Mood music (new-age) can be more than mere background noise. Unfortunately the genre is saturated with cookie cutter ?meditation? music and soundtracks for yuppie stone massages. Vincent?s authenticity is apparent from the first cut of Cascade of Emotions. Being a multifaceted artist (musician, former school teacher, and producer of childrens animated features) grants him the ability to express his compositional ideas in a multitude of layers throughout this record. Dreamy synths and strings abound, the unique choice of certain horn arrangements and other obscure tonalities etch his signature into this surreal sonic landscape. This musical variety is most evident in ?Imagination,? where unexpected changes make for a soothing yet intriguing listening experience. The drums on ?None Like You? present an expansive emotional element, perhaps the result of a song written for a person much loved by the artist. It?s easy to lose yourself in the textural layering of Cascade of Emotions, and perhaps that is Vincent?s intent. The fluidity of his compositions seem effortless, an accomplishment not easily met with such a variety of sounds at his disposal. Vincent has crafted an album worthy of the term ?new age,? with its varied colors and themes. MM