TWILIGHT IN THE OFFING (60'27"), the debut album by Chad
Hoefler, deals with our inescapable encounter with Truth. The 7
tracks exist as leviathans within this album's soundworld; to
warn listeners of the approaching night. With its Godzilla size
drones representing a mounting tension and cavernously deep
reverberations revealing a nervous restlessness, TWILIGHT IN
THE OFFING is more about the rising darkness than it is the
coming dawn. This work makes heat through its crosscurrent of
turbulent electronic soundwaves. The line of each piece uncoils,
surges and swells into a sustained density. Breathing drones
and murmuring sonic prominences intensify the listening
experience. Hoefler's mood ranges from that of a charred
hellscape to the closing moments of a rapturous dream,
somehow echoed into the world. Material is a reaction to form.
Here, the sound design provides a brief space in which to
contemplate transition. While sounds mingle like moving
shadows in the dark, we consider the proportion of material to
length, and that which is beyond twilight, and our lives.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from TWILIGHT
IN THE OFFING, the new album from Chad Hoefler

For more on TWILIGHT IN THE OFFING, access:
http://www.hypnos.com

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Orbital Decay - live on STAR'S END

Avid STAR'S END listeners, Scott Watkins and Terry Furber of
Orbital Decay have been influenced profoundly by Tangerine
Dream, Klaus Schulze, Pink Floyd and the multitude of music
and artists presented in the context of STAR'S END. While
referencing the spacemusic of the '70s, Orbital Decay charts
unexplored territory in both mood and in sound. One reviewer
cites Orbital Decay's efforts as, "producing astral music that
evokes deep space with atmospheric approaches and a
majestic flair".

Orbital Decay plays live on the 10.31.04 broadcast of STAR'S
END, their 4th on-air in-studio STAR'S END concert. Tune in this
weekend for details.

For more on Orbital Decay, including photos and excerpt from
past STAR'S END concerts, access their STAR'S END Profile:
http://www.starsend.org/orbitaldecay.html

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STAR'S END broadcasts every Saturday night/Sunday morning
from 1am-6am (EDST) on:

88.5fm WXPN Philadelphia, PA
88.1fm WXPH Harrisburg, PA
90.5fm Worton/Baltimore, MD
104.9fm Allentown, PA

and live on the web...

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Chuck van Zyl
Host of STAR'S END Ambient Radio
http://www.starsend.org