E-dition Magazine - a review by Bert Strolenberg
(8/23/06)

VESPERIA
Richard Bone

   The concept album "Vesperia" certainly shows a new direction in the music of ambient composer Richard Bone. The album is a commissioned work made for vesper service at Holliston Church in Massachusetts. Containing only four tracks of soft, sacred and overall flowing new age music, intended as a soundtrack for the journey inward and the power of thought. This non-rhythmic music forms as both gracious and ethereal as serene ambiance, suitable for contemplation and reflection, but it's a bit too new age to my taste. The cd concludes with a scored reading of a poem, summing up the inspirational tone of the album. Richard Bone also made a few ambient videos for the album, which can be viewed on his site www.richardbone.com.

- reviewed by Bert Strolenberg