6 tracks. Running time 52:55 Sensitive Chaos is actually Jim Combs, otherwise known as one half of the duo TouchXtone. This solo album contains six explorations into ambient rhythm in a style that is partially recognisable from some parts of TouchXtone's works. All the tracks were recorded in the last couple of years apart from the shortest piece “Bullet Train” which was composed in 1996 and later recorded in 2000. The tracks on this album while all involving rhythm fall into two types. There are those that begin with formless ambience or nascent rhythms and build up to the main event, and the others go straight into the rhythmic passage. A longish (over eleven minutes) intro to the album is the title track “Leak”. Springy notes play out sparingly creating a sense of strangeness or mystery. Other notes like a glass being gently tapped come in and then slow percussion and assorted rhythmic elements start unobtrusively then increase in presence. Gradually everything becomes more intense; snatches of humming intermingle with bass notes, and a snaky sax like melody adds a touch of the exotic. My favourite is “Starry Night” which opens with washes like smoothed out insect chirping and lovely reverbing tones plus gentle bell tinkles, and somewhere in the background is what could be burbling water. This leads into a bouncy and funky rhythm with a free and easy sax melody complementing the atmosphere. Another space oriented piece is “Painting Earthtones in Orbit” where dim and distant bell tones create a rhythm and reverbing washes. A synthesised voice reads out somewhat difficult to discern words and in the by now usual fashion percussion and other effects raise their voice driving the piece along to a climax then a peaceful conclusion. After initially being unsure what to think about Leak it has started to grow on me. There's something about Jim's rhythms that are simple yet intriguing, and the spacey passages make this a well rounded album.