Released: 2018

LabelRoom40

Genre: Contemporary

Warm, relaxed and tranquil. This 2 ½ hour epic collection of ambient soundscapes deserves to be received as a major release. Several years in the works, the album’s 10 pieces were inspired by “site-specific performance situations” according to the album’s notes.

“These include a durational performance in Los Angeles at The Getty Center’s Irwin Garden, a special performance alongside the banks of the L.A. river and performances at the El Rey & Regent Theatres.”

Light Pipe is Gengras’ 10th solo effort. His catalogue stretches in multiple directions, including dub, ambient and techno. The scope of this release is more limited than that. But it’s not at all monolithic. The Moderns

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