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The final work of the soon-to-be-abandoned ambient acoustic template, Slow Motion takes the rougher euphoric moments of Lucid Dreams and rounds off the edges. The sound is often very clear, the desire to provide cohesive melody producing immersive ambient acoustic pieces such as Papillon and Sunset On The Red Sea Coast. The album also features spoken vocals- the repeated phrase in the track London's Falling, a quiet tune that builds to a similarly quiet crescendo. It also has its own odd moments also, with the sample strewn Timewater that occasionally gets in the way of an interestingly swaying bassline and watery ambience. Likewise the completely out-of-place Demons/Angels that decides for no reason to infect the album with a parody of dark electronic and industrial music. Perhaps these give slight relief to the generally po-faced nature of it all. The core tracks are once again consistent in sound while having their own identity. The vocals are delicately treated on the whole, with some impressively chilled-out moments as the vocals are layered and seem to sail off. Once again the album recognizes the morphing element of ambient music, with sections of music overlapping, coming and going and thus giving a progression to the whole thing. This is best seen with the dreamy Sunset On The Red Sea Coast, and the soft drama of the closng track End Of An Age, a fitting description for a style of music that Jack Anderton sought to move away from in the years following this album
