This work, originally released on Japanese label Spekk in 2004, represents an immediately attractive and defiantly oblique m�lange of William Basinski's and Richard Chartier's respective musical predilections. The first two pieces are packed with deceptive shimmering surfaces that lend themselves to a boldly expressive coloration and to an intricate play of light and shadow.

Untitled 1" harbors elements from Chartier and Basinski, processed heavily such that it generates the same persistent tension as gazing at the horizon waiting for a sign of rescue. "Untitled 2", meanwhile, is a blend of looped, static tones and samples from Basinski secreted deep in the mix. The manner in which Basinski and Chartier gently nudge the caliginous thrust and glue the myriad strands together while simultaneously coaxing a bewitching harmonic pattern from its slumber is nothing short of wondrous.

Finally, the two new additions, "Untitled 3", and "Untitled 3 (reprise), stand in the mould of the first composition, while being no less significant for it - both are highly inventive and suggestive in their manner of sound photography, and each manages to achieve a singular sustained mood - in part intuitive, roaming, and detached, in part edged with unease, and vertigo. Drone music par excellence.