I have to admit, I have been a big fan of Adam Fielding ever since I had my first listen to ‘Icarus.’ His music is well thought out. He knows where he’s going with it. He creates a feeling with his music, an emotional state of mind.

In Adam Fielding’s blog, he refers to the songs on his latest release, ‘Pieces,’ as being a disparate collection of unconnected compositions. He talks about how he wrote this material over a much longer period of time than his previous works, describing the material as not being written, “…with any particular aesthetic in mind.” In other words, these songs were not written with any ‘album’ concept in mind. They are just an unconnected collection of his works, which I believe inspired the title of the release.

I disagree with his feelings about the material being disparate and unconnected. I feel that there is a definite glue that binds these works together, that being the fact that they are written by Adam Fielding. There is a certain flavor, a quality, a beauty, to Adam Fielding’s work. There is no feeling of cut and paste redundancy. Are there any loops used? Perhaps. But the quality with which each piece is put together makes it hard to tell. And why bother even wondering? The work is fantastic.

Fielding mentions Propellerhead Reason as his main tool and he uses sound patches of his own design, as well as patches by Tom Pritchard. Perhaps this is a clue as to why this music is so unique and beautiful. It’s all original from the ground up, even the sounds used to craft it.

And I am thankful to hear guitars. They add an element of uniqueness and an organic feel that is missing in much modern ambient music. I risk the ire of people with different opinions than mine, but I no longer care.

If you want to know which song I like the most on ‘Pieces,’ it would be “And All Is Embers.” There are excellent pads at play. and a very understated guitar.

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Pieces is a “Name Your Own Price” download and can be found at Bandcamp. You can also find Adam Fielding on Facebook, Google+, and Youtube.