John Sobocan was born, bred and raised in Ontario (Canada), moved to India for a while and upon returning, used the over abundance of time for making music, paintings and galaxies. Got hooked and started creating Ambient music after a close encounter with Brian Eno's early works. "A Soft Circle" nails three essential qualities of good ambient music that makes his work stand out: the music is richly organic; the sounds are layered and resonant, fully rewarding the kind of deep listening that Eno declared is essential to true ambient music; and the music transports you somewhere, providing a soundtrack for either travel or stillness, whichever state you happen to be in....