This album was recorded between 2000 and 2004, when TIF was just a solo project by Andrew David Daly (Garreth Dickson joined in 2004). Crackling processed piano, small clusters of unrecognizable instruments, reverse damaged guitar debris and a subtle sense of melody are the main ingredients for this album. The second track is called 'The Jig' and features an unprocessed acoustic guitar plucking which is now and then penetrated by glitchy loops. 'Honey and Bees' is my personal favourite here, adding some catchy female vocals to different layers of gentle backwards sounds. Can't really wait to see where things will go from here.

Martyn Bates, best known for being the singer of the new wave cult-band Eyeless in Gaza, sings over Troum's dronescapes in this stunning release. Bates otherworldly singing is engineered by fellow EiG member Peter Becker and fits extremely well with Troum's surprisingly bright and calm droning filigree (similar to the 1st chapter of their Tjukurpa serie).In four tracks Bates sings poems by his beloved WB Yeats as he did in some of his solo-works in the past years - the remaining two tracks are instrumental and more experimental, with Bates playing processed harmonica and mouthorgan over Troum's feedback cascades. The cd comes in a beautiful 6-panel digipack created by Daniel Croakert (of the Mystery Sea Cdr-label) that reminds of the booklet artwork of Bates' solo-masterpiece "Mystery Sea -letters written#2". A massive release.

Theme is a trio hailing from Brighton, UK. They have been around since the split-up of their previous band Splintered in 1996, but this is only their second work to date. They create a dark & hypnotic blend of ambient whose glitchy and ethnic detailing mixed together give birth to a quite unique sound.
The second track "Repeat to Fade" starts with a simple but effective guitar part, then gradually turns into a sinus-nightmare in the vein of COH or other fellow Raster Noton artists. In "A Few Words Failed' we have a repetitive droney sitar topped with frequencies, resulting in a hybrid mutant of minimal electronics and some weird post-industrial ethnic perversion. The fourth track is called "East of Now" and has some cool Indian chants in it. A mention must be made at the flawless production and at the artwork/packaging. Highly recommended if you're into post-industrial acts as Zoviet France, O Yuki Conjugate or even Coil's later ambient works - just sit back on your opium couch and enjoy this record.