My initial notes from my first listen to this disc included the following thoughts; short songs consisting of field recordings of (among other things) babies cooing, children playing, and birds chirping with minimal electronic manipulations of bells... could be banal, but its simplicity does sound quite nice. In actuality, "Klokker Og Guldsmede" (Bells and Dragonflies) is a series of recording from the garden of Peter Bach Nicolaisen, an artist associated with the Krabbesholm School of art architecture and design in Denmark, who incidentally also released the CD. While it was nothing I would have rushed to put on any playlist, but I did enjoy listening to the disc when in repose in the front room of my house in the early afternoon when it got the best light. Come to think of it, that's probably the same time period when the recordings were made so it all seemed very natural. There were even times when I had difficulty determining what was recording as what was life happening down the hall or around the corner. So I wasn't too far off my initial impression, on the surface, the recordings seem more of what is, has been, and will come again, the difference is, there is an opportunity to create a relationship with the backyard infants, bells, and dragonflies that many other recordings don't offer. 8/10 --
Chris Jacques (27 June, 2006)