THIS BINARY UNIVERSE - BT
“This Binary Universe” depicts the sights and sounds of a wondrous, ambient cosmos. The chill-out sector might assume that it’s background music, but BT has greater consciousness in mind with titles like “All That Makes Us Human Continues.” Celestial songs flow together and drift by leisurely, sometimes almost inaudibly. Occasionally disturbing the vast atmosphere are mechanical churnings and cinematic orchestration (”The Anhtkythera Mechanism”). The DVD portion complements the music with diverse footage; “Dynamic Symmetry,” for instance, is a nighttime seascape inhabited by animated robotic creatures. The video for “Good Morning Kaia” explains why the record glistens with nursery chimes. Here BT writes a touching love letter to his wee daughter with stylishly edited home movies and a crashing, climactic score. Billboard
