Have you ever wondered what a soundtrack of the moon would sound like? The answers lie in the new album by Waldeck, The Night Garden.

Garden is an awesome collage of penetrating bass lines, tribal drum beats and tangy riffs, all glossed over with a lattice of delicate vocals. This makes for an excitingly pure sound whose novelty is evident with every listen.

Although Waldeck only has one word to his name, there are many titles that can be attributed to his repertoire. Waldeck records and produces his own music (he was once a practicing copyright lawyer) and, among other things, he is often thought to be the driving force behind the electronica scene.

The two vocalists joining Waldeck on this album have also been featured performers on his first and only other full-length album, Balance of the Force. Former Incognito singer Joy Malcom offers her remarkable vocal range on seven of the tracks, adding to the music’s incredible diversity. And vocalist Brian Amos contributes a uniquely sincere sound to three of the songs, including the David Bowie cover “Cat People Dub.”

The album demonstrates the Austrian native’s elusive ability to incorporate tranquility and distress into one coherent vibe of musical excellence. The feeling Garden evokes is a reflection of the surreal, yet tangible sound that it projects. The malleable tones and intrinsic beats somehow naturalize the otherwise completely synthetic album.

The 11 tracks are a multi-dimensional maze of new and old sounds and are joined together by seamless transitions, making for an undisturbed collection of sonic joyrides, fitting for any obscure soundtrack of life.

The title track itself is a stream of dreary melodies supported by an insistent bass line that the Long Beach Dub Allstars would be proud to call their own.

One day Waldeck was searching for trumpet sounds, and instead he found jazz great Chet Baker’s voice and opted to sample it on “This Isn’t Maybe.” The album ends with Baker’s lyric: “This is love/The real beginning of forever.”

Garden is essential to the collection of any connoisseur of mood music or the lounge style. It is interesting for its supreme combination of both, along with many other indescribable elements.

It is safe to say that the European king of electronica will maintain his right to the throne in his hometown of Vienna, Austria.