3 tracks. Running time 67:09 Dan Bozaru is the person behind the name Indra, and the only electronic music artist from Romania that I'm familiar with. Colosseum, dating back to 1994, is another album out of his BIG back catalogue to have been re-released in recent years. It consists of three long tracks (of which one is live, and one a bonus track recorded in 2001) styled around fairly traditional EM but with some variation in mood between the pieces. The shortest track at just over fifteen minutes is “Passion Around” which gets the album underway. A spooky deep whistling drone and spacey washes start off and are joined by a plodding rhythm and airy ethereal washes that I think are partially vocal. Slight changes occur over the track as making this like a long form ambient piece with a rhythm stuck on top. In contrast the live piece “Colosseum” opens with a tappy melody and assorted effects and quickly moves into Berlin style sequencing while washes and various sounds fill out the soundscape. The pace conveys a sense of urgency and drama as though something is being strived for. In places heavy drums thump the soundscape and a brief section sees the sequence flutter around like a dazed butterfly. The final bonus track “Deus Magnificent” follows a similar pattern of initial washes and effects leading into and continuing alongside a rhythmic percussive and drum section. The snaking and kind of sensuous washes sometimes make one think of Steve Roach's work, but the rhythms here are modern rather than tribal. Colosseum is a pleasant, albeit run of the mill, album sitting somewhere in between Indra's ambient and upbeat Berlin school work. It's reminiscent of 1980s Tangerine Dream but done in Indra's own inimitable style.