Heath Yonaites produces Ambient Music at a level of
sophistication rarely seen. His CD RIM OF THE SUN (64'10") is
profoundly affecting. The album haunts you with its death drones
and dark dirges, and as the soundscape builds, refracts and
climbs, you are pulled into an unknowable vastness. The sound
is easy to identify, but difficult to define. Yonaites' work is about
more than just exercising obtuse musical concepts. He shapes
sound and conjures up mood into a fascinating atmosphere. On
this voyage for synth and sampler metallic harmonies grind
through their digital metamorphosis then give way to faint voices
and dense textures. Amazing shifts in tone are underpinned by
stretches of cerebral negative space. Shrouded in thick layers of
sonic gloom, it is difficult to grasp the scale of this work. RIM OF
THE SUN deals with the mysterious nature of the cosmos yet
(while bordering on the arcane) keeps the audience intrigued -
taking them on a tour of an amazing and perplexing non-linear,
atonal musical world.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from Heath
Yonaites and CD RIM OF THE SUN

For more on Heath Yonaites, access: http://www.yonaites.com

For more on RIM OF THE SUN, access:
http://www.triumviratemain.com

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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 12 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). Call
1-800-565-WXPN for details.

Thanks very much for your support!

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

88.5fm WXPN Philadelphia, PA
88.7fm WXPH Middletown, York and Lancaster, PA
90.5fm Worton/Baltimore, MD
99.7fm Harrisburg, PA
W285DH Whitehall, 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