This one is 61 minutes long. As good or better than the first? Who knows, but it seemed just as plump with wavesweep trickery and plenty more melodies and background textures... and a solo or two. It's a bit more mellow than the first one.

Saucerful seems to place a little more emphasis on the environmental aspect (like Seasons Greetings "Spring"). It opens with some darker atmospherics and what sounds like birds chirping, but they don't sound like any birds I know. It takes longer to reach the crescendo this time, the mood is prolonged until more elements begin to leak into the mix. Before you know it, they're all around you. When Namlook and Schulze are so inclined, they can really rock the analog mothership. No cheese here, really, only 1st Impression-ish, Yenilik-ish solos that command the listener. No stringed instruments in the project this far... does Laswell bring those with him?

One interesting side note: DSOTM 1 & 2 were released in late '94 and early '95, but they were *recorded* around the time when the "golden oldies" of Fax, such as 2350 Broadway, The Fires of Ork, and Hearts of Space were released in the fall of '93. Why the delay, I wonder? 5 albums released under this project name within 2 years would suggest a certain enthusiasm, not to mention that 4 of them have already been reissued on Ambient World and the fact that supplies of Moog 5 were "officially" expired recently (whatever that means). No matter, I suppose this project ought to be heard by as many Floydian ambient heads as possible.