note repeated, and fading out), then ethereal piano, and even long periods of relative quiet.

Fans of RST's work, as well as ambient music in general, will love this 2007 work.