The small hours are prime time for creativity. Late at night, when
all is still and quiet, and it seems as if there is no one else in
the world, electronic musicians are busy at their work. Once the
gear is warmed-up, tuned-up, tweaked and adjusted, they slump
over their synthesizers for hours on end, lost in what appears to
be a kind of meditation - part spiritual, part technological - but
what is actually the deep contemplation of sound, space, scale
and the emotional connection to these concepts. Free System
Projekt (Marcel Engels, Ruud Heij and Frank van der Wel) exists
in a world we will never know. Whether creating music in the
comfort of their own studio or on stage before hundreds of fans,
this trio appears nearly motionless, zombie-like, in an effort to
conserve energy better channeled towards the realization of their
expansive endeavors into spacemusic realms. PROTOAVIS
(75'26") is an album featuring both studio and concert
recordings of Free System Projekt. The three tracks presented
on this album are wonderful examples of classic Berlin-School
improvisations. Their work moves from indistinct and shadowy
atonal washes of pure sound, on to the clarity of gleaming
harmony, congealing nicely as step sequencer rhythms
advance... that ever-evolving pulse of arpeggiated scales... above
which rides a range of melodic synthesizer expressions; stout
and warm to thin and brittle - these expressive analogue lead
voices bringing focus and life to what is otherwise an exercise in
repetitive mechanistic virtuosity. Partly behind this creative force
lies a command of the technology as well as a profound
personal insight into the meaning and potential of the genre.
What remains is an immeasurable factor. With no eye contact,
hand signals or speech, Free System Projekt displays a near
telepathic ability to communicate musical cues and ideas to one
another during a performance. Their success is due to a unique
musical intuition - a perception and sensitivity, in real time, to
the dynamics of sound, energy and their fellow musicians.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from
PROTOAVIS, the latest album by Free System Projekt

For more on Free System Projekt, access the STAR'S END
Profile: http://www.starsend.org/freesystemprojekt.html

For more on PROTOAVIS, access:
http://www.quantumproductions.nl

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Chuck van Zyl
Host of STAR'S END Ambient Radio
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