Audio Cinematography is Glideascope's first full-length album and it demonstrates a style of writing that's matured nicely since the debut ep "With Strings Attached". Sharing a lot in common with Nitin Sawhney's sound, Glideascope seamlessly amalgamates sounds from Africa, southern Asia, western Europe and American hip-hop.

1. Welcome To My World (afridiziak)
2. Big Big Disgrace
3. Cinematic Sound (dubtronica)
4. CB Radio
5. Road To Istanbul
6. War On Error
7. Lesser Shades Of Melancholy
8. Sonata No. 3 (adagio ma non trip hop)
9. Stop The War (bring peace)
10. Onward Jamaican Souljah
11. Hartronica
12. Going All The Way
13. Do We Learn?
14. I'm An Afropean
15. Come Back To Me
16. Going All The Way (director's cut)
17. Big Big Disgrace (gosperatic mix)
18. Beatbox in G Major

Glideascope is an African fusion artist, as Nitin Sawhney is an Indian fusion artist. With that said, afro-beat lovers will appreciate the strong African musical influence, with its distinct percussive rhythms and call-and-response vocal style found throughout this album. Unlike many afro-beat productions however, Glideascope keeps the beats mellow. In different measure, each of the 19 tracks (there's a 'hidden' one) on Audio Cinematography combine African percussion and vocals, orchestral strings, classical piano, Indian percussion, and hip-hop beats, while some introduce male vocals, others offer female, and many just use sampled vocal clips, as others remain instrumental.

Audio Cinematography is not a collection of singles, so don't expect to zero in on two or three tracks. This album is an experience best enjoyed as a whole. It's songs are beautiful, sometimes political, lyrically honest, and musically clean with a lush depth.

Some of this reviewer's personal favorites are "Big Big Disgrace", "Cinematic Sound (dubtronica)", "Road To Istanbul", "Hartronica", "Come Back To Me", and "Going All The Way (director's cut)".

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