This must be one of the most unique pieces of electronic music that I have in my collection. It’s the type of music where you can’t put any label on. I’ve heard a lot of music in my life and as an ambient adept I’ve experienced lots of music that crosses all boundaries of the musical spectrum but this album is really something special, to say the least. The title fits perfectly with the music as this is cold, very cold. It’s really astonishing that it creates such a unique and overwhelming atmosphere with such a little amount of sounds. Most of the tracks have beats, very slow beats that are woven into wonderful and strange soundscapes that sound like ice sculptures.

Another aspect of this album is that most of the tracks have a lot of reverb and are extremely lo-fi. This combination sucks you into a spiral of ice cold shivers and indefinable places. If you play this album on the right time, at the right place and last but not least: on a good sound system (so you can play the low-fi beats properly) this music works like heroin. Totally mesmerizing and unique in every possible way. Alec Empire created a masterpiece here, and it’s not his only one…