Wesley Davis/Casey Jones/Jim Deal ENTROPIC ADVANCE: Ambient/experimental trio from Seattle. This tape was a submission for the ¹99 FESTIVAL. By the time I¹d gotten it (around the 20th of May, I believe) all acts had already been chosen. This act should be given strong consideration for the year 2000 festival, though! Some very cultured and sensitive integrations of standard instruments (like guitar & drums), but with a lot of multi-faceted synth & sample work that comes off as somewhere between space & time. Most impressive is the fact that their ambient work is tightly integrated with a clear & focused musical energy that keeps this music ALIVE & pumpin¹. A shame they couldn¹t have been in the ¹99 festival, but they¹re MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for next year! This isn¹t "slap-dash" improv, it sounds almost composed, but it IS improvised, if you know what I mean! Makes for some GREAT listening! Hope they send their CD (to be released in June) in to US for review, too!