The Barometric Sea

about this album

REVIEW from Electroambient Space: Mirko Ruckels is Deepspace, a German-born ambient musician who now lives in Australia. A quick read of his blog on his site notes influences and favorite listens include Stars of the Lid, Steve Roach, Telomere, Pete Namlook, Between Interval, and others. If I had to pick one of these that he sounds the most like, it would probably be Stars of the Lid, but he has created a cool niche of his own, a very calming one that is thoroughly enjoyable. It is really fun to listen to tracks like “The Astrology,” because just when you decide that it is pure floating to just chill out to, something percolates in the background and you go, “What was that? Is that on the CD, or something in the next room or outside?” So he forces you to wake just a bit from your dreamy reverie, pay closer attention and confirm what you heard, then go back into “the zone” and just enjoy it. Most of the time, it is expansive synthesizer sounds, but once in a while there is a little bass here, a little piano there, something. “Sol” has a regal feel, almost reverent, as does the title track which follows it, full of resonant metallic tones. “Leaving the Hub” is the longest and one of the mellowest numbers, quietly elegant. But don’t get too comfortable, as distant pounding rhythms appear at the end, somehow fitting perfectly. Musical misdirection continues in “Deserted Factory,” which starts as ambience and drones, then ends as a classical sounding piano piece. But once you expe

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