Gilles Aubry is a static composer, both a composer whose compositions don’t change quickly over time and one who uses static noise. I find this particular type of music hard to describe, as its fluctuations are barely palpable. Yet there’s wind that creeps into Aubry’s static, as well as chimes. The music also seems to pick up layers after a while, even if its just more wind, blowing and churning. “s6t8r,” the recording at hand, is divided into thirds, each one slightly different than the others. The first part – each part is simply referred to as part 1, part 2, and part 3 – is the heaviest noise, with the fewest variations. That changes around the half way point where burbles begin to creep in. Part 2 starts off the most staticky, but then a high pitched voice, what could even be a singing voice, but which is probaly not, comes in, sustaining the song. Noises collapse in the backgrounds. Part 3 is chimey, almost a Christmas carol, with sleigh bells, or something light and comprable. This is a hard album to parse, its quiet enough to work as background music, but there’s something insistent about it, something tuneful that lingers. 5/10 -- Shannon Smith (20 January, 2010)