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An exchange of sound between Stratosphere (aka Ronald Mariën, Dirk Serries longtime soundtechnician) and Dirk Serries (VidnaObmana, FearFallsBurning, Microphonics, 3 Seconds Of Air, The Sleep Of Reason, Continuum). Drawing from genres like post-rock, shoegaze ambient, and drone music, In A Place Of Mutual Understanding beautifully blends all these style into a collection that is atmospheric, harmonic, dynamic and even dramatic. Created with electric guitars and basses and featuring an ethereal guest vocal appearance by Martina Verhoeven these pieces build waves of guitar patterns and textural washes, heavy stabs, and peeling figures into a stirring moodscape that s as uplifting as it is beautiful.

Vital Weekly s review of Stratosphere s Dreamscape album: While still involved in atmospheric music, guitars are fed through a bunch of guitar pedals and it sounds louder and darker than before. Despite the somewhat darker undercurrents of this album, there is still hope somewhere through gentle melodies singing, humming over the a black sea of drone like sounds. From the pure form of ambient music to the post rock variation of it, not the biggest move in the world but surely a nice one and great to see him back on track. Let s hope for some more.