This is Ivan’s sixth solo album and third on NoEcho , but it is the first time I have experienced his nostalgic, muted breathing on an electric guitar. It is done without dubs, solid tracks all the way through. As I listen to Ivan weep on opening piece “EXP. Nus” I cannot help but feel an overwhelming sense of loss. The track is, primarily about the night, but in the sense of how calm it can be, meaning all troubles are gone and there is nothing left to worry about. But it gives off a completely different feel to me. Yes, peace, yes tranquility, but a sort of emptiness in that tranquility, which is why I mention the feeling of losing something, maybe to the night. It could be a much needed loss, a positive loss. All the same, it creates such a tender, gentle emotion inside of me that it could easily move me to tears in the right setting. The fact that Ivan is doing this all solely with a guitar hits upon a very strong point for me. Guitar playing doesn’t need to b