Excerpt of review by Deborah Kravetz
on sequenza21 web site

RELACHE
City Shimmer with Urban Underbelly
Ethical Society Building 
Philadelphia
June 1, 2002

Written for modern dance, Close by Erling Wold, highlights concepts of close and not-close, connection and distance, 
through repetition and rhythmic variations of recurring motifs for flute, clarinet and marimba that impart a sense of 
lightness and induce a Morse code-like near-hypnotic state with grounding by piano, synth and bowed string bass. 
The resulting atmosphere is robotic and bleakly futuristic, but objectively not unpleasant and, even, soothing.