Ganga - I Dream About Trees

Music For Dreams specializes in pleasant downtempo, and Ganga's debut album, _I Dream About Trees_ pretty much fits the bill. What is it about Scandanavians and their love of international downtempo? Well, whatever it is, the easygoing quality of this album lets it glide right across your consciousness. Indeed, the music is like candy for the ears -- but if you eat too much of it at once, you want to vomit. In this, at least, they share much with labelmates Bliss, though Ganga remains, for the most part, steadfastly instrumental (except for the track, "Don't Cry"). And while there's nothing terrible about this albu, there's nothing really great, either. The steady kick drum and guitar work on "Luna" help lift that track above the fray, but it's background music beyond that.