Gate to Moonbase Alpha (GTMBA)
3rd Fridays
8pm SHARP
Free for all ages
At The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., Phila.
http://www.therotunda.org

Featured this month (listed in random order):
Ombient
Brainstatik
Stares to Nowhere
Autobahn (featuring Ace Paradise, Warren Seddon and Jeff Mitchell)

BIOS (listed in random order)

OMBIENT is the moniker under which Mike Hunter performs his
completely improvised ambient/drone music. Mike started his musical
career playing his fathers electric bass through an old analog tape
delay making strange and disturbing space/mood music. He later
continued on to study the classical guitar before moving into the
progressive rock genre. Once he discovered the more modern
equivalent of that old analog tape delay, Ombient was born.Ombient's
ambient/drone music, being of a live improvisational nature, is
representative of the feeling of the moment in which it is performed
and of the subtle feedback between the audience and the performer.
It features guitar, processed and layered using digital looping
equipment enabling a single guitar to produce symphonic levels of
density. Ombient is joined for this performance by guest guitarist
and long time friend Mike Courter bringing new and interesting
melodic elements to the Ombient sound. Mike Courter is an
accomplished guitarist and songwriter from Central NJ.

BRAINSTATIK: New Jersey-based Brainstatik is best known for their
completely-improvised live concerts, where they perform long-form
jams combining ambient, world, progressive rock, and space music,
liberally shifting and mixing genres within each piece. Every song
is a spontaneous exploration of diverse musical themes, with nothing
rehearsed or planned beforehand, so Brainstatik always sounds
completely different each time they play. The music heard at their
live shows is always organic, with each piece constantly evolving
and morphing into something new. Brainstatik can sound ethereal and
quiet, complex and orchestral, or experimental and edgy. The
resulting performance often sounds rehearsed and composed, but in
reality the band has no explanation for where the music takes them
at any live show... it all just happens at that moment, almost
beyond their control. The risk of a creative "train wreck" is always
there, but the members of Brainstatik thrive on taking their music
right to the edge every time they perform. They'd be quickly bored
doing it any other way.

STARES TO NOWHERE is a collaboration between Bill Fieger and
Heather Lind, both multi-instrumental artists who have been playing
together Since April 1999. Their Collaboration has evolved from
simply getting together and making music, to a CD, website, and tons
of unreleased material. Although 15 years of age separate them, the
chemistry between the two is unreal, resulting in a music that is
magic. Bill primarily plays synthesizer, while Heather plays
electric and acoustic guitars, drums and electric organ, they both
play a number of other instruments including but not limited to
Mandolin, Zither, Steel Guitar, Flute and Percussions. They make use
of sound, organic and otherwise in their music, much like Edgar
Varies and Pink Floyd. The music of Stares to Nowhere is composed,
preformed and produced by the duo and is highly improvisational in
nature. Described by many listeners as a soundtrack to a movie that
doesn't exist. Their music is ambient, experimental, electronic,
tribal and at times unpredictable, reaching from the ancient past
out towards the distant stars.

ACE PARADISE is currently a Freelance DJ, Musician, Remixer,
Recording Artist and Producer, specializing in the production of
Electronic Music. He enjoys working and collaborating with other DJs
and musicians to preserve and promote many genre of Electronic
Music. Ace approaches Electronic Performance, from the angle of his
many years spent as a DJ. He has developed his own technique for
combining and mixing an eight channel programmable sequencer and two
synthesizers, using two DJ mixers and a Master effects controller.
This technique has enabled Ace to simultaneously combine, up to 10
different elements, Live, creating a spectacular and unforgettable
sound. Ace Paradise is currently working on a new group
collaboration titled, (Autobahn ) , with long time friends and band
mates, Warren Seddon and Jeff Mitchell. Together these musicians
have assembled a new CD due for release very soon, titled Ace
Paradise & Autobahn - Stratosphere. They will be performing out in
the local Philadelphia area soon, so be sure to keep an eye out for
them. It will be a performance not to be missed.