This is a guy who made treasure of the best ambeint lessons that the greatest ambient musicians ever tought us all, and implemented that knowledge in a very personal, unique and gorgeous way. Allegedly the sounds which became the basis for these pieces are noises generated by 37 messages found one day in an erratically behaving pager who Dan Hinds, the artist, refuses to use.Lopside, once a mostly guitar driven project, is now experimenting with ethereal electro-acoustic patterns where charming synthetic layers float through the sometimes thin, sometimes dense beautiful atmospheres. Elegant and rapturing electronic textures, luscious percussive parts, mysterious clinging and belly sounds, lush pads of thick electronica, random noises and wordless vocals ("To the Point of Obscurity" is a masterpiece!). Think of it as a blend of Vidna Obmana, Steve Roach, Lycia, Afex Twin, Autechre, Black Tape for a Blue Girl... This really is great music and great musicianship.Visit Dan's «ambiguously minimalistic artsy-fartsy website» for more info and some nice photography!I strongly suggest you buy this CD from Dan for only $6 (or for more money from CD Baby), that is if you can get a hold of him, now that his pager is broken...