The concept here is that at (or around) the time of the setting sun, a concert will be held in a third floor room with the sound directed out toward the street where the 'audience' resides. The performance and the environment are then recorded as they interact with co-exist with one another. On paper it sounds promising and it also works well, at least in this installment of the series. For this performance, Eric Carlson (Area C) creates looped desolate drone-like guitar dreamscapes that initially play background to playing children and street conversations. As the intensity builds, the only punctuation to the third floor resonance is the sound of tires on cobblestone or the occasional siren. As much as you wish the amplified sounds to command the allegiance and respect of all in its presence (aside from the one dissenting car horn) it all seems to add to loneliness and longing of the piece. Carlson's guitar work is delightfully sparse and as un-busy as the street in which the performance is taking place within. The successful adaptation of the environment into a piece of art is quite an ambitious undertaking. This volume shows that it can be done quite well. 8/10 --
Chris Jacques (8 July, 2005)