From the strong industrial roots of the beginning, Derek introduced some dark folk elements as well to his music, and this is particularly evident in his latest release " The Lathe of Heaven". But rather than being predominant, this latest influence is being so personally treated that the whole sounds become as an entity. Derek's music surprisingly sounds like pop music or folk songs, surrounded by industrial and experimental electronic soundscapes. It sometimes makes me think of a crossover of Martyn Bates's Eyeless in Gaza and Martin Gore's solo recordings. "How the Roses burned" is a particularly beautiful song, with acoustic guitar, dreamy atmosphere and ethereal vocals, reminding me of a mixture of The Field Mice, That Petrol Emotion and Orplid. "Sleep in dead Time" ends like a Pixies song and the nice and sober folk song "Internal Return" is rather close to Radiohead's sound with a dark folk spirit.

A very rich and ambitious album that I recommend to any opened-minded soul.