“Web Of Light, an immaculately produced 140 g limited edition LP by St Louis based Joseph Raglani, comes with an elegant insert advertising a film of the same name (title translated into French). That’s hardly surpirising, since his Myspace site lists film as the first of many influences, and namechecks Godard and Bresson among others, but it’s not worth summarising the plot, since the mysterious press release informs us that the film was never made, and “remains the imaginary record of something that happened”. Even so, that old ‘cinema for the ear’ appelation is relevant, as Raglani’s music, made with analogue synth, guitar, vocals, wave generators and field recordings, is certainly rich in detail and imagery.
The basic working method on these three all too brief tracks remains the same as on last year’s beautifully elusive Of Sirens Born (Gameboy): take a slab of spacious and unashamedly tonal drone vaguely reminiscent of mid-70s Kosmische electronica and partially bury it under layers of moss and grit. Imagine Merzbow guesting on a Cluster album. The liner notes acknowledge the “courteous participation” of several noisy notables, including Aaron Dilloway, Ron Lessard, John Wiese and C Spencer Yeh, but it’s not clear where or even if their work is sampled somewhere along the way. But trying to work out what’s going on and why it all sounds so damn good is a real joy.”

-Dan Warburton, The Wire