RUBYCON

This is yet another great album by Tangerine Dream. It is a bit more tranquil this time around as opposed to Phaedra but there are moments where it picks up tempo. The latter half of part one is yet another set of pitches and rhythms that I belive pretty much define the Ambient Techno movement of today. The middle section of the Second part is also very spacey and incredible. The tranquil parts are again in this album somewhat dark with very dissonant sounds. They seem to be very masterful at beautiful dissonance and it shows on this album also. If this were any other band I would give this album a 5 as well but it isn't quite as exciting as Phaedra with it's heavy mood swings so it gets 4.5 stars. This is a great buy you won't be disappointed!