Ambient Music Guide
Review by Mike Watson
(2005)

THE ETERNAL NOW
Richard Bone

The Eternal Now is Richard's first classic in the (ambient) genre. It's flowing, multi-layered electronica, the majority being quite structured and active without the aid of percussive grooves. The clean digital sounds, voice bytes and location samples contrast nicely in places with wobbly keyboards which have a charming retro warmth about them, not unlike the 70's pop electronica of Cluster or Brian Eno. Not that Bone is paying tribute - this beguiling and slightly strange music is the work of an original voice. The album's final third heads in a deeper direction with shadowy drones and luminous washes, prefacing a sound he would explore further in the coming years.

Reviewed by Mike Watson