Alexander's And the whole air is tremulous

I thought the title of this one was appropriate, because on top of being flutes, which sound airy generally, he layered tracks in a way that had the vibratos at different speeds. Also things were slightly out of tune with eachother, which lent to this haunting wind-howling-through-the-trees kind of feel.

The section that started at about four minutes was really wild. I couldn't quite figure out what the percussive sound was, but I think it was some kind of pitched drum, maybe out of a gourd or something, since it wasn't a very sharp sound. I love the way everything was edited together in that section, especially the flute sounds that have had something done to them to make them sound synthesized, the weird attack sound (I can't describe it any better than that). I could tell that there were some spots that had been reversed, since the attack sounded backwards, a swoopy kind of sound. Also, the section after that when the music swells and there are suddenly too many wind sounds to count is great because of the polyphony that turns into a homophonic harmonic thing. It's so effective because it's frenetic. The really dissonant long held out notes are great too. The whole thing is just so unsettled, it fits the title so well.