Belladonna Nocturne is intended as a thematic sequel to Belladonna, Daniel Lanois’ moody, evocative album of ambient and dub instrumentals from 2005. While it maintains a similar feel and features some of the same personnel, it sounds like a venture into new terrain right from the start. “Cap Negre” is a short intro piece containing sporadic rhythms and heavily detailed yet spacious mixing, leading into the jazzy abstract drift of “At the Foot of the Skyway Bridge.” Slightly haunting yet cool-headed and relaxed, the music paints an intoxicating nighttime scene. “Inside the Walls of Puebla” is more rustic, with sturdy, knocking drums and a Latin flair to the layered acoustic guitars. The deeply resonant piano piece “Snow Lake” seems far too texturally treated to label…

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