I was unfamiliar with Ben Cox's work, but this is his second album. The label describes it as “an adventurous expedition through the musicality of synthesizers and electronics. . . . [that] captures the essence of moods that range from extreme stillness to dynamic motion, combining closed-eye tranquility with ear-opening revelations.” Sounds good, so let's dive in.

From the opening lines of Einstein Cross, I was kind of surprised that this was on the Spotted Peccary label. The album opens with a funky beat, a simple synth line, and a discussion of symmetry in mathematics. It was great, and a fitting opener to the disc. Next up, “Delta Waves” kicks us into the kind of calm, pleasant synth work that this label excels at. Nice and peaceful with a lot of bass that was resonating my car as I drove around playing this. “Just Begin Again” has an aggregative quality that reminds me of Terry Riley's “In C.” There's a lot of complexity to this, with an underlying staccato synth line that kind of has an 8-bit feel that gives it a playful feel. “Now” is a shorter track that feels more like an interlude between the others. “Chirality” is a guitar / bass number that has the kind of reverbed guitars you would find on a Cocteau Twins album with that same far away feeling. “Matins” closes the disc with a radical departure from the rest of the album. Where the previous tracks are rather playful, this one has a darker, more ominous feel to it. Heavy drone with analog bleeps and what appears to be the sounds of tape transfer (if you remember the old reel-to-reel) when you're speeding it up. Well done.

Overall, this is actually one of my favorite Spotted Peccary releases. This manages to be experimental and accessible while avoiding the new-age feel found on some of the label's other releases. Well worth picking up. This album weighs in at around 39 minutes.