A Review from the book written by Jim Brenholts
Tracks Across the Universe: A Chronology of Ambient and Electronica
(Sept 10, 2000)

THE SPECTRAL SHIPS
Richard Bone

     "At that moment a blackvessel sailing on a cloud appeared and carried off the man's spirit." Thus Richard Bone quotes Horace Beck in the liner notes for "The Spectral Ships." This CD is a return to the minimalist ambience of "The Eternal Now." Dark, ominous and ethereal, the music flows within an eerie soundscape, evoking images of those vessels in the clouds. This is an atmospheric atmosphere. The walls of sound are delicate. Each wall is built upon the preceding wall. They replace each other as the first wall slowly and gently dissipates into the background. There are no monumental walls, only continuous and stable walls. Richard is in a zone. He can do no wrong.

Jim Brenholts

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