Andre Narcisse's Reason Ambient song

So, I decided to review Andre's assignment 3 which was an Ambient track that he created using Reason.  I'd first like to mention that it took me a great deal of time to actually write because I normally listen to electronic music while working and this track kept blending into all of the rest so that I kept forgetting what I was actually critiquing. Already a good start.

This song definitely follows the traditional parameters of ambient music aside from the bass not in the four to the floor pattern, but you're not thinking about dancing to this beat anyway so it's not at all distracting. You can really focus on whatever sound catches your ear; each time I listen there is a new element that attracts me.

He used a lot of swishing type sounds and modulation to get the effect of fading out without having to change the gains. Excellent use of synths throughout allow for feeling of relaxation.  The one sound I would change is the pad that sounds a little like a hammer, which gets a little too high-pitched in spots and tempts the listener into exiting his "flow." This piece could exist even without that track.

My favorite part is at 55 seconds where you can hear what sounds like a haunting voice. What is so impressive about this genre is the effect that such simple effects can have on the piece when applied to different tracks. Andre's song exemplified fine execution of that simplicity.