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I received this Sky Burial disc quite some time ago, so I'm hoping that it isn't out of print. Sky Burial is the "ambient" project of Michael Page, better know for his PE work under the Fire In The Head Moniker. I put the word ambient in quotations because while it is certainly not as aggressive and abrasive as F/I/T/H, it is not your usual ambient background music either.

This disc has 6 tracks stretched over 46 minutes, and the end result is rather tasty. Each track here is unique unto itself. The first track is kind of what I imagine it would be like to enter a very cold alternate computer driven universe, with cold swirling choppy drones building up to heavy pounding martial drums. The second track is in more of an ambient vein, albeit a very dark and sad one that sounds like some kind of manipulated strings instrument. The third track sounds like some evil carnival put through a blender with odd organs and gerally festive sounds turned horribly and enjoyable wrong. The fourth track is pure ambient blist with great drones and a very march-heavy beat. The fifth track is an extremely cold and glitchy ambient piece that starts off very dark but progresses to some lighter pads and sweeps, as well as a few odd trumpet sounds. The sixth and final track is a skip heavy glitch melody that blooms into more of a kind of chefkirkish jam with dark ambient creepieness thrown in.

All in all this is a very original and diverse album, and hopefully Mr. Page decided to show us this side of himself again in the not so distant future. Recommended for sure.