Artist: Amongst Myselves
Album: Auburn Silhouette

The third album from composer Steve Roberts aka Amongst Myselves continues a kind of tradition among Australian electronic composers that's been with us since the late 1980's. Its mostly old-school ambience made with cutting-edge technology, drawing inspiration from landscapes around the globe to create airy, slightly melancholy tone poems with an unerring sense of wide open space. Auburn Silhouette comes over quite dark without being actually grim. Pieces that border on atonal like "Munstead Heath" still compel attention thanks to a creative use of environmental samples and sound effects. Two slow rock jams are quite lovely although jarring in context. Dark tribal ambience gets a look in on "Southern Lights" and the ambitious ten-minute drone piece "Up Into The Air" includes episodes of acoustic guitar, electric piano and vocodered voice. As an album it struggles to hang together but track-by-track its worth investigation. Rating: 3/5

Mikey G. - Ambient Music Guide
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