The Silverman - State of Union

 Dawn's Underwater Light

#18) The Silverman - State of Union (2007)

 1. Note of Longing
 2. Dawn's Underwater Light
 3. State of Union
 4. Jacob's Ladder
 5. First Utterance
 6. Rainy Day Reflection
 7. Butterfly Effect
 8. On Icarus' Wings
 9. Your Drifting Heart  

The Silverman is an ambient/experimental project of Phil Knight who is co-founder of Legendary Pink Dots, a super experimental rock band from that 80s that still puts out albums and tours. State of Union is a compilation album and this version is a remaster of a cdr that was released in 2001. tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 were written in 2001 are from recordings sessions for the then upcoming album Requiem Settings. track 5 (1997) was used to open his solo performances throughout 1998. tracks 6 and 7 were written in 1993, track 7 being composed for a fashion show. track 9 is a bonus song only available in this version. the album was limited to 500 copies.

i really hated the first track, it sounded like some new age bullshit and at 9 and a half minutes it's way too long. i actually almost stopped listening to the cd after a couple minutes assuming that the whole album would be this kind of crap but i stuck with it and i'm glad i did because the rest of the album got into the darker, eerie ambient soundscape territory that i dig. at times it reminded me of Akira Yamaoka's work for the Silent Hill series (probably my favorite game music ever...and one of my all time favorite game series).
if you're not a fan of ambienty stuff this probably won't change your mind but i dug it and i'll definitely be checking out more from this guy.