Michael Thomas Berkley, Arctic - 54m 44s

Tracks & Durations

1. Ellesmere Island Part I	4:45
2. Ice Break	5:06
3. Hallucinogenic Aviation	5:25
4. Ellesmere Island Part II	7:13
5. Moonlit Warmth	5:08
6. Fire in the Mind	2:31
7. Dark Artic	4:09
8. Frozen Reflection	4:12
9. Deconstructing Time	4:11
10. Ellesmere Island Part III	6:30
11. Ellesmere Island Part IV	5:27

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Review

Icy Ellesmere Island, whose northern coastline within the Canadian/Nunavut Arctic lies just 450 miles from the North Pole, serves as the desolate reference point for keyboardist/composer Michael Thomas Berkley's second album. Berkley's abstract sound designs, ornamented randomly with reeds, strings, subdued percussion, and electric violin, paint images of a frozen landscape whose peculiar beauty never really escapes the bleak clouds that cling to its topography. The clarinet that forlornly threads its way through the opening track of Arctic sets the recording's generally austere tone, one that takes repeatedly odd or mysterious turns. Artistically, if you drew a box that placed Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, and Jocelyn Pook at its corners, Berkley and his exploratory ambient instincts would hover somewhere within its borders. While not as consistently satisfying as Images from Earth, Berkley's debut disc, Arctic nevertheless yields some intriguing moments, notably three tracks that involve violinist Ari Langer: the softly pulsating "Ice Break," the foreboding "Dark Arctic," and the disc's shimmering closer. --Terry Wood

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