Ghost Power

""Astral Melancholy Suite," a 15-minute epic that spans what sounds like an army of evil toy robots to an eternal drift in the cosmos, shows off the breadth and depth of Ghost Power's considerable skills, all of which make the album a real treat for fans of Gane's and Novak's other work".

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"Stereolab and Dymaxion dudes pursue interstellar vibes: The mood on [Tim Gane and Jeremy Novak's] debut together is reassuringly familiar, perhaps most similar to Gane's synth-heavy Cavern Of Anti-Matter; and yet there's also a strong '60s thread running through these 10 tracks, from "Zome Primer", with its harpsichord and 'Melody Nelson' bass, to the superb "Grimalkin", which seems to crunch up John Barry's most ominous Bond work with playful surf drums. The closing "Astral Melancholy Suite", meanwhile, spaces out into reflective sound design, Mellotron and Berlin School synth arpeggiation".

"[Stereolab's] Tim Gane's esoteric recording energies currently seem focused on Ghost Power, a duo with New Yorker Jeremy Novak, who Stereolab completists might recall from Dymaxion, signed to Duophonic in the '90s. Ghost Power's full-length debut is, happily, pretty much what you'd expect: pulsating retro-futurist instrumentals, seemingly designed for a science-fiction spy TV show on the cusp of the '70s ... The best [Stereolab] analogue is probably '94s 'Mars Audiac Quintet', but among the high-fidelity squelch and harpsichord trim, there are neat (...) innovations: a touch of '80s Tangerine Dream on "Vertical Section"; 15 minutes of levitational ambient ritual on the closing "Astral Melancholy Suite"".