Anoice (pronounced "a noyce") is a Tokyo based six piece group that have been working together since 2004. With instrumentation of two guitars/mandolin, keyboards, bass, viola and drums, theirs is a dreamy and dynamic compositional world that falls somewhere between easy electronic rock and Harold Budd flavored ambient avant composition. The members of the band cite a mixture of rock & electronic influences (Radiohead, Deep Forest, Orbital, &c.) and compositional music (Arvo Part, Claude Debussy, John Williams, Ravel, Shostakovich, &c).

The music is a series of building and releasing pieces, richly infused works that gracefully develop into more forceful statements. Reverb and ambient affects touch the more gentle portions of the music, with a tendency to a sincere sweetness that would function well as soundtracks. These odd numbered ambient tracks are untitled, further demonstrating the building and releasing nature of the CD as a whole. The more active portions are at times complex, particularly the bolero-esque "aspirin music," but there's also a certain predictability to it; I found myself waking more to the impressionistic moments where unusual sound, mild glitch and freeform expression create their more interesting environments.