A conversation with an international fashion designer inspired Software's Michael Weisser to create a series of compositions based on his interaction with eight different perfumes. Fragrances CD music Whatever the impetus, the end result is too much music with not enough "nose. " The basic Software sound remains intact, with support from Georg Stettner and the godfather of German electronic music, Klaus Schulze. Eight tracks are dedicated to a particular scent, while the ninth track is a compendium of themes developed earlier; sort of a mixture of fragrances. The overall sound is typically German electronic new age art-rock with repetitive themes that modulate endlessly. Digital percussion and drum programming are pervasive, though there are gentle passages here and there. The cuts are lengthy (most around seven minutes) with a playing time of over 66 minutes.

Blood Dynasty is the twelfth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. The album was released on 28 March 2025. It is Arch Enemy's first studio album to feature guitarist Joey Concepcion, following the departure of Jeff Loomis from the band in 2023, although Loomis is featured on bonus tracks "Break the Spell" and "Moths". Upon announcing the album, founding member and guitarist Michael Amott stated that Blood Dynasty will surpass fans' expectations for an Arch Enemy album, saying "This new album pushes the boundaries of what we've done before — it's everything you've come to expect from this band, and then some! We can't wait for you to hear it and feel the energy we've poured into every track. Welcome to the 'Blood Dynasty'!"

This is a handsome-looking compact disc release, with strikingly muted graphics in cool purple tones, featuring Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer and Japanese harpist Naoko Yoshina. Here the pretty graphics go a little too far: the buyer finds no listing of compositions on the outside of the package and has no way of knowing what is played aside from a bare mention of the names of the 11 composers featured. That's where the All Classical Guide comes in. The works were all written in the twentieth century. They are: Michio Miyagi's Haru no umi (Ocean in Spring, a calming, melodic piece); Kaija Saariaho's Nocturne for violin solo (a somewhat avant-garde coloristic piece); Toru Takemitsu's Stanza II for harp and tape (also pretty far out and very Japanese-sounding); Yuji Takahashi's Insomnia for violin, voices, and kugo (strange, but oddly soothing); a movement from Satie's Le fils des étoiles as arranged by Takahashi (austere); Jean Françaix's Five Little Duets (100 percent charming); the Étude for violin from Richard Strauss's Daphne (also charming); Six Melodies by John Cage (simple and pleasant); Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel (even simpler and not startling); Nino Rota's love theme from The Godfather (you know this one); and the final movement from Schnittke's Suite in the Old Style (gently Classical except for one deliberately horrendous dissonance).