The debut album from experimental artist Stephen Millard, presents a tantalizing web of subtle, sonic mystery and organic noise textures.
"Steven Millard is a Californian experimental music artist who likes his music dark! The CD features 6 dark mood tracks, the first called "In Nothing Loss". It is a dark droning track with a female voice way way down in the subway
tunnel, as it sounds. Lovely Cracked Vase is also very dark but the beginning
has a feel of less heavy weight or burden on the listener as it floats over the stereo. Sometimes it is difficult to figure out the instrumentation used. These first two tracks you could have done all with guitars but I am guessing some synthesizers are used as well. Tabla Rasa the piano opens the piece and I found this track a bit boring. Peeling Skin is back to a more eerie drone and
mysterious feeling tone. This track is very much akin to the opening number.
Through Suffocation is next and is the first track to have an actual repetitive
beat in the background as the dark electronics are layered on the top. Quite cool. Awake from Nothing closes the CD with another atmospheric drone. Don't listen to this music late at night alone in dark places. It could be dangerous to your psyche!" - Scott Heller, Aural Innovations
