Slight and anticlimactic are terms of dissatisfaction that could be used by certain listeners as a reaction to , the first full-length from , aka . Those who have been attentive since the brainiac producer's earliest releases are more likely to hear the 43-minute album as a modest culmination of progressions and refinements traceable throughout what preceded it. began in 2009 with swinging post-dubstep/house hybrids. Subsequent releases were pared down, increasingly graceful and organic, typified by "Sais," an austere but emotive threading of -style ambient techno and -referencing spiritual jazz. Even before that 2011 track, had worked as part of a 16-member unit, dubbed , which took 's cross-genre and 's chamber soul a few steps farther out, as a platform for vocalist . Among the roughly four hours of material previously released on singles and as EPs, is closest to those highlights, though it's almost entirely instrumental, using voices only sparingly in a choral mode. plays a variety of keyboards that undulate, twinkle, swarm, and sometimes act merely as shadowy outlines. There are sections when they are delicately layered over one another, sometimes unaccompanied and barely touched, as 's aim, like that of circa , is to make moving music that sounds quiet at any volume, simultaneously exacting yet freely flowing. directs his supporting players, including drummers , bassist (aka ), and a small string section, through a pensively paced sequence. Some tracks could be called mood pieces but are really too defined and substantive to fit that categorization, while the relatively active and as detailed remainder -- "Silhouettes," "Peroration Six" -- is suited more for foot tapping or awestruck stillness than dancing. Just as the latter seems to be on the brink of explosion, as its currents are whipped into a fever pitch, pulls the plug, leaving the album to conclude with ten seconds of stunned silence. is fated to become one of those albums that inspires ritualistic listening parties held by small groups of audiophiles. That shouldn't be held against it. ~ Andy Kellman