Had the pleasure of seeing M. Geddes Gengras, among other great artists, on a VERY hot night this past Saturday, which reminded me I needed to highlight his great new record I Am The Last Of That Green and Warm-Hued World, out now on Hausu Mountain. This record explores the spectrum of emotions and feelings one can get from purely synthesized music, at times sounding serene and therapeutic while other times sounding foreboding and sinister. That’s pretty much the most general statement one could make about ambient, but Gengras nails the balance here, with long, arching compositions that submerge the listener in their alien worlds for a spell.