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Not just background music for new age shops or bedtime treats for ravers, under the beat-less direction of Paul Dickow and E*Rock, ambient music merges with sound art in this showcase of Portland’s home-grown ambisonic and bliss pop talent. Featuring a sonic wash of tracks from indie artists such as Yellow Swans, Lucky Dragons and White Rainbow, the near-beat-less soundscape, broken only by the fuzzed-out, minimal techno of AM/PM's "Even As We Are” and brief cut-up groove of Freeform’s "Aunt Meridian,” seems at times more suited to art installation than home listening. Most likely chalked up as a spaced-out sound collage by the average ambient fan, experimental music lovers will appreciate the thick soup of disembodied samples, digitally processed drones and minimally melodic and overly moody interludes.