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This classic collaboration between electronic ambient artist Robert Rich and guitarist Rick Davies sounds as fresh as ever. Somewhere between the dark Goth of Dead Can Dance and a tripped-out ambient universe, this album slowly stretches in creeping guitar, breathy synth, and layered rhythms and sound. Rich and Davies take pop to its soundscape edges, particularly on tracks like "Footloose" and "Saragossa," before diving into the dark expansive depths of early Tangerine Dream-style black-hole space music on "Desolation" and "Water Vapor." Overall, this is an impressive collection that will well please fans of Rich's work, ambient music, and Goth atmospheres. --Karen K. Hugg