17363 Excellent late-night listening - some ethno influences alongside neat, low-key melodic electronics, in the fairly distinctive Webbed Hand style, even though it's by an external artist. Great low-key electronica. simon c 2004-07-24 00:00:35 2004-07-24 00:00:35 5 Mystified – Cardboard Hotel EP I’m glad I’m finally getting around to doing some reviews for Mystified. I’ve waited because Thomas Park has such an extensive body of work on Webbed Hand and its not so easy to get a handle on what he's about (I’ve been listening to as much as I could squeeze in for going on two weeks now). I’m also going to come out and say that I haven’t found all his work to be as consistent nor as accessible as I’d (selfishly) like. Having said that, the Cardboard Hotel bears "close" scrutiny. It really is delightful and remarkable in its ability to shift from a minimal-concrete sound to a dark beat-oriented approach. It also keeps me interested, which not 'all' the extended pieces on Webbed Hand can do for me. I will add that I was really struck by the “Lost Hours” track in particular on this work; it feels like a (successful!) homage to Jeff Greinke's style - just very atmospheric yet with an urban sensibilty (I'm actually reminded of Greinke in general on this). This is a great EP and it shows that Park is an adept artist. Very well crafted EP by Thomas Park 5 HighCalm 2006-04-07 10:59:10 2006-04-07 10:59:10 2 5.00