'Rendering Time' is the third collaboration between multi-instumentalist/synthesist Deborah Martin and oboe/English horn/black cedar flute player Jill Haley. If you have heard their previous albums, you may have some idea of what to expect. Haley's melancholy reed/woodwind melodies combined with Martin's atmospheric electronic textures form a magical landscape with cinematic vistas and untamed wilderness explored throughout the ten tracks on this 47 minute album. Although there is plenty of melodic input (primarily from Haley) the focus seems to be more on the mood and ambiance than song-like melodies. To me, this is an autumnal album, not just because it happens to be Fall now, but these wistful compositions create a feeling of nostalgic longing, especially prevalent on track 6, "Shadow of the Moon" with atypical acoustic guitar from Martin in the soundscape. While a couple of tracks like "This Place We Call Home" seem a bit unfocused, there is still an overall beauty to this episodic soundscape and there's nothing wrong with having peaks and valleys in it. This is an outdoors album, a nature walk crunching through leaf-strewn pathways, partially bare trees and cloudy skies. Memories of time and people gone by, events real and imagined, tears and laugher, a flood of emotion, all wrapped up in the sonics of 'Rendering Time.' Of the three albums by Martin and Haley, I like this one best. It is simultaneously emotionally gripping and beauteous in its execution. Absolutely enchanting!