Darker Than The Bat - A Review by Peter Jan Van Damme
March 2003

INDIUM
Richard Bone

     Richard Bone is considered one of the most significant US composers of ambient music. He began experimenting with synthesizers very early and in the beginning of eighties he already released several LP's of his music and participated in various collaborative projects. During that early stage the music of Bone was influenced by the synth-pop style and the then flourishing new-wave club scene. The music was produced by Artemiy Artemiev and the album consists of music written for live performance during the First International Festival of Electronic, Electroacoustic, Experimental and Avant-garde Music in Saint-Petersburg, as well as several unreleased ambient pieces. The sound includes piano with atmospheric melodies that are relaxing and real ear candy. Songs like Mercurial Wave and In A Space Between Marigolds will seduce many listeners. Indium part II counts over thirty minutes of listening pleasure and ends the album in a special way.

Peter Jan Van Damme