The stellar classification and composition of our own Sun was of key interest to him. Phillip reports that the inspiration for the album was some casual reading he had been doing on the science of stellar classification, a branch of astrophysics that considers stars based in part upon their luminosity and temperature characteristics. We can't think of a more apt compliment than to simply say this album will put a smile on your face, a big one. This is the kind of music that one wants to listen to, the kind of stuff that sticks in your head afterwards and makes you crave hearing it again, over and over.
But despite the sequences and interlocking rhythms, the music is startlingly organic and imprinted with Phillip's own distinctive voice.
The music is uplifting, positive, enlightening, even thrilling, and suffused throughout with a strong sense of Berlin School pulsing electronica. Put simply, we feel this may be the best album Phillip Wilkerson has ever produced, and that is really saying something. And our level of astonishment increases by another order of magnitude. But then along comes this enchanting new album called "Sun Tracer", a collection of electronic ambient pieces that thoroughly embrace tonality in what can only be called rapturous light ambience. What is most astonishing is the level of quality he maintains across all of it. He is as comfortable creating light mesmerizing ambience as he is with abstract textures or dark ambient soundscapes. One of the things that consistently amazes us about ambient prodigy Phillip Wilkerson is the breadth of his work.