Red Planet Orchestra
States Of Space (Paths Of Action)
The first time this writer experienced the slowly unfolding textures of ambient music (and we’re not talking about the pan pipe/didgeridoo drivel that some people assault your ears with here), was on Fripp and Eno’s No Pussyfooting and I have to admit the young Roxy/Crimson fan hated it, nothing seemed to happen and it took ages to do so. Which was kinda missing the point as good ambient music is far more about evincing mood and creating texture than classic song structure, something Vincent Rees and Pete Smith clearly get as this gently evolving symphonic blend of drones, pulses, washes and strings actually do give you a feeling of floating in space
