What would it sound like if Franco Falsini was involved with
"Sombre Reptiles"? Probably like the opening track on PRISM
OF ETERNAL NOW (71'14") by White Rainbow. The filtered fuzz
guitar playing over modulating bass riff, percussion runs and
falsetto chants all pulse with the energy of space-rock - but of
course it is White Rainbow (a.k.a. Adam Forkner) channeling this
energy (and adding quite a bit of his own). Beyond this rousing
beginning the album embarks on a trek deep into the
experimental wilderness - where an intuitive sense of
composition and pacing across a range of approaches and
textures is revealed. Guitar sounds are pitch shifted up, pitched
down, and pitch twisted until their origins are some distance
from their original context. This method is imbued with a serenity
that invites the listener to regard the work not as a collection of
unique sounds, but as an emerging technological ceremony.
With both the formed and the formless vying for space, this
release finds a balance between the space age, the new age
and the laptop rage; think Loscil meets Fripp & Eno in a tribute to
Terry Riley. PRISM OF ETERNAL NOW is made up of nine daring
tracks that equally reflect the 21st century, and shows what
someone can do with a guitar, some effects devices and an
endless sonic imagination.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from White
Rainbow and the new release PRISM OF ETERNAL NOW

For more on PRISM OF ETERNAL NOW, access:
http://www.kranky.net

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STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD

To mark 30 years of continuous broadcast of STAR'S END,
WXPN has released the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology
CD. This double CD contains over 120 minutes of live music
from 11 renowned artists. The unique performances were culled
from on-air in-studio radio concerts by some of our community's
greatest talents. Included on the disc are previously unreleased
live selections donated by: The Ministry of Inside Things, Orbital
Decay, Ian Boddy, AirSculpture, Radio Massacre International,
Robert Rich, Rudy Adrian, Jonn Serrie, Jeff Pearce, Saul Stokes
and Steve Roach.

The STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD is available for
a $60 donation to WXPN, which includes membership and all of
its benefits (current WXPN members can receive the STAR'S
END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD for a $25 donation). Access
the online Pledge Form at http://www.xpn.org to support WXPN
and aquire your CD, or call 1-800-565-WXPN for details.

CDs are currently being sent out to donors by the WXPN
Membership Department - which may be reached by telephone
at: 1-800-565-WXPN or via email.

Thanks very much for your support!

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

88.5fm WXPN Philadelphia, PA
88.7fm WXPH Middletown, York and Lancaster, PA
90.5fm Worton/Baltimore, MD
99.7fm Harrisburg, PA
104.9fm in the Lehigh Valley, PA

and live on the web at http://xpn.org

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