New Age Voice
Review by Jeff Johansen

THE ETERNAL NOW
Richard Bone

     Richard Bone follows two excellent releases this year (Ambiento and Vox Orbita) with The Eternal Now, featuring two compositions of 6 and 4 movements each. The Eternal Now is more serious and mystical than the somewhat light-hearted Vox Orbita or faster-paced Ambiento. The music was mastered with an Ensoniq ESQ 1 Controller, and consists mainly of created rather than found samples. At times the album evokes a Fripp/Eno sound (Zone One), at other times the music is reminiscent of Jarre (Zone Six), but for the most part the tracks are varied and original without clear antecedents. The Eternal Now conveys a sense of personal release and personal peace, and is by Bone's own admission an intuitive work put together by feeling and instinct. This will likely be Bone's most accessible and successful work, and should find broad support among new age audiences.