Canadian Ben Shemie offers up his first solo work, 'A Skeleton', an experimental pop album of cold synthetic sounds with touches of psychedelica. Based on his live, itinerant experiments, the whole album was recorded in a single take with no overdub. The voices and instruments sound as if they were drawn from a not-too-distant future in which artificial intelligence has taken over human life and mutated into an artist. The refined, minimal sonic narration is executed with astonishing precision and sensitivity. With 'A Skeleton', Shemie has definitely painted us a refreshing avant-garde picture.