SOLIPSYSTEMOLOGY

T's albums have always displayed an incredible stability in quality: They surely differ in their style, as with every artist worth the name, and therefore may meet the listener's taste more or less, but the sonic and musical quality has always been beyond doubt.

In this array of stunning music, Solipsystemology now marks a new highlight. It seems as if t had condensed all his trademarks again and again. There s industrial, there s acoustic sensibility, there s playful prog, there s soaring new wave - and there s always this incredible mixture of intelligence and emotion at play that you can connect to from either side.

It s difficult to actually highlight single tracks, but if you want to get an idea of the sheer phantasmagoria of Solipsystemology, take the first and the last track. "Beyond the dark" ends in a David-Lynch-like menu of fears and deep abyss like I have not heard before. "The End Where We Begin" has t at his most adventurous composing.

This deserves full five star ratings, and I can but hope that it gets the attention it deserves. An instant classic, if you can find within yourself an open mind for anything but the old chaps from the 70ies. This is no less brilliant than the old masterpieces - therefore it s 5 stars and no less, although I m not quick to hand those out.