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The final track, The Fallen, opens with long held chords superimposed over a running figuration in the piano. This essential structure is repeated, sometimes adding more layers, sometimes less; a commonality to all the variations is the essential harmonic structure and the piece gradually registers as a form of chaconne [listen -- track 10, 0:57-1:53], Davis's imaginative way of constructing a large scale structure using relatively short-breathed material.

This album will not appeal to everyone; Davis's style of music is hardly new-age or minimal. He has an appealing melodic talent and his use of sampling means that he can use a wide palette of colours, even if we miss out on the interaction between live instrumentalists.

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