"Fang produces soundscapes suffused with peace and a sense of floating and drifting beauty that are wondrous to explore." - Alternative Music Press. Phantoms is Forrest Fang’s 9th solo album and the follow-up to his Projekt release, Gongland. Nearly eight years in the making, Phantoms builds on the gamelan-influenced soundscapes of its predecessor by weaving organic sounds of non-Western stringed and percussion instruments and filtering those sounds through a rich melodic tapestry of warm and vaporous atmospheres.   Fang’s subtly layered and continually evolving textures combine his Asian influences with his love of fractal algorithms that reflect the chaotic beauty of nature.  The ambiences of Phantoms evoke a state of contemplation within a world in flux.  The centerpiece of the album is a 23-minute ambient suite — “The Hallucinations of Hung Tung” — inspired by the otherworldly paintings of a Taiwanese fisherman and outsider artist. Released on Projekt and available July 28th, 2009.

distant fires
the great wheel
little angklung
a walk through the clouds
the hallucinations of hung tung
slow rise
ebb in winter
float