Steve Moore, half of Pittsburgh electronic/prog rock duo Zombi, draws inspiration from classic '70s-era German electronic music on his October 2012 Cuneiform label debut, Light Echoes. This is not unfamiliar territory for Moore; the influence of Tangerine Dream can be heard in his previous solo work and on Zombi albums, and, incidentally, in the solo music of Moore's Zombi partner A.E. Paterra, whose second album under the Majeure moniker, Solar Maximum, also arrived in October 2012. An all-synthesizer outing absent any contributions from Paterra on drums, Light Echoes draws from the experimental streak in '70s electronic music, perhaps to a greater extent than Zombi and/or Majeure, but, like groundbreaking sequencer-driven TD albums such as Phaedra and Ricochet, this is still music with a definite pulse. Yet the listener is advised to relax, be patient, and allow the 70-plus-minute album -- including the 28-minute final track "Ancient Shorelines II" -- to reveal gradually the full extent of its immersive powers. Employing an array of vintage analog synths and ancillary equipment (although Edgar Froese likely didn't have an iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo back in the day), Moore puts his own 21st century imprint on music that is both rhythmic and free-floating, as repeating blippy synth arpeggios maintain steady momentum while deep slow-moving drones, building chord orchestrations, and cosmic wind effects emerge across the sound field.

1		Tyken's Rift
2		Light Echoes I
3		Aldebran Exchange
4		Light Echoes II
5		Protomorphosis
6		Ancient Shorelines II

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