Very strong showing by this ex-Tangerine Dream member.
This release is glorious with peak guitar, strong rhythms and shiva sensibilities. A hard mixture of electronics and gamelan sound, with a guest appearance by Mark Isham on processed trumpet and flugelhorn. Some of this music is downright exhausting, taking it much further than normal contemporary instrumental music. With the stream of tribal-techno/world-ambient releases hitting the market these days, programmers and consumers may be feeling a little jaded about this format, and despairing that the chances of hearing something fresh seem to be lessening. Paul Haslinger, an erstwhile Tangerine Dream member, shatters this perception by delivering original, cutting-edge, consistently exciting songs on World Without Rules.