Listening to SOLAR MAXIMA (69'08") by Orbital Decay one would
believe that digital synthesizers had never been invented.
Existing on a plane outside the oppressive rush of modernity,
this music quotes the classics of spacemusic without mimicking
them. Synthesist Terry Furber and guitarist Scott Watkins
demonstrate a masterful grasp of the vintage gear around which
the spacemusic genre gravitates and explore the past in a new
way. The six tracks on this CD are studio-perfected versions of
live jams originally found in the act of making. Creating layers of
space with harmonies warm and golden, pumping sequencer
patterns and strident lead lines, this duo explores the inner
darkness of electronic music - yet out on the verge of ethereality
their music gleams like new. Summoning the ghosts of the
1970s, Orbital Decay's music feels like "Phaedra", "Meddle" and
"Wired" recollected in tranquility. With the mythic qualities of their
instruments channeled through our most authoritative
interpreters, SOLAR MAXIMA comes dangerously close to a
masterpiece.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from Orbital
Decay and their CD SOLAR MAXIMA

For more on Orbital Decay, access the: STAR'S END Profile:
http://www.starsend.org/orbitaldecay.html

Orbital Decay plays live at the WXPN/Star's End 30th Anniversary
Spacemusic Festival on Saturday 16 June 2007. See below for
details.

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STAR'S END 30th Anniversary - Spacemusic Festival

To mark its 30th year, WXPN will present the STAR'S END
Spacemusic Festival. Performers include Robert Rich, Ian Boddy
(in their worldwide concert debut), Jeff Pearce, Orbital Decay and
The Ministry of Inside Things on Saturday 16 June 2007 from
3:00pm to 11:00pm at The Iron Gate Theater, 3700 Chestnut St.
on the Penn campus in West Philadelphia, PA.

For details please access: http://www.starsend.org

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Mahoney + Peck Return to STAR'S END

Based in Tennessee, Mark Mahoney and Michael Peck utilize
analogue, digital and software synthesizers in their electronic
realizations. Their work is formed out of a balance between dark
ambient soundscapes and spare sequencer figures. Following
their concert at Electro-Music 2007, Mahoney + Peck return to
STAR'S END for a live in-studio on-air radio concert on the
06.03.07 broadcast.

For more on Mahoney + Peck, access their STAR'S END Profile:
http://www.starsend.org/mahoneypeck.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