Jon Barnes Reviewed 2005-03-28  A+ outing from Grundik & Slava teamed up with Ambidextrous. Some of the tunes are by G & S, some by Ambidextrous, and others are one team remixing the other. All-around stellar electronic compositions, at times leaning toward experimental. Some of the more complex experimental drum patterns are beyond my taste, but even with that said, this album is a gem start to finish. PLAY! Best tracks: 1, 2, 9 **Track 1: BEAUTIFUL and spacey intro with touches of acid and bleepy percussion. Gets dark and more drummy around minute 4. **Track 2: More absolutely stunning mellow synth work and astonishingly creative drum patterns. Play this anywhere, anytime, any mood – it will SET the mood. Track 3: If there were such a thing as “industrial ambient,” this would be it. Another home run. Track 4: OK here comes the complex meter and drum patterns. Sparse and dominated by a bouncing low-end sound that might be a talking drum. Track 5: Dark feel with distorted complex drum patterns. Not my fav but well done. *Track 6: Deep electronic percussion; succeeds even without a discernable melody. Track 7: Interesting contrast of skittish drum patterns under soothing, ringing vibraphone chords Track 8: First straight-up dance beat emerges 1:30 into this song. Melody stays lush. ***Track 9: PLAY!! Starts off sinister and ends in bliss. The perfect comedown track to end the album (or your show...) more

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