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I think that improvisation and spontaneity have always been at the heart of ambient music. As a result of it's free form nature, it's a genre that lends itself well to the idea of letting things happen naturally, going with the flow.

"One" by TouchXtone is a prime example of the results of that spirit of improvisation. The collaborative project of Michael Thomas Roe and Jim Combs, TouchXtone is the result of a series of three two hour recording sessions where both recorded live to a two track CD recorder. And it's a testimony to the talents of both how seemless the recording is, how natural it sounds despite the lack of rehearsals, or familiarity with eachother.

Presented as a longform piece divided up into 6 smaller movements, "One" has an elegance and sophistication about it that I find most refreshing, most appealling. Dancing along the periphery of different styles, TouchXtone creates a work of great depth and great emotion having been able to tap into something primal and shared between us all made all the more impressive by it's natural origins.

"One" by TouchXtone is a beautiful example of the power of spontaneity, and the inherent beauty of music in it's purest, most unadulterated form. Brilliant.

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