Shadowplay Contents 1. Map of the Warm Night 2. Perhaps 3. Flame and Circle 4. Intemperate 5. The Daughters 6. Slippery Hours 7. Hum 8. Erstwhile 9. When All Beyond Was Wild 10. Melisma
Program Release Notes        "Beauty is something you discover slowly" (Balthus)        "There are certain kinds of musical ideas which I think benefit from a kind of consistency of atmosphere and mood, which don't really need virtuosity...         "There is a great mass of noises going on, I think, in all our heads, all the time. Composing is for me a retrieval system - it's a picking out this bit and a picking out that bit, and pinning it down on paper or keyboard. So composing itself in a way is already a simplifying process, just trying to pick some strands out of the clamor..." (Robert Wyatt)         "For over a decade Tim Story has patiently refined his subtle, mysterious style of ambient chamber music. "Shadowplay" balances classical and electronic elements in a serene equilibrium of darkness and light. I'm certain you will not find anything more beautiful." (STEPHEN HILL, Hearts of Space)        "Tim Story is one of those artists who exists in a natural state of repose, whose music is born from a point that is deep and still, gaining resonance and contour as it rises from the bottom of the well. Story has defined ambient chamber music since the early '80s, and Shadowplay continues down that path with music that hovers at the borders of darkness and joy. Story extends his keyboard-based palette with oboe and cello, giving his compositions an even warmer hue. What sets him apart from the likes of Kevin Kendle and Michael Hopp is Story's resistance toward neoclassical nostalgia. With Story, there's always a sense that something ominous could be lurking around the corner, like a shark hanging at the edge of an intoxicating coral reef. That element of foreboding is particularly apparent on "Intemperate," as Dieter Moebius from the quirky German band Cluster adds subtle abstracted electronics. Like most Story albums, Shadowplay is as haunting as that first moment when one awakens from a dream--and just as elusive." --John Diliberto