Customer Reviews
Groundbreaking stuff - By: M. Simper, 01 Apr 2008 
This is like nothing else I've heard, even from FSOL. I must admit I wondered what on earth I'd bought when I first heard it, but once I'd got to the end I got it. Swirls of ambient noise give way to some of the most beautiful electronic melodies you can imagine.
It's got loadsin common with classical music, you have refrains that popin & out at various points throughout the album,in fact they even sample Pachabel's 'Canonin D'in 'Domain'. This isn't a pop record. You can't just stick it on whilst you wander round the house & expect to like it. You have to actually sit down & listen to it as a whole to appreciate just how amazing it is.
Highly recommended, but the recommendation comes with a warning to expect the unexpected!
An electronica classic - By: R. V. Halward, 03 Mar 2008 It's pretty much all been said here about this wonderful album. Disc 1 alone would be enough, but to add a more chilled second disc to compliment the first is just too good. Unforgetable melodies, fabulous soundscapes & an awesome vibe.
You need this album to chill to, drive to, read to, work to... You get the idea...
A staggering electronic masterpiece.
Electronica's 'White Album' - By: D. Broad, 24 Sep 2006 A sprawling double-helping of the finest that synthesisers & samples can offer. Like listening to the life on the ocean floor, or perhapsin the densest rainforest; this album is to takein at a long sitting. The melodies are there, the beats are huge; but by making them analog, organic, the sounds haven't dated one bit. This album could have been released anytime between 1976 & 2006, & we'd all still agree it's 'of its time'. In fact, the 'life'in the recording is the most interesting thing here. It's sound is a musical parallel to a wildlife documentary!
At once dark & uplifting, I remember one review from 1994 which described this album as 'having its own DNA'. I agree entirely; this is synthesised, organic, analog life, & it wraps around your speakers with its green, evolving branches. Let it develop!
Simply a work of Genius! - By: Sj Winteringham, 27 May 2006 I bought this album when it first came out really on the strength of Papua New Guinea & i still play it more often than any other CD i havein my collection.I never get fed up of listening to it.The music,the sound effects & the atmosphere of this album are both infectious & compelling.I love almost all of Dougans/Cobains work but i'd be really surprised if this "Masterpiece" is ever surpassed.
I always take "Lifeforms" on holiday with me wherever i go because it's just the perfect music to listen to while chilling out on the beach & i would recommend this to anyone who loves the Ambient Techno Genre.Superb!!!
More clever than satisfying - By: , 02 Jan 2006 
I gave this album a good listen but felt that ultimately there was not enough musicin there & too many sound effects. I think ambient music is a balance between melody & electronic technique. Here the balance is wrong, they should have given it more melodic structure.
