Canadian producer and sound artist T. Gowdy’s “Therapy With Colour” was inspired by (but not recorded with) self-hypnosis activities using the Nova Pro 100 Light & Sound Mind Machine. That’s a real thing, although at the time of writing this review, the Amazon UK product listing for such an item shows images of a penis pump. Mercifully, this is not *that* kind of album- and I strongly recommend clearing out your Amazon recently viewed items list afterwards if you decide to double-check my facts.

Instead, this is a half-hour electronica mini-album with the emphasis on gentle pulses and mesmerising repetitiveness. The title track sounds decidedly Tangerine Dream-esque, with a twinkling pulse pattern being stepped over gently by the lightest of calming melodies.

“Depse” is a touch more aggressive, with heavy stereo hopping that rather messes with your ears, and which I’d actually describe as unpleasant, at least initially before the other elements are introduced. In “Up CTRL” it’s the rhythm that’s on the more aggressive side, a grime-like subbass rolling under industrial clicking and a more nebulous chord, a structure that flows nicely but less bassily through “No Wave II”. “Excavating Air” wraps things up in a more abstract and ambient book-end, taking a hum that feels distant and industrial and dropping it spontaneously in and out in a slightly dizzying fashion while the Tangerine Dream-style arpeggiations drift back in.

Whether this release has any genuine therapeutic value, I’m not convinced. I’m more convinced of this release’s merits as a quality piece of modern home-listening electronica, with a confident minimalism. It’s half of a great album, and I look forward to hearing what the other half would sound like.