Second Thought :: Purlieu (Second Thought, CD)

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(03.01.05) If time and space weren’t enough to consume in a philosophical inquiry, it’s easy to note that Ross Baker (a.k.a. Second Thought) not only envisions those primary aspects of life but also reaches through finite depths of atmospheric bewilderment in his music. Being inside the landscapes featured in this sixteen page full-color booklet of Purlieu is just the beginning.

Purlieu might have been released about a year ago, but it will certainly take even more time to unravel its hidden mysteries buried within the contents of electrically sculptured, microscopic sound. With whimsical appeal, Second Thought opts for riveting ambient fluctuations as he unfolds layers upon layers of magnetic ambiences in about an hours worth of delicately weaving frequencies. As suggested by the liner notes, the intentions of Purlieu were to make the listener feel lost and confused in a strange, cold and desolate countryside –a statement that holds true from start to end, no doubt. As if imagined in a distant dream, the contents of Purlieu conjures the soundscapes of a flourishing green world, church bells ringing in the background, crumbling leaves scattered on a dirt path, twigs brushing against the wind, fog drifting between the hillsides, overcast skies blanketing an open field and multiple spheres of organic shuffling –these are only some of the images that become vivid documents during the listening experience on this surreal disc by Second Thought.

Welcome to a place that does not exist –a place that can only really exist if you allow the subtlety of every sound to cultivate and infectiously trickle into your imagination. Purlieu would fit comfortably with (early) Future Sound of London, Tear Ceremony and Roderick Julian Modell quite easily. Inspiring to say the least.

Purlieu is out now on Second Thought.

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