It has been a while since I ran into an album that I had to listen to over 10 times to really like. This usually means there's something subtle going on, so it's worth writing about it. Part of the reason this is so interesting is the history of the artist who composed it. So this review will be broken into two parts: one with a brief history leading up to it, and one with the review. Where did Minute of Arc come from? It is one of the monikers of Arjen Schat, an artist residing in the Netherlands. His previous output was released under two names: "Ohrwert", and "Arjen Schat". Ohrwert releases were either Dub Techno, heavy Ambient, or somewhere between the two, while Arjen Schat releases were Ambient or Sequential Ambient. Being Dub Techno, the Ohrwert releases usually had consistent beats with minimalist dubbiness layered on top. But there was a breadth the styles used that meant Ohrwert's catalog was anything but narrow; a notable exception was t