'As Dusk Becomes Night' is New Zealand soundscape composer Rudy Adrian's 17th full length album and his 7th release on the Spotted Peccary label. This might be considered to be the darker side of Rudy Adrian, but you really couldn’t categorize it as "dark ambient." It is not what I would call ominous or malevolent. Yes, there is an aura of mystery and nocturnal secrets through the 11 tracks totaling 58 minutes, but all the evil spirits have gone somewhere else in this outing. Long, textured droney passages, occasionally punctuated by bells or wind chimes are the mainstay of the music here. When a lead instrument is called for, such as on "Conifer Grove," it's an exotic flue in the alto range, used more for atmosphere than melody. Sometimes Adrian's compositions can get deep and dense, as on "Starlane," in an almost cosmic way. Most of the album is a slow journey through night where shadows reach and stretch across the landscape, but it is not just dusk becoming night, but also night becoming dawn followed by a sunny day as evidenced by the titles of the last two tracks. "Night Becomes Dawn" still retains some vestige of darkness, while "Sunny Day" is a brighter awakening, putting the gloom of eventide to bed with a willingness to face the morning. Once again Rudy Adrian has proven adept at capturing a time and a mood, this one in the gloaming.