An Ambient Album



Pete Farn - Permutation
(2009, SynGate CD-R 2148)

Pete(r) FARN Schaefer announced in the end of 2008 three exciting and rather different productions for the next years: A soundtrack for an animation film, a production for modular synthesizer and acoustic instruments and this ambient album.
Ambient? Permutation, according to the rather sober title, would fit in several drawers: enoesque ambient collages, from Steve Reich influenced minimal music (track 4) and permutations – to itself slowly, however, steadily changing sound structures, which style always belonging. Pete Farn's newest album is a quieter and still stimulating work again. Friends of the minimal art come at her expense.

Lothar Lubitz, SynGate, January 2009