Celer's 'Brittle' is a deep, complex album to write about. Hauntingly beautiful, 'Brittle' celebrates life and its complexities. Its fragility, its continuation (see ouroboros), and the importance of love and togetherness while you are here. Reflection might be the theme, but that was not the intent during recording and it is only the sad story of untimely death of Danielle Baquet-Long that conjures up this thought. This is the story book ending of a beautiful relationship that produced a series of intricate, docile albums that pushed the realms of natural ambient music. 'Brittle's' instrumentation was created by piano, violin, cello, tingsha bells, harpischord, and whistle with additional field recordings inside a room with the windows open. The recordings were then structured into 19 pieces and again restructured into one single forming 74 minute track. The resulting piece gives the listener a blanket of sound to gently move through with unpredictable shifting tones, silence and continued repetition. Highly recommended! 10/10 -- Darryl Norsen (27 October, 2009)