hi Chris
and thanks for that, interesting observation there
scald is indeed a challenge and that challenge continues
as I think I mentioned before..
the project we are working on now is an instrumental one
we'll give the title when we've finished argueing about it

there will be the main version- us playing that'll be around 20mins or so and an ambient version that'll be around the same length
there are plans to introduce some of the atmopherics like on headworm directly into the main track which should prove interesting
no telling how that'll go till we record it
I'm hoping to record some extra spontainious guitar and bass parts to manipulate into the ambient version
I'm also considering the possibility of another shorter possibly harsher version to create as a soundtrack to a short animated film to be part of the cd, not interactive or as a promo but as an actual facet of the project, an audio visual artistic extension, if that doesn't sound too pretensious?
I don't know if this is a stepping stone to the next album or a side step but the only problem is raising funds, so when it gets released is down to that really
but as you say about incorporating the atmosphere into the actual songs, I think that'll happen on the next album, theres no room between the three songs so anything added will be within...if that makes sense