TRACKLIST

1. Nomads . . . . . . . .10:00 2. Wasteland . . . . . . .7:57 3. Intelligence Dream. . .9:20 4. Entropy . . . . . . . .9:34 5. Natural Forces . . . .10:00 6. Naked Sun . . . . . . .8:06 7. Descartes . . . . . . .4:27

While fans of the band Delerium can rightly complain that it has lost much of its appeal by losing much of the instrumentalism found in its earlier works, rest assured that Synaesthesia recaptures much of this earlier imagination and builds upon it to such an extent that it is arguably better than early Delerium - although Ephemeral is a pure instrumental piece. All seven tracks on Ephemeral flow seemlessly together - and track three, Intelligence Dream, serves as the climax of the work by introducing a seemingly old New Order-ish bit of brilliance at around 4:20. It is unfortunate that at the time of this writing Amazon does not have any track samples, but these can be found elsewhere on the internet. While "delerium" can be defined as a temporary state of mental confusion and fluctuating consciousness, "synaesthesia" can be defined as the neurological mixing of the senses - it can be argued that one would prefer enhanced abilities in one of the senses than diminishing returns in all of the senses. Highly recommended.

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