Markus Reuter has become known for the brainy, brooding and
atmospheric ambient music he creates using a touch guitar, a
metal stringed guitar-like instrument designed for two-handed
playing and extended sound generation. His musicianship
moves beyond the virtuosic with the addition of several layers of
echo, reverb, pitch shifting, long and short delay lines and other
forms of digital processing. On TREPANATION (79'33"), Reuter
asks the often missed yet most basic question, what kind of
music can be made using this gear? The result is a confluence
of processes, intuition and innovation. Perhaps his recent
re-imagining of loop music comes by way of collaborations with
the likes of Bernhard Wostheinrich and Ian Boddy. Their works
with Reuter are more about improvisation and turning sound
inside out than floating textures and breathing washes of sound
- as on Reuter's earlier releases. On this album, Reuter creates
a truly unique dream-like mood. The 8 tracks are reminiscent of
the sleeping mind as they wander unconsciously from theme to
theme in a free association of half-thoughts, lost memories and
forgotten places. Each composition eventually settles into its
own odd ambient area. Characterized by the reiteration of
extended phrases and weighted by unpredictable shifts in
timbre, Reuter's work is in some ways minimalistic. But the
primary force shaping TREPANATION is Reuter's bold creativity
and technical skill as he effectively combines the ethereal with
the surreal.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for new music from
TREPANATION, the latest CD by Markus Reuter

For more on Markus Reuter, access:
http://www.markusreuter.com

For more on TREPANATION, access: http://www.lotuspike.com

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Live on STAR'S END - Orbital Decay

Since 1979, Terry Furber (synths) and Scott Watkins (guitar) have
been creating electronic music out of their studio in Quakertown,
PA. Known as Orbital Decay, the duo chose their name as
homage to Skylab's fiery return to earth. In addition to the space
program, Furber and Watkins have been influenced profoundly
by Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Pink Floyd and the
multitude of music and artists emerging out of this experimental
school. While referencing the spacemusic of the '70s, Orbital
Decay charts unexplored territory in both sound and in mood.

Orbital Decay has produced several self-released CDs of music
realized out of their lengthy home studio jams. Soon after these
discs found their way onto broadcasts of STAR'S END, the duo
were invited to present their talents live on the air as part of this
program's ongoing efforts to bring live spacemusic
performances to the intimate listening environment of the late
night radio audience. Subsequently, Orbital Decay has
performed live at the Soundscapes, Gate to Moonbase Alpha,
Feedback and The Gatherings Concert Series' as well as on
several more broadcasts of STAR'S END.

Orbital Decay returns to STAR'S END for a live in-studio radio
concert on the 10.29.06 broadcast for the annual two hour "Back
In Time" concert to mark the return to Standard Daylight Time
and the turning back of all clocks one hour.

For more on Orbital Decay (including interview and music clips),
access their STAR'S END Profile

For more on the gear Orbital Decay will use for their "Back In
Time" concert this weekend, access Terry Furber's detailed and
informational webpages:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6s1hi/index.html

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Clocks Back One Hour This Weekend

STAR'S END will be one hour longer this weekend as Daylight
Saving Time begins on Sunday 29 Octover 2006, at 2:00:00 AM
local standard time. Please turn your clock back one hour this
Saturday Night/Sunday Morning while you listen to STAR'S END.

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