When a follow-up to the first Environments record was announced, it was initially believed to feature more material from the band's 1994 ambient radio sessions. What came, however, was considerably different - and even better. Environments II is the band's first foray into more cinematic ambient music. Beginning with the almost classical string-based Viewed from Above, and moving on to the first of the dreamy, lightly percussive Glacier tracks, the record is vastly different to anything heard by the band before (it's not surprising to see Max Richter and Robert Fripp on the credits list).