Reference points for this second release from longtime Lyle Lovett bassist Viktor Krauss are plentiful - Daniel Lanois, Bill Frisell and Ennio Morricone all spring to mind - but somehow Krauss comes off as more original than derivative.  Employing effects laden guitar & synthesizers as their primary instruments, Krauss & his small ensemble craft jazz-tinged, soundscape-ish arrangements weighted with substance.  Instrumentals comprise half the disc, and that's where Krauss shines brightest.  The radiant No Time Like The Past finds Krauss and fellow guitarists Dean Parks creating the antithesis of the prototypical guitar duel, weaving their six strings instead into a thrilling tapestry.  Likewise, the loopy space-jazz excursion Pinky Ring sounds like something from Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow, had Beck been accompanied by a twin brother.