Byron Westbrook’s Corridors is really more of an installation than a CD. The music is excellent, but if viewed in person it comes with a visual component that is absent from this CD release.  When recorded for performance, according to the linear notes, the music comes out of five speakers arranged in a star formation at different height levels.  For those interested, Westbrook’s website contains some murky examples of the visual component to Corridors.  But why talk about what’s not there?  What is on this release is an excellent droning recording, with different volumes and textures dropping in and out.  One of my favorite parts simulates the sound of the CD going round and round in the player.  That is, it sounds like the CD has become stuck and the sound that comes out of the speaker is similar to what a stuck CD sounds like, eartricking the listener into wondering if they are listening to the recording or if they need to get up and change what’s on the CD player.  The rest of the music is dark and dreamy, slow-going but worth it.
Sedimental
9/10
