Ever seen pictures of the ice hotels they build in Norway and Sweden every year? Well this sublimely wintery ambient album by David Hughes' side project, Ion, may just may be the perfect soundtrack for staying in one. Firmly rooted in the Berlin school, it's incredibly clean and crystalline and we love the modern utopias it conjures up with its frosty sequencing and big serene arcs of sound. Standout tracks include "Future Forever" and "The Silent Scream."
m3u audio streams (if the flash player above doesn't work for you): [hifilofi] Play all tracks as an m3u audio stream (or xspf, ogg, mp3 file)
[hifilofi] 01-Future Forever (9:23)
[hifilofi] 02-Logoscape (4:19)
[hifilofi] 03-Minerva (5:27)
[hifilofi] 04-Evensong (7:37)
[hifilofi] 05-Farscape (3:07)
[hifilofi] 06-The Silent Scream (4:48)
[hifilofi] 07-Tangents (11:56)
[hifilofi] 08-Flying Over Blue Waters (5:52)
[hifilofi] 09-Eternal Flame (3:43)
[hifilofi] 10-Soylent Green Part 2 (6:12)
[hifilofi] 11-Voyager (6:37)