3 tracks. Running time 67:29 Create is the musician Steve Humphries. His fourth album Kindred Spirits comprises two live tracks (recorded in 2005) and one recorded in the studio which was originally intended as intro music for one of the live performances. He uses hardware and software synths to create music often rooted in the Berlin School genre while not being just a Tangerine Dream soundalike. The longest track (by far) is the slow burner “Kindred Spirits” which begins the album. Layers of drones -- some deep, some metallic and shiny -- swirl around each other while periodically Jarre-esque spacey ripples shoot past. Soon a plodding electronic rhythm like a slowed down sequence line starts the move into Berlin School territory. Tangerine Dream-esque space flute effects also come in now and again adding to the otherworldly atmosphere. All this then morphs into a faintly melodic sequencing passage before fading into an extended denouement. A change of style occurs in the next piece “Biospherical Remixed Energy”. A modern feel underlies this piece as spooky synth lines and vocal effects briefly alternate before a simplistic rhythm starts up. The rhythmic aspects then mutate to become more insistent and are accompanied by melodic elements - some subtle, others harshly flashing across the foreground. At first I wasn't keen on this piece but somehow it's grown on me, especially the second half which is kind of hypnotic. Last, but shortest if not least, is “Secret Place”. Swirling washes humming like a swarm of insects make a backdrop for an almost gothic style melody and periodic thrumming bleeps. This track celebrates the external peace but perhaps inner turmoil which makes a hideaway so valuable. Typically I'm ambivalent about Berlin School music since it's not one of my favourite genres because it attracts of lot of artists who mainly tread old ground. Kindred Spirits hasn't done anything to change my perception, but as music in this genre goes it's quite good and has some worthy passages.