This solo venture from Chuck Johnson of Idyll Swords and Spatula fame gets started on a promising note as the initial track, "Skimming Bosporos," explores the haunting, echoing tones of the sea via prepared guitar. The bell-like sounds that Johnson elicits from his guitar on that track vibrate with a beautiful energy that hints at the great things that might follow on this recording. That energy, however, manifests itself in fits and starts throughout the rest of the album, as Johnson jumps around from technique to technique and through a broad set of styles that range from experimental rock to minimalism. Nothing is expressly bad here, though "Morning Bells Are Ringing" and "Doina" both seem to wander a little too aimlessly through their stumbling notes, shining a harsh light on flaws in Johnson's technique. Those tracks are countered by others which impress with their beauty and creativity, like "Suite for Dabih and Nashira." He has explored many of these textures before, however, with Idyll Swords and Spatula, and his guitar work seems to be more at home there, in the band setting, where the execution of his original compositions is not left to stand quite so nakedly.