konrad bayer - dreams of leaving (genesungswerk)

genesungswerk is a dortmund (germany) based label that started operating in 1997 and until now (beginning of 2004) they have 21 releases in their catalogue. number 20 is this cd-album dreams of leaving by konrad bayer, packed in an unusual and nicely designed cardboard box and limited to 300 copies.
konrad bayer is obviously interested in ambient music, but it's not the classical ambient sound. here it's mixed with several other sounds, like field recordings, few very smooth beats in the first track, nice guitar samples (that reminded me of electric birds' and manual's music) and few other things. this is very peaceful, calm and quiet album. and it's very nice. it's quite personal music, not obligated to follow any familiar expressions in contemporary music. in that way it reminds me of pub's music. konrad bayer is selective and careful with the sounds he uses, and manages to create a nice musical painting where different nuances of the same colour are flowing over. surprises and mysteries are waiting to be revealed.