Squaremeter is the ambient project of Mathis Mootz, who is also known under the monicker Panacea, with which he makes a hardcore industrial blend influenced by drum ’n basss and hiphop. With Squaremeter he taps from a completely different experimental vein. This album makes me very curious since i really liked the previous two releases of Squaremeter. War of Sound and especially Aswad are ambient albums that are heavily influenced by Oriental sounds and dubrhythms that create a perfect exotic futuristic auditive trip. The rhythms naturally combined with the bleak ambient sounds and created a light-weighted contribution to the overall heavy and oppressing music. At The Frozen Spark every aspect of lightness is gone and there are no funky rhythms left. Instead you will find cold industrial sounds in the spirit of Clock DVA or Lustmord, combined with harmonic ambient sounds. In 8 tracks you will be confronted with a frozen, icy side of Squaremeter that appears to be almost diametrical to the dynamics and movement such as we found in War of Sound and Aswad. This album contains frigtening sounds comparable to those of various acts like Clock DVA, Lustmord or Biosphere. The few moments with harmonic melodylines such as can be heard in ‘Diffraction’ or ‘Reanimation Limit’ is just to trick you. This album goes deep and is intensely beautiful.