The contents, conveyed when placed on graceful turntable, find Bible and trusty sidekick Henry stewards of a veritable flotilla of sources manipulated to produce soundings that are as upwellings from the deep. Their theme is of a dream within a dream – of being snowbound (see cover!), becoming numb and falling asleep, awaking in the rain (hear disc!) only to find yourself in another dream and location. The twosome get you traveling without moving with a pair of sweeping suites; these are presented – though never wholly revealed, obscured as they are by shifting clouds of layers, oneiric scenes sonically projected in Bible black and other hues of Henry’s choosing. Vryashn – presumably, so-called for its concept of reduced variation – is diversely, esoterically, rendered via water line pipes, wine glasses, rain on a window, and a garage lamp, a concession to convention in the liberal deployment of a piano, albeit a heavily waterlogged one. Not one for purist ambient piano-philes, who can bid bye-bye to Budd baths, their beloved, variously immersed, fragmented and re-moulded. There’s something of the eternal in it, but no Lamonte Young theatre, this piano not so much well-tuned as well-treated – ending up adrift near riskier reefs where you might catch sight of Aloof Proof’s The Ghost Ship, or even a glimpse of Andrew Liles’ Dying Submariner.

Remastered in 2011 by Taylor Deupree for this vinyl edition. Originally 500 copies - 400 on white vinyl and 100 on blue vinyl (sold out). Comes in gatefold sleeve, OBI and features different artwork than the original edition which was a limited release CDR on the Gears of Sand label.

INFX 049 LP