Aug 07, 2009 By Tom Vale

What can a set of remixers do with the pastoral, acoustic splendor of Balmorhea? Well, they can stretch it out, for one: Eluvium takes the six-minute track “Settler,” and pushes it out to a full 17 to kick the record off. And somehow they don’t wear out their welcome. They envelop. If you find your way through that experience—including its beyond-subtle, five-minute fade out—you’re in the right mood (a trance) for the record. More