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A sinuously swirling haze leads into the beautiful abstractions of
Hypnogogia; this delicate expanse evolves into a more-active realm of energetic pulsations. As synthorchestral floes cross a droning plane, Dawn of Ages Past (2:20) makes for an historical perspective of unfortunate brevity. Acoustic strings plaintively play, resonating into Gravity.
Dream of Life lingers in a world of billowing soundclouds, occasionally overtaken by more-solidified sequences. Axis' jangling strings precede the synthesized streams of
A Space Within (18:24); electric guitar strands spiral through the trippy environments, then everything vaporizes before the halfway mark is reached. From this void, twinkling ivories glint within deep, glacial movements.
After those lulling tones, the starward journey of the title track seems downright hectic, though it's not; percolating notes ripple into miasmatic celestial spaces. Opening on some thunder and a little Chopin, O.B.E. closes the disc with its blend of piano notes and wafting e-keys, so pretty it aches. The intensity of its spaciness grows, blasting off before trailing away in sparkling remnants... and finds it.
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