9/10

Effortlessly Transparent is Thomas Loupe a.k.a. First Sun’s third album. Thomas is from Orlando, Florida and his work includes soundscapes created for the video gaming and film industries. His influences are Squarepusher, and The Flashbulb (who was actually consulted in the making of this album). I, also, found elements resembling those of Scottish duo, Boards of Canada, one of my personal favourites in the genre. The album predominantly composed in minor keys, making for a dark, melancholic mood. It flows very well, with many peaks and valleys, and features a lot of melodic elements. It is built to be a journey as opposed to an assortment of unrelated tracks, so I highly recommend listening to the bridged version so you can appreciate how it gels together. Available onOTTAWA -- A Canadian imprisoned in China for more than a decade had his life sentenced reduced because he took part in a re-education program, a top Chinese Communist party official said Tuesday.

Huseyin Celil, of southern Ontario, received a life sentence in 2007 for terrorism-related charges after a widely criticized trial that has strained Sino-Canadian relations over the course of two Conservative and Liberal governments.

Celil was an advocate for China's persecuted Uighur community who fled to Canada in 2000 and later became a citizen.

He was arrested in Uzbekistan in 2006 on a trip to visit his wife's relatives and was sent to China, where he was convicted and sentenced a year later.

Last year, the sentences given to Celil and 10 other Uighurs were reduced but the Chinese government