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A warbly bass synth sequence, some male sci-fi dialogue in the background, and we’re off and running on another spacey O-Head release, as if Silent Universe were only yesterday, not seven years prior. A light vintage synth lead and a thumping beat also emerge, and the feeling on “Twilight Pilot” is very familiar, like coming home. Various cool electronic effects fly in and out of the mix at will. The bass sequence gets a bit heavy, not changing at all until it transposes off and on going into the seventh minute, but it’s still good fun. We float right into “Otherworldly Journeys,” with lots of bubbly little synth sounds. A hypnotic sequence gets going, then a bass pulse, then more layers of electronics including a pleasant melody. The feeling is cool, hip, relaxed. Mellotron flutes and strings are added at the end for good measure. Next up is an epic excursion, “The Loneliness of the Deep Space Traveller.” This one builds perfectly from ambient beginnings to a steady marching beat with, again, a wonderful assortment of playful synth sounds. Dreamy throughout, by the end you will be tapping your toes and grooving with it. “Oracle Eye” develops in similar fashion, with fully engaging rhythms and melodies that will completely hook you. David Hendry manages to coax tunes along in such a way that it is difficult to tell what parts are preconceived and what parts are freeform experimentation and improvisation. Certainly they have the feel of tight compositions, but when you venture
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