Kobi Drone Syndrome. Release Date : 2005. Label: Silber. Rating: Snore. (Screw points. To each his own!) Well, this is boring. Quite frankly, this is a fairly useless exercise in low, bland, random noisemaking. The only way I would see this as a viable record would be if it were penned as a score to some sort of film, something that goes on in the background of a scene with a lot of other noises also going on. Other than that, it could only really feasibly be housed as the accompaniment to some pretentious dance performance, you know, one of those modern human-art-form things that's too intense for its own good and most of us will never understand. Add in some ridiculous song titles that put emo to shame ("Yellow Scales Slid Across Only Rolls Of Flushed Skin" and The Evening Was Unusually Sultry And Heavy") and we have one album that lives up to its "drone" title. Bleh. The tag on the front of this press copy delineates this as an 'aggressive-ambient' collection. I don't think it's either. it's just a low and hushed and annoying bunch of sounds. The tage also proclaims that it's recommended if you like Sigur Ros, but this is nothing like Sigur Ros, who has managed to very effectively conquer ambience beautifully. Yeah this is just bad. Boring. Losing my concentration. Song of choice : I'd sooner cut my arm off than choose a favourite out of this lot. -Andy Scheffler Elsewhere Kobi website Published : January, 2007.