Dweller at the Threshold: Ouroborus Dweller at the Threshold: Ouroborus (Binary - 2001) The Dweller at the Threshold has the multiple personality of John Duval, Paul Ellis and Dave Fulton, but operates with single-mindedness to forge the synthdriven atmospheres of Ouroborus; a veritable universe is constructed on layers of electronic keyboardsounds by three men who know certainly how to use them. Insectile activities emanate from the swirling dronestrata which slowly whirpools around circular logic (3:38). Soft replications lead into after logic fails, their cycles growing stronger and louder as the track evolves. Gorgeous synthorchestral vistas unfold in less-hyperactive sheets ouroborus part 1; simply sedate except for a few distant ion storms (oh, and the electronic whinnies which emerge from the backdrop kinda throw me...). The lively (though repetitious) phrasing ofworlds without end is quite dazzling, and even leaves me a bit too-tranced-out. From brooding introductory swells, resolution (17:54) seethes for awhile with light streamers being peppered by cymbals and brushed by flutetronics. Dreamy chords and blippier strands are added to the ever-expanding mix, which pulses into another zone, this one of twinkling notes and more-energetic synthwails. Overtly electric automatic writing is alive with serpentine fibers amongst rhythmically rippling drones and various sci-fi effects. An undeniable old-school aesthetic underlies the intergalactic keyboarding of 8.4 Ouroborus though the members of Dweller at the Threshold inject plenty of their own intricacies into these active-though-gentle synthpieces. Dweller's Paul Ellis is also heard on the Binary label, with Into the Liquid Unknown. This review posted November 4, 2001 AmbiEntrance © 2001-1997 by David J Opdyke (except CD cover art, rights retained by original owners).