A BLESSING OF TEARS 1995 SOUNDSCAPE-VOL 2 - LIVE IN CALIFORNIA

Another installment in an enduring series of ambient guitar loops. This one is less relaxing than many and can be disquieting at times and since the echo and reverb have been tuned down, the pieces are more active, with sensible progressions and generally more notes played per minute. For this reason I feel that the album is worth three stars even though the progressive factor here is slight.

This is a disc that captures a live performance but it'd be difficult to know that if it wasn't stated on the CD cover as crowd noise is removed or was barely audible in the first place. I don't recognise these song titles from other releases so there is possibly a degree of improvisation at work, but then, we'd suspect the same of any release bearing the name of Robert Fripp.