The collaboration between Blancmange's Neil Arthur and solo electronic artist Bernholz (who also performs live as part of Gazelle Twin) dates back a couple of years. Files were swapped, sounds and lyrics re-wired, and Ideal Home is the gloriously minimal result. The album is icy and detached; beautiful and otherworldly; Bernholz's spoken word monologue on 'Dawn' sounding like a warning signal from the subconscious, while digitised electronics usher in some of Neil Arthur's most intimate vocals. 1 Ideal Home 2 Field This 3 Overwhelmed 4 Fish And Chips 5 Thought Terminating In Your Night 6 Come And Play 7 Dawn 8 Gap In The Curtain 9 Kites Over Waitrose 10 Bulk Erase