Hyperaurea review in Audion

From Issue 75 (no link; copied verbatim)

Disc 1 “Echoes Of Antarctica” opens with four pieces all in the modest 6-8 minutes range, the first three of which each amount to a sonically different presentation of what is basically the same playing technique. Somewhat of the Harold Budd, Brian Eno, or early gentle Steve Roach territory, to varying degrees, mixed with many of theAdelaidean trademark synth pads and undulating shimmers. The fourth shorter piece Bergs On Parade seems to herald a new direction, that of piano notes with echoes over a bass underlay. The two long pieces that follow return to more familiar open ended sonic pads and drones territory, extending some elements found in the first three tracks. Following those we have what is a small and partial reprise of the third track, rounding-off the first “disc”.

Disc 2 “Ghosts Of The Ice” opens by reprising the Bergs On Parade idea, but as just piano alone. Some of the tracks that follow, including the vast 36-minute Ghosts Of The South, are extended shimmery/droney type excursions, whilst Melting Mountains and Yukimarimo each feature echoing piano along with other elements.

Disc 3 “Southern Stars” is encompassed by just the one 61-minute excursion titled Polaris Australis, which is a tranquil swell of extended synthetics, all layered and shimmering, and also adding some echoed piano at one point. With just three (or maybe four) different aspects making up the whole release, it’s quite well conceived on that level, with ideas returning in different forms throughout. -Alan Freeman