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It's funny how your surroundings change when you stick a pair of headphones on, press play and take in the music emanating out of them. On the day I chose to listen to this new collaboration between Lamb's Jon Thorne and renowned legend-of-the-bass Danny Thompson, it was raining its arse off in fair London town, the trains were late (again) and someone was busy calling a member of station-staff at London Bridge "a preposterous excuse".

After three minutes of the stark, cold and unsettling codas of opening piece "The Light That Guides", I surmised that maybe a wet Wednesday in grumpy London was not a wise time to be experiencing soundscapes such as these. Oddly enough, the drier sunnier Sunday wasn't much better either - shoving my toe into a wet socket being a happier option.

After a few listens though, this sumptuous soundtrack for an imaginary film starts to make perfect sense and "Watching The Well" becomes a beguiling and riveting journey made up of chilled esoteric jazz, harsh wintery ambient electronic and liquid choral sequences that bind this trio of expressive pieces originally premiered in 2007.

Taking cues from similar artists such as ECM's Eberhard Weber and Arild Andersen, Thorne and Thompson add a spot of Jan Garbarek and Eleni Karaindrou vibes to create music to score TV dramas with or documentaries about deserted bleak landscapes. "The Light That Guides" is a four-part bevy of the above sources plus a spot of Durutti Column, "The Generous Heart" a two-part interlude that lightens the mood and the highpoint of the whole set and the six-part "The Tie That Binds" of shorter themes, makes for an intriguing symphony that rewards with patience.